#Turkey

Cyprus and Russia on Thursday signed two agreements enhancing their cooperation in various fields, while Moscow called ‘unacceptable’ Turkey’s unilateral moves in Varosha as well any attempt to change ...

Nicosia welcomed Monday’s decision of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to draft a document with ways of dealing with Turkey’s failure to reverse its actions in the fenced ...

The European Union’s executive said on Tuesday that Turkey‘s bid to join the bloc had “come to a standstill” amid serious democratic shortfalls, in its most critical annual ...

Local media reported that the European External Action Service is set to draw up a list of options which the EU can take over a lack of progress being made ...

Foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides is leaving Sunday for Luxembourg, to attend the meeting of the Council of Foreign Affairs of the European Union on Monday. Council business is expected to ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will report to the UN and the that land has been granted to the Turkish military in the area of Apostolos Andreas in the Karpas peninsula on ...

Turkey has expanded its exports of armed drones by negotiating sales deals with Morocco and Ethiopia after their successful use in international conflicts, according to four sources familiar with the ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci is among 42 people barred from entering Turkey, media in the north reported on Tuesday as the backlash continued after journalist Ali Kishmir was refused ...

The Journalists Union on Monday said it will take joint action with Turkish Cypriot NGO Basin-Sen after the latter’s leader was prevented from entering Turkey. In a written statement, ...

Britain, Greece and Turkey have all failed in their assigned roles When the Republic of Cyprus was born in 1960, she was given three “god-mothers” – Britain, Greece and Turkey – who were ...

The leader of the Turkish Cypriot NGO Basin-Sen Ali Kishmir said on Sunday he had been prevented from entering Turkey. According to the Turkish Cypriot press, Kishmir said when he ...

Turkey announced Friday it planned to carry out seismic surveys in the eastern Mediterranean until December 16, 2021. According to a navigational warning, Turkish research vessel Oruc Reis, accompanied by Ataman and ...

Turkey will never allow the research vessel Nautical Geo resume its operations off Cyprus and Crete, the country’s defence minister said claiming these areas were under Turkish jurisdiction. Turkey’...

In a packed Istanbul passenger ferry between Europe and Asia, all eyes turn to one commuter enjoying the view from his window. Boji, a street dog, has become a regular ...

Illegal actions by Turkey off Crete and southwest of Cyprus in recent days prove that positive statements coming out of Ankara “are unfortunately not transformed into deeds”, Foreign Minister Nikos ...

President Nicos Anastasiades’ meeting with the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America Elpidoforos, was called off because the cleric attended the opening of the ‘Turkish House’ in New York, media reports ...

The government lambasted Turkey for its ongoing “flagrant disregard” for its legal obligation to comply with European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgments regarding compensation in Greek Cypriot property cases, ...

The government on Tuesday expressed hope that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will exert pressure on the Turkish Cypriot side for a joint meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades in New York. ...

If Greek Cypriots start drilling in the eastern Mediterranean Turkey will too, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay announced. Oktay had a meeting on Friday in Ankara with Turkish Cypriot leader ...

The Greek Cypriot side stands ready to attend any meeting the UN Secretary-General wishes to convene on the Cyprus issue, either between the leaders of the two communities or with ...

Fifteen migrants, all male, arrived at Kato Pyrgos by boat early on Saturday, police said. The migrants were spotted in the area at 1.50am. Police believe they were brought to ...

Demands tabled by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot for the recognition of sovereign equality and of equal international status for the breakaway state hinder efforts to achieve a breakthrough, President ...

Greece said on Friday it had completed a 40-kilometre fence on its border with Turkey and a new surveillance system was in place, amid concerns that the Taliban’s takeover ...

The application process announced by the government for the issuance of an EU Digital Covid Certificate to vaccinated Turkish Cypriots was branded discriminatory and described as “impractical and nonsensical” by ...