April 15, 2019
FEATURED, Turkey-GR
Despite warnings from the international community and particularly the United States, Turkey is determined to proceed with the purchase of the Russian missiles defense system S-400. And not only that. Ankara threatens its neighbor Greece to install the S-400 along the Turkish coasts on the Aegean Sea in order to …
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April 14, 2019
Greece
Greece, Cyprus and Jordan’s cooperation enhances the strategy for the peace and stability prospect in the eastern Mediterranean, said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the 2nd Greece, Cyprus, Jordan trilateral Summit that is held in Amman on Sunday. Tsipras, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades …
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March 22, 2019
Politics, Turkey-GR
“The Aegean and Cyprus belong to Turkey,” said Ankara’s Defense Minister and former top military Hulusi Akar. His claim come just hours after the Greek Foreign Minister said that Turkey has rights in the Mediterranean Sea. Akar’s claimed buffed not only Greeks but also Turks who asked “how and when …
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March 21, 2019
Turkey-GR
Greece’s Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos ruled out Turkey’s exclusion on energy-related issues in the Eastern Mediterranean area. He said that Turkey has kilometer-long shore at the Mediterranean Sea and therefore also rights in the area. The Greek Foreign Minister met with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Antalya on Thursday …
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March 20, 2019
Greece, Politics
The 6th Trilateral Cyprus-Greece-Israel Summit, with the participation of the United States, begins in Jerusalem Wednesday afternoon to advance energy and security in the Eastern Mediterranean and discuss also economy and migration. Attending the summit are Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, host Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin …
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March 13, 2019
Politics, World
The European Union should formally suspend Turkey’s negotiations to join the bloc, EU lawmakers said on Wednesday in a symbolic rebuke of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who Western governments accuse of widespread abuses of human rights. “Sitting in a cell for 17 months without knowing what you are being accused …
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February 28, 2019
Economy
Cyprus Energy Ministtry said on Thursday, today that ExxonMobil has discovered the 3rd biggest gas deposit in the world in the last 2 years. According to the joint announcement by Cyprus and ExxonMobil, the gas reserves are estimated between 5-8 trillion cubic feet in an offshore field within the island’s …
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February 28, 2019
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey’s Defense Ministry claims to have “annexed” the whole Cyprus. In a poster of the Mavi Vatan military exercise, not only the occupied North is marked red as Turkey is but the whole island state. The map was posted by the Turkish Defense Ministry account on Twitter late on Wednesday, …
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November 12, 2018
World
Historic moments in Cyprus with the opening of two checkpoints after more than half a century. Officials from both sides, opened two new border crossings Monday for the first time in eight years, the latest push for peace by the two sides after UN-backed talks collapsed last year. Dozens of …
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November 6, 2018
Greece
Former Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has filed a lawsuit for defamation and dissemination of fake news aiming to undermine him and the Prespes Agreement. The former FM filed a 10-page lawsuit at the Prosecutor of Greece’s Supreme Court. The former minister believes that “legal suits for treason brought against him …
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October 31, 2018
Turkey-GR
Turkey has launched it first drilling for oil and gas in East Mediterranean, a move to spark new tensions with neighboring Greece and Cyprus. Right at the drilling start on Wednesday, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez warned Greece and Cyprus saying “We will do everything necessary if …
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October 22, 2018
Turkey-GR
Turkey is furious at the energy cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Israel. They “play a dirty game against Turkey,” Yigit Bulut, the economic advisor of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said and warned that “Greece will be destroyed if there would be a naval combat” between the two countries.” “Greece is …
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October 22, 2018
Turkey-GR
Turkey is furious at the energy cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Israel. They “play a dirty game against Turkey,” Yigit Bulut, the economic advisor of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said and warned that “Greece will be destroyed if there would be a naval combat” between the two countries.” “Greece is …
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October 17, 2018
Turkey-GR
The US State Department has urged Turkey to refrain from increasing tension in the East Mediterranean Sea. Commenting on the upcoming drilling off Cyprus, the Department of State said that it discourages any rhetorical action and rhetoric in the region and reminded that US policy on the Cyprus EEZ is …
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October 16, 2018
Turkey-GR
Ankara will continue natural gas drilling work around the island of Cyprus to establish the fair sharing resources, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. “Turkey will not allow unilateral activities [in the Eastern Mediterranean]. We need to protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots with actual steps,” Cavusoglu said …
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October 5, 2018
Turkey-GR
This must be kind of joke of the century stuff. Turkey that illegally occupies the North of Cyprus claims rights in Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone. Hours after Cyprus invited international companies for off-shore hydrocarbon exploration in the Plot Area Number 7, the Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing “concerns” …
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October 1, 2018
Turkey-GR
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired new salvos and threatened Greece and Cyprus to no proceed with energy drilling in the Aegean and the Mediterranean Sea. “Those who try to ignore us in Cyprus and the Aegean Sea are endangering their own presence,” he said during a speech at the …
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September 25, 2018
Social, Society
Police in Cyprus went on high alert on Tuesday morning after two boys went missing from an elementary school in Larnaca. There are fear that the boys have fallen victim of abduction. Massive police operation with roadblocks and helicopters underway. Two boys, both 11 years old, have gone missing from …
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September 22, 2018
Turkey-GR
A warship of the Turkish Navy arrested five fishermen on board of a Cypriot boat on Friday morning. The fishermen were on board of a boat in international waters in the sea area off the North-West of Cyprus. The fishermen were forced to sail the boat to the port of …
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September 17, 2018
Sky, Turkey-GR
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens to increase Turkey’s military presence in the illegally occupied North Cyprus. Erdogan’s threats come just a few hours before the opening of the annual session of the UN General Assembly, with Secretary General Antonio Guterres to examine the prospects of resuming the negotiations on the …
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