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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.
Monday 9 November 2026
Cyprus
Cyprus problem: Christodoulides and Erhürman agree on two new crossing points – what the UN statement says
After their November 9 meeting in the Nicosia buffer zone under UN envoy María Ángela Holguín, the two leaders agreed to open two new crossing points simultaneously, with a tripartite meeting with Guterres to follow.
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The French note verbale to Ankara over the cable: a notification or something more? – Without the document, NAVTEX remains Greece’s official position
The French note verbale delivered in Ankara over the Abeille Marengo surveys became the main political issue around the Greece-Cyprus cable. Athens says it was a notification, not a request for permission.
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RFHUNTER for maritime surveillance: Cyprus’s SignalGeneriX system that passively detects “dark” vessels and USVs
Cyprus’s SignalGeneriX presented a coastal configuration of the RFHUNTER passive direction-finding and electronic support system for maritime surveillance, to spot dark vessels and unmanned surface vessels.
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Sunday 8 November 2026
Cyprus
Sinirlioğlu’s double flop at the UN: only three favourable votes, and pressed by Greece and Cyprus
Turkey’s candidate for UN Secretary-General reportedly won only three favourable signals in the Security Council’s informal poll, then avoided the substance of Greek and Cypriot questions.
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Cyprus: “We are ready to acquire our own fighter aircraft,” says National Guard Air Command chief
At the Archangel Michael celebration at Paphos, the commander of the National Guard Air Command said Cyprus is ready to take the next step and acquire fighters of its own.
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Greece and NATO: why Athens left in 1974 and came back in 1980
Greece joined NATO in 1952, left the integrated command after Turkey’s 1974 invasion of Cyprus and returned in October 1980. A history built from NATO, U.S. State Department and ECHR documents.
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Saturday 7 November 2026
Cyprus
Cyprus and Greece put hard questions to Sinirlioğlu at the UN on Cypriot sovereignty and the Turkish-Libyan memorandum
At the UN General Assembly dialogue with the candidates for Secretary-General, the delegations of Cyprus and Greece questioned Turkey’s candidate Feridun Sinirlioğlu on Cyprus’s sovereignty and the illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum. He did not answer directly.
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Cyprus, France and Sweden sign a framework agreement for the joint purchase of Akeron MP anti-tank missiles
France’s DGA announced at Euronaval that Cyprus, France and Sweden signed a framework agreement for the joint acquisition of MBDA’s Akeron MP missiles, mainly funded through the EU’s SAFE instrument.
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Great Sea Interconnector explained: the Greece–Cyprus cable and the law of the sea
What the Great Sea Interconnector is, what the law of the sea says about laying a cable on the continental shelf, and why Ankara is contesting the surveys south of Kasos.
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Friday 6 November 2026
Cyprus
Bayraktar: Turkey’s pipeline to the occupied north “could power the whole of Cyprus” – he blames Athens and Nicosia for blocking a cable
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said a planned gas pipeline to the occupied part of Cyprus could someday supply power to the whole island and accused Athens and Nicosia of blocking a Turkish cable plan in Brussels.
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EMC cable: two NAVTEX warnings from Cyprus and Greece for the KOBI RUEGG – Ankara again disputes Cyprus’s EEZ
Cyprus and Greece have each issued a NAVTEX for the seabed survey for the East to Med Corridor (EMC) fibre-optic cable by the vessel KOBI RUEGG, and Turkey again disputed Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone.
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BREAKING: Turkish counter-NAVTEX for the Abeille Marengo – Ankara disputes the cable surveys south of Kasos
Hours after Greece issued NAVTEX 1411/26, Turkey’s Antalya station issued message 1105/26 disputing part of the area south of Kasos for the Greece–Cyprus cable surveys.
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BREAKING: NAVTEX issued for the Abeille Marengo – surveys for the Greece–Cyprus cable resume
The Heraklion station of the Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service has issued NAVTEX 1411/26, clearing the way for the Abeille Marengo to resume seabed surveys for the Greece–Cyprus cable.
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UNFICYP explained: the UN force in Cyprus since 1964
What UNFICYP is, why the Security Council created it in 1964, what it does along the 180 km buffer zone and what the UN itself says about 1974 and the enclaved Greek Cypriots.
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Greece–Cyprus cable: NAVTEX that will send the Abeille Marengo back south of Kasos expected within hours
Greek public broadcaster ERT expects the NAVTEX allowing seabed surveys for the Greece–Cyprus cable to resume to be issued within hours, with the interministerial committee’s positive opinion due by Friday.
