#Greece-Turkey

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 Great Sea Interconnector project is “no longer merely a Greek and Cypriot project” but a “European project”, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, of the cable which, ...

Cypriot members of the European Parliament on Thursday took to the Strasbourg chamber’s floor to offer terse criticism for Turkey’s actions in the eastern Mediterranean, with Diko’s ...

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 ...

Greek diplomatic sources accused Turkey on Wednesday of “systematic distortion of history,” after the Turkish foreign ministry marked the anniversary of the siege of Tripolitsa with a social media post ...

The geopolitical contest for strategic primacy across the Levantine Basin has now converged upon the seabed, centred on the execution of the Great Sea Interconnector. Conceived as a 1,208-kilometre high-voltage ...

Permission from Turkey is not required for the Great Sea Interconnector project (GSI), which, if completed, will connect the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, to go ahead, Greek ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday accused Greece, Cyprus and Israel of forming a security alliance aimed at containing Turkey, as Ankara defended its own emerging defence cooperation with ...

Turkey’s foreign ministry called for an end to “the Greek Cypriot side’s intransigent stance” after United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres concluded his trip to Cyprus on Wednesday. “We ...

Greece “was, is, and will be by Cyprus’ side”, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Monday, as he attended the Makedonitissa tomb war memorial in western ...

Greece has called for strict implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions on Cyprus. Speaking on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York, Greece’s deputy permanent representative Ioannis Stamatekos ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ordered officials on Sunday to resume talks on reopening an Orthodox Christian seminary near Istanbul, an issue raised by U.S. President Donald Trump, who is ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Thursday called for the European Union’s 27 member states to “articulate a single, strong voice against revisionism” as he arrived at the day’s ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is to return to Cyprus next month, and hold separate meetings with both President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, according to ...

Greece on Friday asked the European Union to step in and stop what it said was unlawful fishing and violation of maritime law by Turkish fishermen in the eastern Mediterranean ...

Cypriot MEP Loukas Fourlas called on Wednesday for the European Union to abandon what he described as a policy of equidistance towards Turkey, after Ankara confirmed work on draft legislation ...

British Cypriot singer Isin Karaca said she was denied entry to Greece and deported from Athens airport after having attempted to go on holiday to the country. She posted a ...

Greece has rejected reports in Turkish media claiming Israel is considering buying or leasing islands in the Aegean, with diplomatic sources stating to regional media on Sunday that “these allegations ...

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on Saturday said that his country’s government only sent frigates and fighter jets to Cyprus to protect the United Kingdom’s bases on ...

By Chrysovalantis Andreou For the past week or so there has been a tense atmosphere both within Cypriot government circles and internationally regarding developments in the Middle East. At the ...

Turkey is expected to deploy four F-16 fighter jets to Cyprus on Sunday, the Cyprus Mail has been informed. According to competent sources, the aircraft will be deployed to the ...

Turkey says it ‘will not hesitate’ to act over Cyprus as regional conflict continues By Tom Cleaver Turkey “will not hesitate” to act against “hostile attitudes” shown towards the Turkish ...

Turkey has challenged Cyprus, Greece and Egypt in a letter to the United Nations, reiterating its claims over maritime zones in the Eastern Mediterranean and defending its “Blue Homeland” doctrine. ...