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• EU Mulls Further Sanctions Against Turkey Over Cyprus Violations

  8 hours ago Greek Reporter

  Following a meeting of Foreign Ministers of the EU in Luxembourg on Monday, the EU issued a statement announcing a path that will lead to...

• France, Cyprus Joint Naval Exercises Seen as Message to Turkey

  1 day ago Greek Reporter

  File photo France and Cyprus are conducting naval maneuvers off the coast of Cyprus as the east Mediterranean island nation is embroiled in a...

• Greece’s Defense Minister Says France Sending Frigate Off Cyprus

  2 days ago Greek Reporter

  Turkish warships shadow drillships off Cyprus Greek Defence Minister, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, said on Friday that a French frigate would...

• EU President Tusk Calls on Ankara to Cease Activities in Syria and Cyprus’ EEZ

  3 days ago Greek Reporter

  The President of the European Council Donald Tusk and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades in Nicosia on Friday. The President of the European...

• ”I Don’t Want to Provoke War” Italian Oil Company Chief Says on Cyprus Drilling

  4 days ago Greek Reporter

  Claudio Descalzi, the Chief Executive of Italy’s ENI oil company said on Thursday that he does not want to be the cause of war because of...

• Bills Safeguarding Britons’ Post-Brexit Rights in Cyprus Before Parliament

  4 days ago Greek Reporter

  Two bills regarding the rights of British nationals who live in Cyprus were discussed by the Labour Committee of the Cypriot House recently....

• UN Security Council Warns Against Action Concerning Varosha in Cyprus

  4 days ago Greek Reporter

  The Security Council on Wednesday warned against any action that would change the status quo of Varosha, a part of the Cypriot city of...

• UN Security Council to Discuss Tension Over Cyprus’ Ghost City of Varosha

  5 days ago Greek Reporter

  The UN Security Council will hold a closed meeting for unofficial consultations on Varosha, the fenced-off part of Cyprus’s former...

• EU President Tusk Slams Turkey, Saying ”We Stand United Behind Cyprus”

  6 days ago Greek Reporter

  Donald Tusk, the outgoing President of the European Council,  issued a damning statement against Turkey on Monday evening, condemning...

• Cyprus Warns of “Severe Escalation” as Turkish Drillship Violates its Rights

  1 week ago Greek Reporter

  Cyprus on Friday said Turkey’s action in sending a drill ship to the southwest coast of the island and within its exclusive economic zone...

• Cyprus Marks Independence Day With Military Parade

  1 week ago Greek Reporter

  Celebrations to mark the 59th anniversary of the Cypriot Republic’s declaration of independence on Tuesday included a military parade...

• Turkey Accuses Athens; Issues Multiple NAVTEXs off Greece and Cyprus

  2 weeks ago Greek Reporter

  The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Hami Aksoy, issued an angry statement against Athens and Nicosia on Saturday...

• Famagusta: Cyprus to Appeal to the UN Security Council Next Week

  2 weeks ago Greek Reporter

  President Anastasiades addressing the UN General Assembly. Credit: CNA The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades told...

• Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades Blasts Turkey’s “Gunboat Diplomacy” in UN Speech

  2 weeks ago Greek Reporter

  Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has deplored Turkey’s “gunboat diplomacy,” saying that Ankara’s illicit activity in the Eastern Mediterranean...

• Number of Britons Seeking Cyprus Residence Permits Soars Ahead of Brexit

  2 weeks ago Greek Reporter

  According to the Civil Registry and Migration Department of the Republic of Cyprus, more than 15,000 additional British citizens have applied...

• Cypriot, Turkish Foreign Ministers Clash in Public Over Reunification Talks (video)

  2 weeks ago Greek Reporter

  A startling public exchange between Nikos Christodoulides and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the respective Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus and...

• Cyprus Rules Out Reunification Talks Until Turkey Stops Provocations

  3 weeks ago Greek Reporter

  President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday that just as he is determined to engage in an honest and creative dialogue, he is...

• Cyprus-Greece Ferry Link to be Relaunched in 2020

  3 weeks ago Greek Reporter

  Cypriot Deputy Minister of Shipping, Natasa Pilides told parliament that a passenger ferry between Cyprus and Greece is expected to begin in...

• Turkish Cypriot Official Claims Ghost Town of Famagusta Will Reopen in Ten Years

  3 weeks ago Greek Reporter

  The ghost town of Varosha in Famagusta, Cyprus. Credit: Katia Christodoulou, CNA Ersin Tatar, the so-called ”Prime Minister” of...

• Cyprus Launches Protest on Turkish Provocations at the UN

  3 weeks ago Greek Reporter

  Cyprus has protested what they term “the continuing violations of the national airspace and the territorial waters of Cyprus by Turkey”...