Cyprus
Istanbul pogrom of 1955 explained: what US records show
US State Department records describe the anti-Greek violence of 6-7 September 1955 in Istanbul and Izmir, the police that did…
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News and analysis on the Republic of Cyprus: the Cyprus issue and the Turkish occupation of the north, the island’s defence and its National Guard, energy exploration in the Cypriot EEZ, and Cyprus’s role in the EU and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Palestinian President Abbas to visit Cyprus at the end of October – Turkish media bristle as Nicosia keeps ties with both sides
Palestinian ambassador Abdalla Attari says President Mahmoud Abbas will make an official visit to Cyprus at the end of October,…
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Cyprus condemns the approval of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum: “illegal, null and void” and a violation of the rights of third states
The Republic of Cyprus’s Foreign Ministry condemned the Libyan House’s approval of the 2019 Turkish–Libyan memorandum, saying it violates the…
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Provocative Bahçeli: “Cyprus is Turkish and will remain Turkish forever” – he calls federation a “raw fantasy” and the island the “strategic centre of the Blue Homeland”
Devlet Bahçeli, leader of Turkey’s MHP and Erdogan’s government partner, said Cyprus “is Turkish and will remain Turkish forever”, called…
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Turkish channel A Haber claims a “two-scenario trap” over EUNOMIA and the Greece–Cyprus cable – Hürriyet speaks of a “NAVTEX showdown”
Pro-government Turkish channel A Haber claims Athens is playing a “two-scenario trap” with the EUNOMIA exercise and the Greece–Cyprus GSI…
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Cyprus: €150 million deal with Israel for warships close to signing, according to Calcalist – Israel Shipyards boats with Rafael weapons for the Cypriot Navy
Israel Shipyards and Rafael are close to a deal worth about €150 million to supply vessels with Rafael weapon systems…
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Cyprus problem explained: 1960, 1974 and the UN buffer zone
How the Republic of Cyprus was divided: the 1960 constitution, the violence of 1963, the coup and the Turkish invasion…
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Turkish daily calls Greece’s NAVTEX for EUNOMIA a “pirate NAVTEX” – “We will not allow faits accomplis” to Athens and Nicosia
The pro-government Turkish daily Türkiye Gazetesi returns to the NAVTEX dispute south of Kastellorizo, calling the Greek NAVTEX for the…
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Cyprus to the UN: 626 Turkish airspace violations in two months – landing ships, submarines and frigates in the ports of Famagusta and Kyrenia
In a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the Republic of Cyprus reports 626 violations of its national airspace and…
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Christodoulides: Erhürman’s interview “particularly revealing” – “The Turkish side sets conditions for resuming talks”
President Nikos Christodoulides said that Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman’s interview shows one of the main reasons talks on the…
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Cyprus National Guard: officers at the French Cavalry School for the EBRC Jaguar – next stop the RICM
Armoured officers of the Cyprus National Guard visited the French Army’s Cavalry School at Saumur, where they were briefed on…
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Kurtulmuş attacks Annita Demetriou in Rome: a “coup” by the Greeks in 1963, a “Peace Operation” in 1974
Turkey’s parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmuş asked for the floor at the Council of Europe conference of parliamentary speakers in Rome…