Sanctions

Germany is not standing up to its leadership role in the European Union when it rejects Athens' call for an arms embargo to be imposed on Turkey, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview with Politico...

The top majority and minority leaders of the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee have called on the Trump administration to impose sanctions on Turkey following the country's testing Friday of its Russian-built S-400 air defense system. https://twitter.com/e_amyna/status/1317058481309048832 Committee Chairman Jim Risch...

The Greek government hailed the outcome of Thursday's EU Summit as positive for Greece and Cyprus in regards to Turkey's aggressive moves in the Eastern Mediterranean. Indeed, the EU warned Turkey that sanctions will be imposed unless Ankara stops...

Cyprus blocked the proposed EU sanctions against Belarus on Monday, citing the bloc's inaction over Turkish aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean. The sanctions were being considered in response to the election that saw Lukashenko --considered the last European dictator --...

European Union Foreign Ministers decided on Friday to begin discussions on imposing sanctions on Turkey in response to the country's provocative actions in the eastern Mediterranean. EU Minister for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell called on Turkey to abstain from unilateral...

The sharp increase in tensions between Greece and Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean was addressed by EU President Charles Michel on Wednesday, after a teleconference called in Brussels to address the ongoing unrest in Belarus. The EU head placed the...

  In a move which sends a strong message to the Chinese telecommunications conglomerate Huawei and any entity which might have thought of contracting with it, the United States took stronger measures to counteract its spread across the world on...

The European Union announced on Thursday that -- in solidarity with Cyprus -- it will impose sanctions on two Turkish individuals over their role in Turkey's illegal drilling activities inside the island Republic's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The EU did...

A report from the American website Bloomberg on Tuesday suggests that the EU has agreed to impose sanctions on two Turkish nationals in regard to the country's illegal actions inside the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus. The American...

Turkey's President Erdogan on Tuesday warned Europe that Turkey could release jihadi prisoners and send them back to Europe in the event of the imposition of EU sanctions over Cyprus. “You may take this lightly, but these doors will open...