Posts tagged with "Greece"

Suspected work-scam mastermind referred for trial Crime

Suspected work-scam mastermind referred for trial

January 11th, 2019 The suspected mastermind of a scam who managed to steal some €300,000 from Cypriot craftsmen and workers seeking employment in the aftermath of the economic collapse will go directly to trial, the Larnaca district court ruled on Friday. The court scheduled the trial to begin on February 25, at the Larnaca-Famagusta criminal...
Cyprus, Greece, and Jordan discuss next steps in cooperation Cyprus

Cyprus, Greece, and Jordan discuss next steps in cooperation

December 19th, 2018 The progress achieved so far in the cooperation between Cyprus, Greece, and Jordan and the next steps and new fields of common interest such as education and innovation will be the focus of the tripartite ministerial meeting among the three countries, taking place on Wednesday. The meeting will be held in Nicosia with the...
Anastasiades expecting US will participate in Greece-Cyprus-Israel tripartite Cyprus

Anastasiades expecting US will participate in Greece-Cyprus-Israel tripartite

December 4th, 2018   Cyprus is expecting the US to participate in the trilateral cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Israel in the near future, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday. In his address to the 6th Energy Symposium, Anastasiades said that cooperation mechanisms with countries in the region had proved to be very successful...
Tsipras to discuss Cyprus issue, energy in Moscow Cyprus

Tsipras to discuss Cyprus issue, energy in Moscow

December 1st, 2018 The Cyprus issue, bilateral relations, energy and EU-Russia relations will be on the agenda of talks between Alexis Tsipras and Vladimir Putin, during the Greek Premier’s official visit to Moscow on December 7. Tsipras will be accompanied by Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios Katrougalos and while in the Russian...
Cyprus and Greece enhance digital cooperation Cyprus

Cyprus and Greece enhance digital cooperation

November 20th, 2018 Greece’s Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media Nikos Pappas and Cypriot Minister of Transport, Communications and Works Vassiliki Anastasiadou have decided to enhance digital cooperation. The two ministers and their delegations met in Nicosia on Monday and also discussed the agenda for the next trilateral meeting...
Gas drillship on its way amid bellicose rhetoric Cyprus

Gas drillship on its way amid bellicose rhetoric

November 5th, 2018   As a drillship continued on its journey to Cyprus on Monday, Turkey was again warning its neighbours that it will defend its interests in hydrocarbons resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Late in the afternoon the Stena IceMax drillship, leased by ExxonMobil, was clearing the southern coast of Spain. Its destination is...
President to participate in EU-Arab Summit in Athens Cyprus

President to participate in EU-Arab Summit in Athens

October 28th, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades will participate in the 3rd EU-Arab Summit in Athens on Monday and Tuesday. He will address the deliberations of the summit which will be attended by heads of state and government of EU and Arab countries. The agenda includes issues such as Europe and the Arab World in a Challenging Global Environment;...
Higher post-Cobalt air fares will come down, authorities say Cyprus

Higher post-Cobalt air fares will come down, authorities say

October 25th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Authorities and travel agents gave assurances on Thursday that the rise in air fares to popular destinations right after the Cyprus-based air carrier Cobalt Air closed down last week, is temporary as other airlines are now offering more seats. The reassurances came after the Cyprus-Greece business association...
Greece, Turkey snipe over maritime borders (Update 2) Greece

Greece, Turkey snipe over maritime borders (Update 2)

October 23rd, 2018 Turkey warned Greece on Tuesday it would not tolerate a shift in Greece's maritime border, drawing a sharp rebuke from Athens that it would decide when and how it exercises its sovereign rights. The statements from both sides came a few days after Greece's former foreign minister said Greece planned to extend its territorial...
Greek PM rules out snap polls after foreign minister quits Greece

Greek PM rules out snap polls after foreign minister quits

October 19th, 2018 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out a snap election on Friday following the resignation of his foreign minister, saying his administration still had backing from a majority of lawmakers. Nikos Kotzias unexpectedly resigned on Wednesday, becoming the first major political casualty of a Tsipras-driven campaign to end a...
Barbaros to continue explorations in Mediterranean, Turkish energy minister says Cyprus

