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1201. Cyprus and Lebanon to negotiate natural gas agreement

1202. Cyprus mulls ratification of Lebanon EEZ delineation agreement

1203. Stage is set for early clearance of costly IMF loans

The decision for the early repayment of part of the International Monetary Fund loans to Greece is expected to feature in talks Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos will have in Washington on Friday with the Fund’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde, as well as the head of the IMF’s European Department, Poul Thomsen. ...

1204. Netanyahu secures election victory

1205. May to ask Merkel and Macron for Brexit delay

The British Parliament passed a law designed to prevent the government from pursing a no-deal Brexit late Monday, while Theresa May heads to Berlin and Paris Tuesday as part of her efforts to win a short delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union...

1206. Erdogan, Putin stress defense cooperation at Moscow meeting

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodgan was in Moscow on Monday for talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that included an agreement for the delivery of Russia’s S-400 air defense system to Turkey, a move that is staunchly opposed by Washington....

1207. May asks EU for Brexit extension to June 30

British Prime Minister Theresa May wrote to European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday asking for a delay of Brexit until up to June 30, but said she still hopes to get Britain out of the EU earlier to avoid it participating in European elections...

1208. Limassol buses strike again

An open-ended bus strike was set to begin on Tuesday in Limassol following the collapse of labour talks between the company and the government...

1209. Westward Bound

1210. Katrougalos eyes 'positive agenda,' Cavusoglu economic cooperation

1211. Football diplomacy in divided Cyprus

1212. Haris Georgiades: We kept the Cooperative Bank alive to protect people's deposits

1213. State Dep't confirms Pompeo's participation in energy trilateral

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Israel, Lebanon and Kuwait next week, including talks with Cypriot and Greek leaders in Jerusalem on energy security in the Mediterranean, the State Department said on Friday. ...

1214. ExxonMobil eyes Israel gas bid

1215. EU parliament calls for freeze on Turkey's membership talks

1216. Turkey cannot become an EU member, says EPP's Weber

Turkey cannot become a member of the European Union, said Manfred Weber, the European Peoples Party’s (EPP) lead candidate for the upcoming European elections, adding that he would end accession talks if he becomes European Commission president. ...

1217. Anastasiades meets May

1218. Hunt - Christodoulides discuss Brexit, Cyprus Problem

1219. Germany, Cyprus to intensify PESCO cooperation

1220. German defence minister due in Athens and Cyprus

1221. Mike Pompeo likely to join Greece-Cyprus-Israel summit, says US envoy

A day after energy giant ExxonMobil announced it had discovered a natural gas reservoir in Cyprus's Block 10, US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is likely to participate in the next trilateral summit between Greece, Cyprus and Israel which will be held in March in Crete....

1222. Trump and North Korea's Kim shake hands to kick off second summit

1223. Leaders hold informal meeting

1224. Cyprus treads carefully in Moscow visit

1225. Interview with Egyptian Ambassador Mai Taha Mohamed Khalil

1226. Cyprus scrambles to salvage halloumi case

Officials in the Republic of Cyprus are scrambling to push forward on the halloumi case, with sources saying the PDO application has become more political than ever...

1227. Pantelides - Sözen‏: Swiss governance model instead of bizonal federation

1228. Israel: East Med pipeline “could be one of the greatest underwater projects in the world”

1229. Heightened security in Nicosia as President of Israel visits Cyprus

1230. Optimism an elusive concept party leaders argue