Greece’s Energean Oil & Gas announced on March 5 that Energean Israel has signed a secured Senior Credit Facility of up to $1.275 billion with Morgan Stanley, Natixis, Bank Hapoalim, and Societe Generale as Mandated Lead Arrangers (MLAs). According to Energean, the Facility Agreement will be the primary source of funding for the development of the Karish offshore gas field over the next three years, with first gas production expected in early 2021. Source: New Europe
Greek retail sales by volume fell 3.3 percent in February compared to the same month last year after an upwardly revised 3.2 percent decline in January, statistics service ELSTAT said on Thursday. Source: Ekathimerini
- South Korea’s economy unexpectedly shrank in the first quarter, marking its worst performance since the global financial crisis;
- The contraction reinforced financial market views that the central bank is likely to make a U-turn on policy, shifting to an easing stance and possibly cutting interest rates.
- Italy’s government has written to the European Union asking it to prepare a plan of action to address the risk of a new wave of migrants escaping from the armed conflict in Libya;
- Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero spoke on Wednesday at a joint news conference in Rome after meeting with the United Nations envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame.