Barbaros to continue explorations in Mediterranean, Turkish energy minister says

October 19th, 2018 A Turkish energy exploration ship will continue to operate in the Mediterranean Sea, the energy minister said on Friday, after Ankara said the navy stopped a Greek frigate from harassing the ship. The Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa will be conducting surveys in a sea area of approximately 44,000 square kilometres. "Turkish Petroleum's...
Pavlopoulos: a solution to the Cyprus problem needs to be found soon Cyprus

Pavlopoulos: a solution to the Cyprus problem needs to be found soon

October 16th, 2018 A solution to the Cyprus problem must be reached soon to put an end to pending issues, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Tuesday. Pavlopoulos is in Nicosia to address a Conference organised by the Parliaments of Greek and Cyprus. President Nicos Anastasiades is also speaking at the Conference. Pavlopoulos , who had a...
Leaders at Crete summit tell Turkey to leave Cyprus’ EEZ alone Energy

Leaders at Crete summit tell Turkey to leave Cyprus’ EEZ alone

October 10th, 2018 Cyprus, Greece and Egypt on Wednesday called on Turkey to cease all illegal activities within the maritime zones of Cyprus and to refrain from similar actions in the future. President, Nicos Anastasiades, his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, made the statement following their 6th...
Kammenos speaks of broadening Greece-Cyprus-Israel cooperation to include US Cyprus

Kammenos speaks of broadening Greece-Cyprus-Israel cooperation to include US

October 10th, 2018 Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos has referred to the broadening of the trilateral agreement between Greece, Cyprus and Israel, to include the United States. Kammenos was speaking after separate meetings on Tuesday with US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis at the Pentagon and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan at the State...
Akinci fears Turkish Cypriots being sidelined in talks process Cyprus Talks

Akinci fears Turkish Cypriots being sidelined in talks process

October 5th, 2018 By Evie Andreou If Turkey holds frequent contacts with the Greek Cypriots, then Greece should do the same with Turkish Cypriots, Mustafa Akinci said on Friday. The Turkish Cypriot leader was commenting on statements by Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who had said that as regards the Cyprus problem, they were talking...
Potential for progress on Cyprus in 2019 is ‘slim’, outlook predicts   Cyprus Talks

Potential for progress on Cyprus in 2019 is ‘slim’, outlook predicts  

October 4th, 2018 The potential for progress towards the reunification of Cyprus will be slim in 2019, as domestic issues take precedence in both Greece and Turkey, and hydrocarbons exploration has the potential for a flare-up, Fitch Solutions Macro Research said on Thursday in its outlook for Cyprus’ reunification. Fitch Solutions Macro Research is...
Tspiras addresses Cyprus issue in UN assembly speech Cyprus Talks

Tspiras addresses Cyprus issue in UN assembly speech

September 29th, 2018 Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras expressed his country’s full support to a just and viable solution to the Cyprus problem, based on UN decisions. Addressing the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, Tsipras said the solution should be based on the UN Secretary-General’s framework, and placed the Cyprus issue in the framework...
FMs of Greece, Cyprus and Egypt meet to prepare for new trilateral Cyprus

FMs of Greece, Cyprus and Egypt meet to prepare for new trilateral

September 27th, 2018 The foreign ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt met in New York on Thursday to prepare for the upcoming trilateral summit of the heads of state of their respective nations. Nicos Christodoulides, Nikos Kotzias and Egypt’s Sameh Shoukry reportedly discussed energy issues and broader cooperation in the southeast...
Guarantor powers to meet in New York Cyprus

Guarantor powers to meet in New York

September 25th, 2018 Britain will host an informal meeting of Cyprus’ three guarantor powers on Cyprus problem on Tuesday in New York, the Cyprus News Agency said. Citing an unnamed diplomatic source, CNA said  British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will attend a working...
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