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For the last half-century, every year, on July 15 we hear and read the same narratives about the Greek Junta-inspired coup against President Makarios, which gave Turkey the pretext to invade ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Sunday denied that there is only a “remote chance” of an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem being convened during the summer, as efforts continue ...

Akel general secretary Stefanos Stefanou outlined his party’s main positions on the Cyprus issue at a meeting he had with ambassadors of the EU member-states. His main message was ...

European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to “seize the renewed momentum” to bring about ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday informed his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa that he had decided to remove the country from the U.S. list of designated state sponsors of terrorism. “...

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump has a positive view on selling F-35 jets to Turkey and Erdogan hoped that the world would see the United ...

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 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday he is in close contact with senior European Union officials attending the Nato summit in Turkey, as discussions continue over linking progress on the ...

Italy’s defence minister stressed the importance of good transatlantic relations on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump again goaded erstwhile ally Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister. Meloni ...

As Nato prepares for the July 7 Summit in Ankara, with defence industry, investment and support for Ukraine heading the agenda, discussions over burden-sharing between the United States and Europe are ...

NATO leaders gather next week in Ankara, where Europeans aim to set aside strife with U.S. President Donald Trumpover Iran and Greenland and show they are stepping up to ...

NATO leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump are set to affirm an “ironclad commitment” to collective defence under the alliance’s Article 5 pact at a summit in Ankara next ...

NATO leaders gather next week in Ankara, where Europeans aim to set aside strife with U.S. President Donald Trumpover Iran and Greenland and show they are stepping up to ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to push ahead with the sale of dozens of jet engines to Turkey worth hundreds of millions of dollars despite objections from some ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Saturday he would publish the government’s defence investment plan before the alliance’s summit in Ankara next ...

The future deployment of United States troops to Lithuania is under review, the country’s Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said on Tuesday, confirming uncertainty over the arrival of the next ...

Nato accused Moscow on Friday of reckless behaviour and pledged to “defend every inch of Allied territory” after Romania said a Russian drone had crashed into an apartment block in ...

NATO member Romania said on Friday that a drone injured two people in a southeastern city during an overnight Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the first time in the war ...

NATO will strengthen the defence of its eastern flank with a new structure that would facilitate the rapid deployment of forces in Latvia and Estonia in the event of a ...

A Politico opinion poll conducted in the four biggest Nato countries in February revealed almost identical popular expectations about the likelihood of a global war in the next five years. ...

Cyprus hosted the informal meeting of EU leaders on April 23–24, an event that proved a notable success for President Nikos Christodoulides. Such gatherings are usually forgettable affairs, serving mainly as ...

Ever mindful of defence contingencies, the EU has positioned itself to evolve into a defence alliance as well as an economic and political union by adopting a mutual assistance clause ...

Romania recovered fragments of two drones after an overnight Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine, its defence ministry said in statements on Saturday, while the foreign ministry said it had summoned ...

The leaders of the European Union’s 27 member states on Friday resolved to demand the creation of a defence “playbook” at the day’s European Council summit in Nicosia, though ...