https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/libya-blames-maritime-tensions-on-greece
Libya has slammed Greece in a recent letter to the United Nations, accusing Athens of refusing to play fair, while US State Secretary Mike Pompeo says he is taking on a new initiative to de-escalate Greco-Turkish tensions over maritime borders...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mitsotakis-asks-trump-for-support
US President Donald Trump hailed his country's "extraordinary" relations with Greece as he welcomed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the White House on Tuesday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-fm-works-the-phones-over-libya
Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides has been working the phones Thursday and Friday, discussing with counterparts of other nations the situation in Libya and a need to avoid illegal actions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-says-ankara-playing-with-fire
Athens says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is “playing with fire” as he seeks parliament approval to send military troops into Libya, following a formal request from Tripoli...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/diplomatic-hype-over-eastern-mediterranean
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias attended Christmas Mass in Istanbul amid diplomatic tensions and power play between Athens and Ankara over gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-opposes-turkey-libya-deal
Israel opposes an accord signed last month between Libya and Turkey mapping out maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean, but the deal was unlikely to lead to a conflict with Turkey, Israel's foreign minister says...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-points-to-drilling-spots-off-crete
In an interview on Turkish television, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indicated where Turkey plans to conduct research for hydrocarbons but also drilling, using a map to indicate the location east of Crete...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-drones-in-the-north-ready-for-takeoff
Turkish drones were due to arrive in the northern part of Cyprus where they are expected to begin flying missions on Monday over drilling ships in search of natural resources in the eastern Mediterranean...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-denounces-sea-border-deal-to-un
Greece’s objections to the “legally invalid” maritime boundary deal between Turkey and Libya are meticulously outlined in two letters it has sent to the United Nations, which also call on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to bring the matter before the Security Council...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-israeli-gas-dispute-out-in-the-open
The Republic of Cyprus says development of Aphrodite’s natural gas reservoir will go forward as planned, after reports said a letter from Israel called on energy companies to halt operations until the two countries settled all pending issues...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-and-ankara-take-jabs-at-each-other
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is expected to raise the Turkey-Libya deal on maritime borders in Brussels, after accusing Ankara of blackmailing its way through an agreement totally devoid of substance...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-libya-deal-under-scrutiny
A copy of a controversial maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya leaked to the press on Thursday after Ankara shared the memorandum with parliament ahead of a vote in the coming days...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-turkey-dialogue-kept-alive
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday he discussed with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “all the issues" that have recently increased tensions between the two countries during a meeting on the sidelines of NATO’s 70th birthday gathering in London...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-asks-to-review-turkey-libya-deal
Τhe Republic of Cyprus has joined Greece in demanding to review two recent Turkey-Libya deals, with the Cypriot foreign minister accusing Ankara of extorting the memorandum from Tripoli...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-says-greek-cypriots-spoiled-in-the-eu
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says his country’s continental shelf is not up for discussion, accusing Greeks and Greek Cypriots of holding maximalist and uncompromising positions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-affirm-commitment-to-eastern-mediterranean
State Secretary Mike Pompeo underlined the commitment of the United States in the Eastern Mediterranean and the deepening of bilateral relations with the Republic of Cyprus on security...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-sends-frontex-new-request-for-assistance-with-inflow-surge
Amid the recent surge in migrant flows to the islands of the eastern Aegean, the Greek coast guard has sent a new request – the second within three weeks – for additional assistance from Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, according to sources.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/brussels-piles-on-pressure-over-greece-cyprus-israel-electricity-cable
Just when the Greek Energy Minister thought he could take a short August break, after a hectic first 30 days of the Mitsotakis administration, a stern warning from Brussels has exposed the wavering attitude that Athens has chosen by succumbing to pressure from the Chinese-controlled transmission system operator ADMIE over the Attica-Crete subsea electricity cable...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-should-not-be-on-the-list-of-countries-not-getting-us-arms
In 1987, the US Department of State placed the Republic of Cyprus on a list of countries to which sales and transfers of defense articles and services is prohibited under the International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR). ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/argonaut-2019-over-20-countries-participated-in-the-exercise
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-senator-menendez-closer-to-lifting-cyprus-arms-embargo
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lebanon-warns-against-eastmed-gas-pipeline
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/interview-with-egyptian-ambassador-mai-taha-mohamed-khalil
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gas-tanker-tilts-after-explosion-off-larnaca
A gas tanker anchored off the coast of Zygi caught fire Saturday morning following an explosion on board, causing it to tilt...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukraine-bans-russian-men-aged-16-to-60-from-entering-the-country
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-sounding-neighbours-out-over-israeli-pier
Israel has asked Cyprus to examine the possibility of establishing a shipping point on the island for sending goods to the Gaza Strip, a Cypriot government spokesman said this week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biggest-uk-contribution-for-exercise-argonaut
The four-day international maritime search & rescue and non-combatant evacuation exercise “Argonaut 2018” is taking place in Larnaca...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-greece-israel-recommit-to-a-way-forward
President Nicos Anastasiades says a ‘code of conduct’ has been established between Cyprus, Greece, and Israel, following the completion of a trilateral meeting in Nicosia that yielded a long declaration and paved the way for another meeting before the year is out to discuss an ambitious EastMed pipeline...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-and-israel-need-gas-sharing-deal-to-tap-east-med-riches
An ownership squabble over Cyprus' main natural gas field is threatening to delay multi-billion dollar plans to turn the eastern Mediterranean into a major energy hub...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-summit-to-discuss-gas-pipeline-to-italy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Tuesday's summit to Nicosia with the leaders of Cyprus and Greece will focus on the possibility of building a gas pipeline to Italy...