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Cyprus: Live Updates
Live updates on the Republic of Cyprus: the Turkish occupation of the north since the 1974 invasion, the search for a just solution, energy and security in the Eastern Mediterranean. Every entry links to our full report.
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Cyprus
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 federation a “raw fantasy” and described the island as the “strategic centre of the Blue Homeland”.
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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 cable, while Hürriyet writes of a “NAVTEX showdown” in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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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 to Cyprus, the Israeli business daily Calcalist reports; signing is expected in the coming weeks.
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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 of 1974, the continuing occupation, the missing persons, the UN buffer zone and where UN-led talks stand in 2026.
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Monday 19 October 2026
Cyprus
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 multinational exercise EUNOMIA a “pirate NAVTEX” and warning Athens and Nicosia over the “Blue Homeland”; the article gives neither the Greek nor the Cypriot position.
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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 33 of its territorial waters by Turkish military assets in June and July 2026, and names the Turkish warships that used the ports of occupied Famagusta and Kyrenia.
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Sunday 18 October 2026
Cyprus
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 Cyprus problem have not resumed, speaking in Limassol on October 18.
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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 the training programmes and simulators of the EBRC Jaguar reconnaissance and combat vehicle that Cyprus wants to acquire.
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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 to answer Cyprus House President Annita Demetriou, calling 1974 a “Peace Operation”, according to the Turkish parliament’s own account.
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Cyprus: Christodoulides and Erhürman at the same table at the Pyla Peace Festival – new meeting next week
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman attended together the 6th Bicommunal Peace Festival in Pyla, inside the UN buffer zone, their first joint social event as leaders of the two communities.
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Saturday 17 October 2026
Cyprus
Rick Scott on Turkey: “It does not behave as a NATO ally” – “bullying” stance towards Greece and Cyprus, support for the cable
US Republican Senator Rick Scott accused Turkey of “bullying behaviour” towards Greece and Cyprus in an interview with the Associated Press in Athens, and backed the Greece–Cyprus–Israel electricity interconnection project.
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Friday 16 October 2026
Cyprus
Cypriot NAVTEX for KOBI RUEGG’s surveys for the East to Med Corridor cable – second counter-NAVTEX from Antalya over a “Turkish continental shelf”
Cyprus issued a NAVTEX for geophysical surveys by the vessel KOBI RUEGG in its EEZ for the East to Med Corridor cable, and Antalya answered with a second counter-NAVTEX the same day, claiming the area as Turkish continental shelf.
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Israel Allies Caucuses launched in the Greek and Cypriot parliaments, with a message to Ankara: “Turkey has no veto over our alliances”
The Israel Allies Foundation has set up caucuses of friends of Israel in the Hellenic Parliament and the Cypriot House of Representatives, aiming at closer Greece-Cyprus-Israel partnership. Its European director said Ankara has no veto over such cooperation.
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Opinion: What will Greece do if Turkey obstructs the work on the Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection?
Dr Konstantinos Balomenos, a political scientist and international relations specialist, argues that Greece needs a graduated crisis-management system for a Turkish obstruction of the Great Sea Interconnector, from rhetoric to a hot incident.
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Counter-NAVTEX from Antalya for EUNOMIA: Turkey disputes Heraklion’s authority over the GSI corridor
Turkey has answered the Heraklion NAVTEX for multinational exercises between Crete, Kastellorizo and Cyprus by relaying it from its Antalya station, which it calls the “competent” one. The area lies on the route of the Great Sea Interconnector surveys.
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Opinion: Greece and Serbia could co-produce ammunition and simple defence systems, with Cyprus as the guide
Cyprus already fields Serbian howitzers, armoured vehicles and rocket launchers. Our proposal is for Greece to go a step further: not to buy ready-made systems, but to co-produce simple and plentiful ones, mortar rounds, 122 mm rockets and wheeled armour, on Greek soil.
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Wednesday 14 October 2026
Cyprus
Great Sea Interconnector: exemption request for the French-flagged Abeille Marengo to resume seabed surveys, Greek Navy on alert for a possible Turkish provocation
The Hellenic Coast Guard has published an exemption request for the French-flagged vessel Abeille Marengo to carry out surveys for the Crete–Cyprus cable, the first formal step toward resuming work on the GSI.
