A four-country ministerial meeting on energy security and interconnectivity in Southeastern Europe will take place tomorrow morning (15 May 2026) in Athens, hosted by Greece’s Minister of Energy and Environment, Stavros Papastavrou. The meeting brings together energy ministers and senior officials from Serbia, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria.
Attendees include Dubravka Handanović, Serbia’s Minister of Energy; Sanja Bozinovska, North Macedonia’s Minister of Energy and Minerals; Kiril Temelkov, Bulgaria’s Deputy Minister of Energy; as well as Greek Deputy Ministers Nikos Tsafos (Environment and Energy) and Saša Koković and Radoš Popadić from Serbia’s Ministry of Energy, Mining, and Petroleum, and Ministry of Electric Power and Minerals respectively.
The discussion will focus on pressing challenges to European and regional energy security, strengthening electricity and gas interconnections, deepening cross-border energy cooperation, and accelerating strategic energy infrastructure projects across the region.
Also present will be senior executives from national energy operators: Maria Sferuzza, CEO of DESFA; Paschalis Bouhories, Chairman of DESFA; and Manousos Manousakis, CEO and Chairman of ADMIE (the Independent Power Transmission Operator). Representatives from the respective Transmission System Operators for electricity and natural gas in Serbia, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria will also attend.
The agenda includes:
09:00–11:00
Ministerial Meeting: Greece – Serbia – North Macedonia – Bulgaria
11:00–12:00
Transfer and arrival at the DESFA LNG Terminal in Revythoussa
12:00–13:00
Tour of the Revythoussa LNG Terminal facilities