Russia-backed Syrian army sweeps in after U.S. announces abrupt exit
Russia-backed Syrian forces took rapid advantage of an abrupt U.S. retreat from Syria on Monday, deploying deep inside Kurdish-held territory south of the Turkish frontier...
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Pompeo’s statement a ‘powerful message’, president says (Update 1)
A statement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Turkey’s illegal activities in Cyprus’ EEZ is a powerful message, President Nicos Anastasiades has said. In...
US sanctions Cuba’s Castro for supporting Venezuela’s Maduro
The Trump administration on Thursday imposed diplomatic sanctions on Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro, accusing him of “gross violations of human rights” as it...
Pompeo says US concerned over Varosha developments
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has assured Cypriot Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides that the US shares his concerns that any unilateral actions to reopen...
Neo-Nazi faces sentencing in murder of protester in Charlottesville
The self-professed neo-Nazi who drove his car into a crowd protesting against white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one of the demonstrators, was due in...
Turkey ‘weak and isolated’ says Tsipras
Turkey’s activities in the region are an indication of its weakness and isolation, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday, according to CNA. Speaking...
US expresses concern over Turkish drilling
The US has expressed concern over the recent statement by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that drilling haD started in Cyprus’ EEZ. In an interview...
Trump says he received a ‘beautiful’ letter from North Korea’s Kim
U.S. President Donald Trump cozied up anew to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, praising a “beautiful” letter he received from Kim and...
US deeply concerned by Turkish drilling (Updated)
THE US has been deeply concerned by Turkey’s announced intention to begin drilling in the waters off Cyprus and we have urged the Turkish authorities...
US official expects Cyprus and US ‘to work closely’ on bilateral relations
Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US State Department Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Palmer said on Thursday he expected to continue working closely...
US congressman dodges Turkey question, slams Russia
Chairman of the US Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel sent a veiled message to Russia about staying out of Cyprus’ energy programme, but avoided...
Nicosia says Cavusoglu letter ‘will not go unanswered’ (Updated)
A letter from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to the international community, including the UN and EU on its stance vis-à-vis Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone...
Christodoulides speaks with Bolton about Turkish EEZ provocation
Foreign Minister, Nicos Christodoulides, on Friday had a telephone conversation with the US President`s National Security Adviser, John Bolton, whom he briefed on the latest...
US strongly discourages any activity that could escalate tensions
Assistant Secretary for the bureau of energy resources in the US Department of State Francis Fannon has said that the US was strongly discouraging any...
Parliament censures US over Golan
Parliament on Friday approved a resolution censuring the US recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory and called on America to rescind its decision...
Cyprus has made ‘enormous progress’ on money-laundering clampdown
US Department of Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Marshall Billingslea on Friday praised Cyprus’ “enormous progress” on issues relating to anti-money laundering (AML). Billingslea...
Menendez: new era in US-Cyprus relations (Updated)
US Senator Robert Menendez on Tuesday spoke of a new era in Cyprus-US relations after a meeting at the presidential palace in Nicosia with President...
Assange hacking charge limits free speech defence
By Jan Wolfe and Nathan Layne Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has portrayed himself as a champion of a free press, but the US Department of...
Our View: US arms bill all part of president’s risky game
HOW paradoxical that as most opposition parties raved about the submission of the bill to Congress proposing the lifting of the US arms embargo on...
Casinos, offshore banking keeps north on money-laundering radar
Casinos and the offshore banking sector in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the north of the island remain areas of concern for money laundering...