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Cyprus-India: National Guard chief meets India’s Defence Secretary, next stop Athens
National Guard chief Lt. Gen. Emmanouil Theodorou met India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on October 13, with training, security and emerging technologies on the table.
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Christodoulides to speak on strategic autonomy in Maastricht before the European Council in Brussels
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides leaves on Wednesday, October 14, for Maastricht and then Brussels, where he will take part in the European Council on October 15 and 16.
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Tuesday 13 October 2026
Cyprus
Occupied Cyprus: Üstel’s “Target 2033” plan with TRY 75 billion from Ankara, a cable and a pipeline to Turkey “despite the obstacles”
Ünal Üstel, the head of the occupation regime’s so-called government, unveiled in the occupied part of Nicosia on Monday, October 12, a programme called “Target 2033” (Hedef 2033), to be implemented jointly with Turkey.
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Cyprus: Kombos takes the illegal Turkey–occupied north memorandum on an undersea gas pipeline to the EU’s 27
Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is raising at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on October 12 the “illegal Memorandum of Understanding” between Turkey and the secessionist entity in the occupied north on an undersea natural gas pipeline.
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Christodoulides sees a “window of opportunity” on Cyprus: new meeting with Erhürman, UN has finished its record of convergences
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, October 12, that he justifiably believes there is a window of opportunity on the Cyprus problem, on the eve of a new meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman.
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Monday 12 October 2026
Cyprus
Cyprus National Guard: Joint training with US Armed Forces and the New Jersey National Guard
Cyprus’s National Guard has held a series of joint courses with US Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard personnel, covering military intelligence, instructor training, NCO leadership and combat first aid, its General Staff announced.
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Lebanese Armed Forces chief officially visits Cyprus
General Rodolph Haykal, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, made an official visit to Cyprus from October 6 to 8 at the invitation of National Guard chief Lieutenant General Emmanouil Theodorou, and met Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas.
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Cyprus reportedly orders a third Barak MX, Drone Dome and Lite Beam lasers, and plans Iron Dome to replace its Russian BUKs
According to Cypriot press reports on October 11, the government has ordered a third Barak MX battery, Drone Dome systems and two Lite Beam lasers from Israel, while the National Guard plans to acquire Iron Dome to replace its Russian-made BUK systems. The Defence Ministry has made no…
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Cyprus National Guard to hold four days of live-fire drills at Kalo Chorio for exercise IRIS-2026
The Cyprus National Guard General Staff announced on October 11 that live-fire drills will take place by day from Monday, October 12 to Thursday, October 15 at the Kalo Chorio firing range, as part of the tactical field exercise IRIS-2026. Entry to the range is prohibited.
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Cyprus
Cyprus: Study to greatly upgrade the Mari naval base so it can host large warships
Cyprus’s Ministry of Defence has awarded a year-long study to expand the Evangelos Florakis naval base at Mari so it can berth more than eight large surface warships and support ships of friendly navies, Janes reports.
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Two 14th-century icons stolen after the Turkish invasion returned to Cyprus
Two Byzantine icons of the Evangelists Matthew and Mark, stolen from Kyrenia after the 1974 Turkish invasion and traced to the United Kingdom, were repatriated to Cyprus, the Holy Metropolis of Morphou announced on October 9, 2026.
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Cyprus
Analysis: Barak MX, the common air-defence “dome” of Greece and Cyprus with missiles out to 150 km that troubles Ankara, with IAI’s official video
Analysis: IAI’s official video of the Barak MX, its four interceptors from 15 to 150 km, the architecture of the system and its role in Greece’s “Achilles Shield” and in Cyprus, where the National Guard already operates it.
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Üstel calls scenarios of an Israeli strike on the occupied north “dangerous” and attacks Greek and Cypriot armaments
Ünal Üstel, the “prime minister” of the breakaway regime in the occupied north of Cyprus, says discussions in Greek and Greek Cypriot media about an Israeli strike on Turkish military targets show a “dangerous mentality”, and attacks the armament programmes of Athens and Nicosia.
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