Cyprus

Exxon Mobil’s Ocean Investigator research vessel has sailed from the port of Limassol into block 10 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to carry out hydrocarbon explorations for the U.S. oil giant. Reports earlier in March that U.S. naval forces had...

If Turkey really wishes to continue its EU accession course, it must comply with European principles, respect European law and the Law of the Sea, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday. Asked on the sidelines of the 9th Mediterranean...

A statement by EU leaders decrying Turkey's "illegal actions" in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean was rejected by Ankara on Friday. Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said the EU leaders' statement contained "unacceptable comments against our country that serve...

European Union leaders are expected to condemn Turkey's provocative actions in the Aegean and express "full solidarity with Cyprus and Greece" at Thursday's meeting of the European Council in Brussels. According to a text obtained by Bloomberg dated March 21,...

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said his country had sent a research ship to the troubled waters of the eastern Mediterranean, adding that Turkish Cyprus should also have access to Cyprus' exclusive economic zone. Erdogan, speaking in Ankara, confirmed...

The USS Iwo Jima docked at Limassol port on Monday morning for refueling and crew R&R, reports said. Sailing from Haifa in Israel, the Iwo Jima, which has a crew of 2,500 U.S. naval personnel, has been in the eastern...

"We developed a big armament industry because we have bad neighbors," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this week, in a thinly veiled reference to Greece and Cyprus. According to Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Erdogan spoke at the Presidential Palace...

A survey ship sailed into the Cypriot port of Limassol to start preparatory work for an ExxonMobil-Qatar Petroleum natural gas exploratory drilling in Cyprus' exclusive economic Zone (EEZ). Cyprus' Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said the ship "will carry out an...

  Infamous for boozy Brits making headlines for all the wrong reasons, the Cypriot resort of Ayia Napa is now calling time on U.K. tour operators who send "misbehaving" travelers to their town. In a letter to tour operators and the...

Two research vessels chartered by an ExxonMobil led joint venture are on their way to Cyprus, amid ongoing tension in the region with Turkey's navy. One vessel is sailing from Greece and another from Haifa, Israel according to a Kathimerini...