#EU-Turkey

Cypriot member of the European Parliament Loucas Fourlas on Wednesday offered terse words for European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos, after she characterised Turkey as a “strategic partner” of the European ...

Turkey on Wednesday rejected the European Commission’s criticism of its policies in Cyprus, accusing the EU of adopting the positions of Greece and the Republic. In a statement responding ...

The European Commission on Wednesday called on Turkey to “normalise” its relations with the Republic of Cyprus, as it presented its annual report on the country’s progress towards accession ...

All 27 EU member states have backed a joint statement rejecting the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum, which the EU said on Wednesday, “violates the sovereign rights of third States” and “does not ...

The maritime boundary agreement reached between Turkey and Libya, which was ratified by the Libyan parliament on Tuesday, “infringes on the sovereign rights of third states”, the European Union’s ...

A total of 36 people have been arrested and 16 more are wanted as the Turkish authorities led a crackdown into what was described as the illegal trafficking of egg cells, Turkish ...

Cyprus has reportedly received a letter inviting it to the UN climate summit in Antalya, a government source informed the Cyprus News Agency on Sunday. The source was responding to ...

European Commission Cyprus problem envoy Raffaele Fitto on Thursday said that the European Union attaches “particular importance” to efforts to bring about a solution to the Cyprus problem, as he ...

Members of the European Parliament will on Thursday morning debate the matter of “persistent Turkish provocations” in both the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean seas, as well as related “escalations”, with ...

Cyprus’ defence cooperation with other countries is conducted between sovereign states which maintain friendly relations and is fully in line with international law, defence ministry sources said on Thursday, responding ...

Turkey is “closely monitoring military developments on the island of Cyprus”, the country’s defence ministry’s spokesman Zeki Akturk said on Thursday, offering criticism for the Republic of Cyprus’ ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the European Union “remains silent when Turkey, a Nato member, illegally occupies half of Cyprus, an EU member”, while accusing the ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou has denounced calls to close the crossing points, cautioning on Wednesday that such a move could create new political problems for the Republic and hand ...

The Great Sea Interconnector, which, if completed, will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece, and Israel, is a “European issue”, Greek Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou said on Thursday. “No ...

Neither the government of Greece, nor the government of Cyprus offered any confirmation or denial of reports that they intend to issue a navtex, a message used to transmit information ...

Turkey’s ruling AK Party’s spokesman Omer Celik has said discussions on the Cyprus problem must take place “on the basis of diplomacy and the United Nations’ parameters”, as ...

The Cyprus branch of Turkish opposition party the CHP has defected to the new party formed by its former leader Ozgur Ozel, which he has named the New Party, following 91 ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Tuesday met Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Kemal Bozay in Nicosia, with the former having been something of an outlier in refusing to offer ...

Turkey’s foreign ministry on Monday stressed that the actions it took in Cyprus fell in line with its rights and responsibilities under Cyprus’ 1960 Treaty of Guarantee in its own ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will raise the issue of the agreement signed by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot authorities which foresees the construction of a natural gas pipeline between Turkey ...

Turkey will be required to exhibit flexibility in its position regarding the Cyprus problem, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday, as he faced questions over the day’s Nato ...

For the second time this week, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan blamed the Greek Cypriot side for obstacles in relations between Turkey and the European Union, arguing that Nicosia’s ...

Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday accused Cyprus of blocking efforts to modernise the customs union between Turkey and the European Union, despite what he described as strong ...

The Cypriot government has penned a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres complaining of more than 500 violations of the island’s airspace in the three months between the beginning ...