Posts tagged with "turkey"

Non-solution caused by Turkish intransigence, Anastasiades says Cyprus Talks

Non-solution caused by Turkish intransigence, Anastasiades says

December 9th, 2018 Failure to find a solution to the Cyprus problem is solely due to the intransigence of Turkey, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. At a memorial service in Nicosia to honour the 10th anniversary since the death of former president Tassos Papadopoulos, which was also attended by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos,...
Plundered mosaics back in Turkey after decades in U.S. Turkey

Plundered mosaics back in Turkey after decades in U.S.

December 8th, 2018 Missing fragments from one of Turkey's most striking ancient treasures, the haunting, wide-eyed "Gypsy Girl" mosaic, have returned home more than half a century after they were plundered and smuggled to the United States. On Saturday, the returned pieces went on display alongside the nearly 2,000-year-old mosaic of the girl, whose...
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...
Cyprus urges Council of Europe to resist Turkish 'blackmail' Cyprus

Cyprus urges Council of Europe to resist Turkish 'blackmail'

December 1st, 2018 Cyprus is urging the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to “resist what blatantly amounts to blackmail on behalf of Turkey” in relation to the review of a case concerning Greek Cypriot property in the north. In a memorandum submitted by the government, ahead of a Committee of Ministers meeting in Strasbourg next week,...
Cyprus protests to UN over Turkey’s airspace violations Cyprus

Cyprus protests to UN over Turkey’s airspace violations

November 30th, 2018 Cyprus on Thursday officially protested to the United Nations Turkey’s continuing violations of its national airspace and territorial waters and called for them to end immediately. In a letter to the UN secretary-general which circulated on Thursday, the deputy permanent representative of Cyprus to the UN, Polly Ioannou, sent two...
Kyprianou keeps own counsel after Cavusoglu dinner Cyprus Talks

Kyprianou keeps own counsel after Cavusoglu dinner

November 23rd, 2018 By Evie Andreou Akel leader, Andros Kyprianou, said on Friday he would brief President Nicos Anastasiades on his meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, which took place in the latter’s home in Ankara, but that he would only make public what was said if it was deemed necessary. Kyprianou, who travelled to Ankara...
Cyprus would disagree with any suspension of Turkey’s EU accession Cyprus

Cyprus would disagree with any suspension of Turkey’s EU accession

November 16th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Cyprus disagrees with any notion of suspending Turkey’s EU accession negotiation, it said on Friday. Government spokesman, Prodromos Prodromou, said: “The accession dialogue must not be substituted with an upgraded, enhanced of enlarged customs union of Turkey with the EU, bearing in mind the fact Turkey that...
Exxon expected to start drilling by week’s end Energy

Exxon expected to start drilling by week’s end

November 14th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The Stena Icemax drillship leased by ExxonMobil, is expected to begin drilling in Cyprus’ offshore block 10 by the end of the week, it was reported on Wednesday. The drillship arrived on location in block 10 on Sunday and is preparing to begin drilling in the site dubbed by Exxon as ‘Delphine’ after the Greek...
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...
Gas a golden opportunity to work together Opinion

Gas a golden opportunity to work together

November 4th, 2018 By George Koumoullis THE president of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades recently advised the Turkish Cypriots to wean themselves off Turkey in order to facilitate the solution of the Cyprus problem. This admonishment would have been understandable and imperative if Greek Cypriot society had likewise cut itself loose from Greece. But has...
Turkish ship to drill for oil and gas in Mediterranean -minister Cyprus

Turkish ship to drill for oil and gas in Mediterranean -minister

October 30th, 2018 A Turkish ship will start drilling for oil and gas in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said, a move that could create tensions with neighbouring Cyprus and Greece over jurisdiction. Attempts to tap gas and oil in the eastern Mediterranean, along with a dispute over Greece's maritime borders, have...
Cavusoglu: Turkey open to alternative solutions Cyprus Talks

Cavusoglu: Turkey open to alternative solutions

October 23rd, 2018 By Evie Andreou Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said that before a new round of talks is launched, it must be decided which type of solution is being sought, adding that Turkey was open to alternatives. In an interview with Anadolu News Agency, published on Tuesday, Cavusoglu said that Turkey is not “obsessed” with...
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...
Turkey will react to Exxon’s drilling, Ozersay says Cyprus Talks

Turkey will react to Exxon’s drilling, Ozersay says

October 22nd, 2018 Turkey will react to the drilling later this year by US energy giants ExxonMobil, even if there are ongoing Cyprus talks, Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay said in the second part of his interview with Phileleftheros published on Monday. Ozersay said there were areas of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone claimed by...
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...
US discourages actions that raise tension in the Mediterranean Energy

US discourages actions that raise tension in the Mediterranean

October 17th, 2018 The United States discourages any actions or rhetoric that increase tensions in the region, a State Department official said on Tuesday, amid Turkish warnings that it will prevent natural gas exploration in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). “The US policy on Cyprus’s EEZ is longstanding and has not changed: the United...
Turkey plans to start drilling in East Med on October 29 Energy

Turkey plans to start drilling in East Med on October 29

October 15th, 2018 Turkey plans its exploratory drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean on October 29, it was reported on Monday. Ankara said last week it’s drilling vessel Fatih had already arrived onsite and that training would be conducted with drilling at the end of the month. Necdet Pamir, the Chairman of the Energy Commission of the...
The brutal new world of espionage and repression Opinion

The brutal new world of espionage and repression

October 14th, 2018 By Peter Apps From unconvincing alibis on visiting cathedrals to highly public revelations of their personal details, a new generation of Russian and other assassins and spies are being publicly identified – and often ridiculed – in ever-growing numbers. But there is nothing funny about their antics, nor the way in which a...
Turkish court rules to release US pastor Brunson (Update) Turkey

Turkish court rules to release US pastor Brunson (Update)

October 12th, 2018 A Turkish court ruled on Friday to release the US evangelical Christian pastor at the centre of a bitter diplomatic row between Ankara and Washington, a move that could be the first step towards mending ties between the Nato allies. The court passed a 3 years and 1-1/2 month sentence on Andrew Brunson, who had been charged with...
Turkey's Erdogan tells ministers to stop using U.S. firm McKinsey Turkey

Turkey's Erdogan tells ministers to stop using U.S. firm McKinsey

October 6th, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had ordered his ministers to stop receiving consulting services from U.S. firm McKinsey, after the deal came under fire from the main opposition. Last month, Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, who is also Erdogan's son-in-law, announced thatTurkey had decided to work with...
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...
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