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Marta Pacheco

EU-backed electricity link to Cyprus stalls amid regional tensions

The European Union’s push to build a more integrated electricity grid is running into an increasingly familiar obstacle — geopolitics.

The Great Sea Interconnector, a €1.9 billion project designed to link the electricity networks of Greece, Cyprus and Israel, has suffered repeated delays as maritime disputes in the eastern Mediterranean complicate work on the politically sensitive sections of the route.

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