#Cyprus-Greece

The Greek government has set a target of July 1 next year for Cyprus to join Europe’s border-free Schengen zone, President Nikos Christodoulides has said, with efforts ongoing for the ...

Cyprus, Greece and Egypt on Wednesday pledged to work towards peace, security and stability in the region through their respective parliaments whose speakers gathered in Nicosia for the second such ...

Greece and Cyprus are the countries that license research work for Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) that will link Crete and Cyprus via an electrical interconnection cable, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos ...

Cyprus and Greece have challenged Turkey’s candidate for UN secretary-general, Feridun Sinirlioglu, as he pledged “impartiality” without addressing most of their questions directly. Cyprus’ ambassador to the UN, Maria ...

The French research vessel Abeille Marengo is set to sail from Heraklion to begin seabed surveys for the electricity cable between Greece and Cyprus. The Marengo is due to head ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is travelling to Thessaloniki, Greece, on Friday, where he will be proclaimed honorary doctor of the department of international and European studies of the University of Macedonia’...

House president Annita Demetriou described Eleftherios Venizelos as a leader who “transcended the time limits of his era”, in an address to an Athens conference on Tuesday. The conference, organised ...

The Turkish invasion in 1974 could not have occured had Greece possessed aircraft capable of refuelling fighter jets in mid-air, Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias asserted on Monday, as Athens signed ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis expressed hope late on Wednesday that the momentum gained for Cyprus during the term of Antonio Guterres at the helm of the United Nations would “...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas met his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Thessaloniki on Wednesday, with discussions focusing on the latest international security developments and defence cooperation between Cyprus and Greece, ...

The Turkish-Libyan memorandum “remains null and void, contrary to international law and cannot serve as a lawful basis for maritime delimitation or produce legal consequences for third states”, Greek Foreign ...

Cyprus is ready to delimit its maritime boundaries with Greece, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday, at the end of a week in which the Libyan parliament ratified a ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday said that his country will not object to the undertaking of seabed surveys between Crete and Cyprus ahead of the construction of the ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Thursday said that a navtex, a message used to transmit information to seaborne vessels, will be issued before the end of the month to warn ...

Joint manoeuvres on October 20 between Cyprus and Greece off the Greek island of Andros will see the two countries’ operational forces strengthening their preparedness and coordination in responding to incidents ...

Greece has requested permission for a French-flagged vessel to conduct seabed surveys in its territorial waters, in an effort to resume work on the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) electricity cable. ...

The parents of Cypriot student Kyprianos Papaioannou, who died in the 2023 Tempi train crash in Greece, testified on Tuesday at the trial of those accused over the disaster. The crash ...

Former justice minister Emily Yiolitis defended on Saturday her comment that she disagrees with Cyprus using the Greek national anthem, saying critics had distorted her words and chosen to “sell ...

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said his country will undertake “diplomatic efforts” to ensure that progress is made towards the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that “strong and model NATO ally” Greece and the United States are launching new counterterrorism information sharing between their law enforcement ...

Cyprus’ role in the security architecture of the Eastern Mediterranean and the further strengthening of the 3+1 format with Greece, Israel and the United States were highlighted by Greek Foreign Minister ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Athens at a time of heightened geopolitical challenges, instability and shifting regional dynamics. The agenda for his meetings is broad and includes ...

A bilateral memorandum aimed at further strengthening educational cooperation between Cyprus and Greece was signed at the Holy Archdiocese in Nicosia on Tuesday. The memorandum was signed by Education Minister ...

It is “inconceivable” that the Great Sea Interconnector project, which, if completed, will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, could be “obstructed” by Turkey when seabed surveys ...