Pompeo to visit Cyprus in first week of January – report
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to visit Cyprus towards the end of the first week in January, the Cyprus News Agency reported on...
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US National Defence budget in Trump’s office, contains provisions to lift arms embargo on Cyprus
With 86 votes in favour and eight against, the plenary of the US Senate voted on Tuesday on the budget for National Defence, which includes...
US bill on East Med security and energy partnership passes appropriations
A bill due to be passed at the US Congress by Friday for an East Med energy partnership with Greece and Cyprus mandates the compilation...
Former US President Carter out of hospital after fall
Former US president Jimmy Carter is out of the hospital where he was treated after fracturing his pelvis in a recent fall. The Carter Centre...
Turkey, US agree ceasefire in northeast Syria
Turkey has agreed to a five-day ceasefire in northeast Syria to allow for withdrawal of Kurdish forces, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday after...
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...
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...
