Cyprus
Cyprus
Turkey Sends Research Ship Off Cyprus
Turkey has sent the seismographic ship Barbaros for exploration, along with two support ships, according to a report in Cypriot daily Phileleftheros.
At the same time, Ankara has issued a Navtex tying up a large maritime area, which includes part...
Diplomacy
Senior U.S. Defense Official to Visit Greece, Cyprus
Thomas W. Goffus, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy, will reportedly visit Greece and Cyprus next week for contacts with the two governments.
At a period of heightened tensions with Turkey over sovereign rights in the...
Cyprus
Cyprus 'Concerned' over Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey
Cyprus will make the necessary representations and protests towards every direction against the construction and operation of the nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, in southern Turkey, Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA).
Prodromou said that...
Cyprus
Informal Cypriot Meeting to Explore Potential for New Talks
An upcoming informal dinner between Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will see if there are grounds for more talks on the island's future, it has been claimed.
Cypriot government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou was reported as saying by...
Europe
Turkish PM Takes Swipe at Greece, Cyprus over Sovereignty
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said the country will "never tolerate certain circles which violate our sovereignty in the Mediterranean and Aegean" -- a thinly veiled reference to Greece and Cyprus.
Yildirim also referred to "pirates" in the Aegean...
Cyprus
IMF Says Cyprus Needs to Tackle Bad Loans
Cyprus needs to make reforms to cut the number of bad loans in the island's troubled economy, the IMF has said.
A post-bailout monitoring team from the IMF was in Cyprus for the second half of March and recently filed...
Cyprus
Turkish Drones to Patrol Aegean, Mediterranean (video)
It has emerged that a Turkish drone being used by the country's armed forces in Syria will fly spy missions in the Aegean -- a development likely to alarm a Greek government already warning international partners about Turkey's activities...
Cyprus
Refugee Girls Use Cyprus Music Program to Free Their Creativity (video)
Music is being used on Cyprus to help, heal and empower young women separated and alone having fled war in their home countries.
Twenty-five girls from Somalia and Cameroon who fled to Cyprus to get away from conflict and persecution...
Cyprus
Cypriot Clergy To Review Reinstatement of Sexual Predator After Victim's Suicide
The suicide death of Elena Frantzi has shaken the Holy Synod of Cyprus to its core. 29-year-old Elena Frantzi was found dead in her Nicosia home on Friday.
According to sources familiar with the case, Frantzi had levied accusations of...
Greece
Erdogan: We will Not Back Down from Our Rights
Turkey will not back down from its rights and interests said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a meeting of Turkey's Security Council on Wednesday.
After a four-and-a-half hour session in Ankara, the country's Security Council decided to not heed...