Cyprus

Full support for Cyprus' and Greece's stance on regional energy issues and for the expansion of security and environmental co-operation was the outcome of the first-annual Energy Ministerial Meeting. Held in Athens on Wednesday, the forum hosted ministerial-level representatives from...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Tuesday that stability in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean will only be achieved if the interests of Turkey and the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus are safeguarded. Speaking at the 11th Ambassadors' Conference...

According to reports published on Tuesday by Turkey's Daily Sabah newspaper and many Cypriot media outlets, the Turkish drillship ''Yavuz'' has begun operations off the coast of Cyprus' peninsula of Karpasia in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The reports also suggest that...

Greek Cypriots will be kept out of the Varosha process, the self-named Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kudret Ozersay said on Sunday, according to the Daily Sabah. Ozersay further stated that, after 45 years...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke to the 11th ''Ambassadors Conference'' in Ankara on Monday, where he presented a map depicting what Turkey considers to be the extent of its own continental shelf in the Mediterranean Sea. The map Cavusoglu...

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Friday reportedly warned that Turkey and its armed forces are ready to do “what is necessary” to protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots. “The Turkish Armed Forces, like 45 years ago when they carried...

A bishop from Cyprus caused controversy this week with his statements on homosexuality and abortion, forcing the government and the head of the church of Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos, to condemn his views. Morphou Bishop Neophytos stirred widespread anger when he...

Cypriot Prime Minister Nicos Anastasiades' cabinet decided on Monday to grant authorization to the French-Italian consortium of energy companies Total and ENI to conduct research and drilling activities in Block 7 of the Republic of Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The Cypriot...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis concluded his two-day visit to Cyprus on Tuesday by visiting the Greek Military Force of Cyprus, ELDYK, as well as two military cemeteries. "History, which is recorded in books and in memories, is alive and...

A British woman who claimed she was gang-raped in Cyprus was arrested herself on Sunday on suspicion of making a false accusation, as police released seven Israeli tourists from their custody. The 19-year-old woman had claimed that twelve Israeli teenagers raped...