Turkey was criticised by the leaders of Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus for military meddling from Libya to the Caucuses, as well as aggressive oil and gas exploration in foreign waters, during a
Cyprus said Friday it was satisfied with EU leaders reaffirming their message to Turkey to de-escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean by calling off its energy search in the region. Cypriot President
Germany said Tuesday the onus was on Turkey to de-escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean after Ankara redeployed the research ship at the centre of an energy row. “It is now up
Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, issued a new statement on Varosha Tuesday which calls on Turkey to reverse its decision to open the fenced-off ghost town. “The EU expresses its
EU Foreign Ministers Tuesday called for a reversal of the Varosha opening while voicing disappointment over Turkey rebooting its East Med energy search. The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell who chaired the
Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides will on Monday brief his EU counterparts about Turkey illegally opening fenced-off Varosha as well as sending a research vessel back to the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey has
Allowing the Cyprus problem to fester for more than three years without any real hope of resuscitating it was never going to get a feel-good Hollywood ending. No matter what side of
By Ravi Bangar Cyprus, strategically located in the eastern Mediterranean, which Henry Kissinger described “as a stationary aircraft carrier in the middle of the sea”, is again in the news due to
Authorities in the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus opened part of fenced-off Varosha’s beachfront to visitors for the first time in 46 years, making good on its threat while Nicosia slammed the
US Presidential candidate Joe Biden called on the Trump administration to address the tensions between Greece and Turkey to ensure no further provocative actions from Ankara. Biden expressed support to the efforts