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Thursday 5 November 2026
Cyprus
Cyprus problem: Fidan heads to the occupied territories ahead of Monday’s talks, as Ankara insists on a “two-state solution”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visits the occupied part of Cyprus on Friday, three days before the November 9 talks, while Ankara repeats that the “most realistic solution” is two states.
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Greece, Cyprus, Israel: defence ministries meet in Athens, with a defence-industry working group on the table and pointed words for Ankara and Tripoli
The defence ministries of Greece, Cyprus and Israel stressed the importance of a trilateral defence-industry working group and reaffirmed that the Turkish-Libyan memorandum cannot produce legal effects for third states.
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Wednesday 4 November 2026
Cyprus
European Commission report on Turkey: casus belli, “Blue Homeland” in school textbooks, more violations and obstruction of the cable
The Commission’s 2026 Turkey report lists the casus belli, the “Blue Homeland” doctrine in school textbooks, a sharp rise in violations of Greek airspace and waters and obstruction of the Greece-Cyprus cable survey.
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Gerapetritis: talks begin on extending the agreement with Egypt; on the cable, “Turkey will find Greece opposite it”
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis announced technical talks with Cairo to extend the 2020 maritime delimitation, said the Greece-Cyprus cable will go ahead once the committee gives its opinion, and warned that any Turkish obstruction will meet Greece.
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GSI: what remains before the new NAVTEX for the Crete-Cyprus cable, and the “informal understanding” with Paris
A new NAVTEX allowing seabed surveys for the Crete-Cyprus cable is expected within ten days, after a three-stage process. Cyprus’s Christodoulides speaks of an informal understanding with Athens and Paris, as the multinational exercise NEMESIS-26 begins south of Cyprus.
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Tuesday 3 November 2026
Cyprus
Gerapetritis to Parliament on the GSI cable: an operational response if Turkey obstructs the laying, sources say
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis reportedly told MPs behind closed doors that the Greece-Cyprus cable will go ahead and that the government will respond operationally if Turkey creates obstacles. Prime Minister Mitsotakis sent a similar message.
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Iran: Greece and Cyprus named among possible targets by hardline daily Kayhan, as army and Basij officials issue new threats
Iran’s hardline daily Kayhan has named military facilities in Cyprus, Greece and other European countries as possible targets if US and Israeli strikes resume, while army and Basij officials speak of a wider war.
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Bahçeli on the Turkish-Libyan memorandum: a message to Athens, Nicosia and Brussels over “fait accompli” in the Mediterranean
Turkey’s MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli called the Libyan House’s approval of the Turkish-Libyan memorandum a “satisfactory development” and attacked Greece, the Republic of Cyprus, Israel and the EU.
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Saturday 31 October 2026
Cyprus
Cyprus tells the UN: Turkey’s “Akdeniz Arastirma 1” carried out research without permission in territorial waters and the EEZ
Cyprus brought before the UN Secretary-General the water sampling of the Turkish-flagged research vessel Akdeniz Arastirma 1, which operated in June and August inside Cypriot territorial waters and the EEZ without Nicosia’s permission.
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Erdoğan to Erhürman: no solution in Cyprus without the rights of the Turkish Cypriots, as the Organization of Turkic States backs a settlement “based on the realities”
Erdoğan received Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman in Ankara on the sidelines of the Organization of Turkic States summit, whose declaration echoes Ankara’s line on a settlement “based on the realities on the island”.
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Friday 30 October 2026
Cyprus
Cyprus 1974 timeline: coup, Turkish invasion and UN resolutions
A dated timeline of Cyprus in 1974, from the 15 July coup to the Turkish invasion of 20 July and the August offensive, built on U.S. diplomatic records, UN resolutions and the Strasbourg court.
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Enclaved Greek Cypriots in Karpas explained: the ECHR findings
The Karpas Greek Cypriots stayed in their villages after 1974. The European Court of Human Rights found that Turkey subjected them to degrading treatment, and the UN still delivers their supplies.
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Thursday 29 October 2026
Cyprus
The occupation regime bristles at Abbas’s visit to Nicosia: its “foreign ministry” speaks of “sorrow”
The illegal regime in the occupied north complained about Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s visit to the Republic of Cyprus, where he and President Christodoulides discussed the Cyprus problem and Cyprus’s possible mediating role.
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UN resolutions on Cyprus explained: what 353, 541 and 550 demand
The UN Security Council demanded an end to Turkey’s intervention in Cyprus in 1974 and declared the 1983 secession invalid. What each resolution says.
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Annan Plan explained: the 2004 Cyprus referendum
What the Annan Plan would have changed in Cyprus, why 75.8 per cent of Greek Cypriots voted no on 24 April 2004, and what the UN Secretary-General wrote afterwards.
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