EU–RUSSIAN ENERGY RELATIONS AND THE CASES OF GREECE AND CYPRUS

EU–RUSSIAN ENERGY RELATIONS AND THE CASES

OF GREECE AND CYPRUS

Conference organized by

the Center for European and International Affairs of the University of Nicosia

in cooperation with

the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cyprus

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

16:00 – 19:00

UNESCO Amphitheatre, Europa Building

University of Nicosia

16:00 – 16:30      Registration

Welcoming Address:

16:30 – 16:40      Stanislav V. Osanchiy

                            Ambassador, Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cyprus

Opening Address:

16:40 – 17:00      Andreas Theophanous

President, Center for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia

                            “EU-Russia Relations and Cyprus: The Rhetoric and the Record”

The stakes involved:

17:00 - 17:30      Tatiana Romanova

Associate Professor

Department of European Studies, St. Petersburg State University

“Greece and Cyprus in the puzzle of EU-Russian Energy Relations: Trojan horses or loyal member states?”

17:30 - 18:00      Theodoros Tsakiris

                            Assistant Professor for Geopolitics of Hydrocarbons,

University of Nicosia

“Promise or Peril?: Russia's Energy Initiatives in Greece, Cyprus and Israel”

18:00 - 18:30      Discussion

18:30 – 19:00      Coffee

RSVP 22841600, e-mail: cceia@unic.ac.cy