Cyprus
Oruç Reis off Kyrenia: Turkish minister says a gas pipeline to the occupied north could carry Cypriot gas to Europe
Turkey’s seismic research vessel Oruç Reis has reached waters off Kyrenia to survey the route of a planned gas pipeline…
Desk
Cyprus
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.
Cyprus
HMS Dragon returns to Portsmouth after 214 days, from defending the Cyprus bases to the Arabian Sea
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dragon returned to Portsmouth on Friday, October 9, after 214 days away. Her deployment began…
Cyprus
Cyprus and Israel back at the table over “Aphrodite”: new round of talks next week
Cyprus and Israel will hold a new round of online talks next week on the cross-border gas reservoir between Cyprus’s…
Cyprus
Mitsotakis on the GSI: “It is no longer only a Greek and Cypriot project, it is a European one”
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a SKAI interview on October 9 that the Great Sea Interconnector is a European…
Cyprus
Occupied north lashes out at the EU: “protector of the status quo”, attacks Fitto and the Republic of Cyprus
The so-called foreign ministry of the breakaway regime in the occupied north of Cyprus accused the EU of preserving an…
Analysis
Analysis: Israeli Merkava Mk4 for Cyprus, how they would fare against Turkish occupation forces, and what the “no” to the Leopard 1A5 means for Greece
Analysis: The National Guard’s rejection of Greece’s Leopard 1A5 and its turn to Israeli Merkava tanks. How a Merkava Mk4…
Cyprus
Cyprus: Cabinet approves 400 contract NCO posts for National Guard contract soldiers
Cyprus’s Cabinet approved on October 8 the recruitment of 400 contract non-commissioned officers from the National Guard’s contract soldiers (SYOP).…
Cyprus
Egypt, Cyprus and Greece push to speed up East Mediterranean gas projects, with Cyprus’s Cronos and Aphrodite fields on the table
The energy ministers of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus met in Athens on the sidelines of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum…
Cyprus
Ionian: Drilling at “Asopos 1” in early 2027; Navtex for Greece–Cyprus interconnection “a matter of days”
The exploratory well in Ionian Sea block 2 is planned for April 2027 by Energean, ExxonMobil and Helleniq Energy, with…
Balkans
Cyprus and Serbia sign defence ministries’ memorandum of cooperation, deepening cooperation on defence procurement
The defence ministries of Cyprus and Serbia signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on October 6, deepening cooperation on defence systems…
Greece
Cyprus independence parade displays Greek F-16s, allied troops and new weapons
Cyprus marked 66 years of independence with Greek F-16s over Nicosia, allied personnel and a display of new National Guard…
Analysis Greece
GSI reroute claims raise geographic questions as Greece says original plan stands
Greece says it knows of no redesign of the Great Sea Interconnector. Public descriptions of the Crete–Cyprus cable raise questions…