Multinational exercise Medusa 2020 to kick off Monday
The multinational aeronautical training exercise Medusa 2020 will begin on Monday, running until December 6. The defence ministry said the exercise will take place in...
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Turkey rejects trilateral statement, ‘proves their true intentions’
Turkey on Thursday rejected a joint declaration issued by Cyprus, Greece and Egypt in which they condemned Ankara’s actions on the island and in the...
Greece sees ‘imperial fantasies’ in Turkey maritime claims, wants tougher EU action (Update 3)
Greece urged the European Union on Wednesday to reconsider its customs union with Turkey in response to Ankara’s continued gas exploration in contested Mediterranean areas,...
Sisi and Mitsotakis in Cyprus Wednesday for latest trilateral (Updated)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis will be in Cyprus on Wednesday to take part in the latest trilateral summit....
Christodoulides briefed by Dendias on Athens-Cairo accord
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Friday briefed his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Christodoulides on the exclusive economic zone agreement between Athens and Cairo signed on...
Cyprus and Egypt reaffirm energy priorities
Cypriot and Egyptian priorities on energy issues were reaffirmed during a video conference between Energy Minister Natasa Pilides and her counterpart Tarek El Molla, it...
Egypt’s Sisi wins parliamentary approval for possible Libya intervention
Egypt’s parliament gave President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi the green light for possible military intervention in Libya by approving the deployment of armed forces abroad to fight...
FM holds talks with Egyptian counterpart about EastMed developments
The foreign ministers of Cyprus and Egypt, Nikos Christodoulides and Sameh Shoukry held a telephone conversation on Sunday on Eastern Mediterranean developments. A statement issued...
Paphos looks to Egypt to establish direct flights
Paphos is looking to Alexandria to establish a direct link between the two cities and has approached low-cost carrier Ryanair, according to an announcement by...
Record Egyptian finds but gas glut beckons
After a highly successful 2019, Egypt and the East Med face several challenges By Charles Ellinas Egypt had another successful year in 2019 and this...
Egyptian court acquits Mubarak’s sons of illicit share trading
The two sons of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were acquitted on Saturday of illicit share trading during the sale of a bank four years...
Egypt sentences officer-turned-militant and 36 others to death
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced Hisham al-Ashmawy, a former special forces officer turned Islamist militant, and 36 others to death after they were convicted...
Ministers underline opposition to Turkey’s moves in Libya
The foreign ministers of France, Egypt, Greece and Cyprus on Wednesday stressed their opposition to Turkey’s decision on troop deployment to Libya, and to two...
President discusses Turkey-Libya accord with Sisi
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday spoke with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi by phone to discuss the recent Turkey-Libya memorandum of understanding on maritime...
Erdogan: Greece will pay the price internationally for expelling Libyan envoy
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called Greece’s expulsion of the Libyan envoy an “international scandal” and said Greece would pay the price for its...
Turkish parliament approves controversial delineation agreement with Libya (Update 2)
The Turkish parliament on Thursday ratified a controversial agreement with Libya delineating the two countries’ maritime borders in the eastern Mediterranean. Ahead of the vote,...
Defence ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt to hold trilateral in Athens
The defence ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt will hold a trilateral meeting on Tuesday, November 5, in Athens during which they will discuss developments...
Egyptian ambassador wins resident ‘diplomat of the year’, Canada non-resident award
Ambassador of Egypt, Mai Taha Mohamed Khalil, and Canadian Ambassador Mark Allen were named ‘diplomat of the year’, resident and non-resident respectively, on Wednesday at...
Cyprus and Egypt renew 1993 deal for elimination of double taxation
Cyprus and Egypt have signed a new agreement for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of fiscal...
Cyprus eyes Egypt as promising market for local pharmaceuticals
A meeting at the level of technical committees in the field of pharmaceutical cooperation, the first of its kind, took place between Cyprus and Egypt,...