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• Turkey: New NAVTEX for Oruc Reis – One step closer to conflict

  14 hours ago ThemaNews

  Three days before the end of the previous Navtex for seismic surveys by Oruc Reis in the area south of Kastellorizo,  Ankara issued a new...

• Al-Sisi to Athens & Nicosia: Watch out for Ankara’s liaison with Islamist terrorists

  1 day ago ThemaNews

  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi drew the attention of Athens and Nicosia to the Islamic terrorism and the way it is part of Tayyip...

• What time do clocks go back in Cyprus?

  2 days ago NewsInCyprus

  What time do clocks go back in Cyprus? Clocks in Cyprus will turn back one hour at 4am on Sunday 25th October 2020, marking the official end of...

• Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to be in Athens on Monday, October 26th

  2 days ago ThemaNews

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be in Athens on Monday, where he will meet with Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at 12 noon....

• Australian soldiers killed Afghan prisoner as only six could fit on American helicopter, US marine claims

  2 days ago ThemaNews

  A United States Marine Corps helicopter crew chief has accused Australian special forces of shooting dead one of seven bound Afghan prisoners...

• UK: Travel corridor update - no change for Cyprus travellers

  3 days ago NewsInCyprus

  UK Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, has posted the latest weekly travel corridor update on Twitter. There had been increased speculation in...

• Turkey as a major challenge for Israel & its neighbors in the 21st Century

  3 days ago ThemaNews

  The end of the Cold War gave Turkey , a large and important country in the Middle East and the Mediterranean Basin, greater freedom of...

• Athens reaches out to Syria via Greek Orthodox community

  3 days ago ThemaNews

  The appointment this spring of Greece ’s former Syrian ambassador as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ new special envoy for Syria is...

• UK: Travel corridor update today

  3 days ago NewsInCyprus

  Those hoping to travel to Cyprus in the coming weeks are nervously waiting for the UK's travel corridor update from the Transport Secretary, Grant...

• France: Muslim students cheer burning of French flags in response to Muhammad cartoons

  4 days ago ThemaNews

    “Freedom of expression at school: ‘For my students, Charlie Hebdo is the extreme right,’” translated from “Liberté d’expression...

• Leaders of Greece, Cyprus & Egypt call out Turkish provocations in trilateral press conference (video)

  4 days ago ThemaNews

  The joint statements of Greek PM Mitsotakis, Cypriot President Anastasiades, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ended in Cyprus, after...

• 2,500-Year-Old Bronze Bridle Unearthed in Poland

  4 days ago ThemaNews

  Science in Poland reports that some 150 decorative bronze pieces of a 2,500-year-old horse’s bridle were discovered in north-central Poland....

• PM Mistotakis meets with Cypriot President Anastasiades in Cyprus

  4 days ago ThemaNews

  Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades , after arriving in Cyprus for the...

• Reminder: Public holiday next week

  4 days ago NewsInCyprus

  There will be another public holiday next Wednesday, 28th October 2020, when the Republic of Cyprus celebrates Ochi Day. The day marks the...

• 'Golden passports': EU launches legal action against Cyprus and Malta

  5 days ago TheGuardian

  Brussels says schemes selling citizenship to wealthy investors are illegal Brussels on Tuesday launched legal action against Cyprus and Malta...

• Reminder: Clocks go back this weekend

  6 days ago NewsInCyprus

  It’s nearly that time of year again when the clocks go back for winter, giving people an extra hour in bed, in a practice that will soon be...

• Concentration of the Turkish fleet in the Gulf of Xiros – The Greek Armed Forces in Evros are on high alert

  6 days ago ThemaNews

  Increased mobility is recorded from the early morning hours today in the wider area of ​​Evros, as information wants the Armed Forces in the...

• Erdogan accuses Russia, France & the US of backing Armenia

  6 days ago ThemaNews

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the US, Russian and French governments of providing military support to Armenia in its armed...

• Erdogan-backed Tatar wins elections in occupied Northern Cyprus territories

  1 week ago ThemaNews

  Nationalist candidate Ersin Tatar has secured a narrow victory in the presidential elections of the pseudo-state of Norther Cyprus. Tatar, the...

• Hardliner wins Turkish Cypriot leadership runoff

  1 week ago TheGuardian

  Ersin Tatar, who favours even closer ties with Turkey, defeats incumbent Mustafa Akıncı A hardliner who favours even closer ties with Turkey and...