Cyprus

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar made a provocative statement threatening the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus while speaking at a ceremony for the promotion of senior military personnel in Turkey on Friday. Speaking in front of the officers, Akar...

Turkey issued a new Navigational Telex (Navtex) on Thursday night, making it known that they are reserving a maritime area in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for additional oil drilling operations. The new Navtex particularly concerns the movements of the...

 It was made public on Wednesday morning that the people of Cyprus will soon have the unique opportunity to choose a name to be given to an exoplanet, following the Cyprus Space Exploration Organization’s (CSEO) accession to the International...

Turkey is determined to continue to explore hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Thursday. Ersin Tatar, the prime minister of the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, was on an official visit to Ankara...

A joint Search and Rescue Exercise dubbed “CYFRA-04/19” was conducted on Monday off the coast of Cyprus, according to a press release which was issued by the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) on Tuesday.  SAR Units and Personnel of the...

The U.S. State Department urged Tukey to remove the drilling ship Yavuz from Cyprus' territorial waters, calling Ankara's activities "unlawful," the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reports. The United States considers the activities of the Turkish drillship Yavuz off the coast of...

The fourth Turkish oil and gas research ship, the "Oruc Reis," is on its way to the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said via Twitter on Monday. His tweet was in response to Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP)...

Scores of people and party representatives attended a memorial service at Paralimni Cemetery earlier this week in memory of Tasos Isaak and Solomos Solomou, the cousins who were murdered by Turks in August of 1996 in Deryneia. Anastasios "Tasos" Isaak...

The Greek government should take lessons from the past, said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Saturday while visiting the Turkish-occupied zone in northern Cyprus. Akar was accompanied by the entire leadership of the Turkish armed forces. He visited the...

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Mustafa Akinci, met on Friday morning in Nicosia, Cyprus. The leaders of the two main ethnic communities of Cyprus mutually pledged to continue engaging in...