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151. Police hold the line at Ledra checkpoint

Greek Cypriot police at Nicosia's Ledra crossing thwarted a barricade breach by Turkish Cypriot protesters on Saturday, as demonstrations against the checkpoint shutdown continued on both sides of the divided island...

152. Eight Turkish Cypriots rushed to hospital after Ledra checkpoint protest

Protesters gathered on both sides of the Ledra Street divide on Saturday to demonstrate against the closure of four checkpoints by the government of the Republic of Cyprus, a move it said was part of a bundle of coronavirus protection measures but which has been criticized as a measure veiling ulterior political motives....

153. Greek PM meets with five EU leaders over bloc's budget

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held talks in Brussels on Friday with the leaders of Germany Angela Merkel, France Emmanuel Macron, Spain Pedro Sanchez, Italy Giuseppe Conte and Portugal Antonio Costa in a bid to break a deadlock in negotiations for the European Union’s 2021-2027 budget....

154. Istanbul street sign draws attention

A street sign in Larnaca was the topic of a heated discussion on Facebook, with social media users calling on the city to remove “Istanbul Street” in the Turkish Cypriot borough...

155. Tough dilemmas in Greek-Turkish affairs

Turkey’s claims in the Aegean were first brought to the table in 1973 and have escalated ever since, reaching successive peaks over 10 to 15 years and multiplying...

156. North says flag burners in the south identified

Authorities in the north have alerted their officers at all checkpoints to be on the lookout for specific individuals in the south who were identified in a video during the burning of a Turkish Cypriot flag...

157. Teen removes flag from school in the north

A video published by Turkish media shows a person, purportedly a Greek Cypriot teenager, pulling down a Turkish flag in a local schoolyard during a pilgrimage in the north...

158. Golden Dawn voters, women and Mitsotakis

Some foreign journalists have in recent days made two negative observations regarding New Democracy’s victory in the July 7 snap election and the makeup of the new cabinet...

159. ND surges to power, promising change

160. ND maintains 9 point lead over SYRIZA in opinion poll for Skai

Just over a week before snap general elections, center-right opposition New Democracy is nine percentage points ahead of leftist SYRIZA, according to the results of a new opinion poll carried out by Pulse for Skai....

161. When necessity becomes history

162. Ahrweiler: History that teaches only one solution is a dangerous thing

163. Against all odds

164. EU vote across Europe

165. Did someone say Europe?

We are just days away from elections and it seems that we need to be reminded about which elections we are talking about...

166. Cry havoc!

167. New IRA 'apologizes' for killing of Northern Ireland journalist

168. Way forward in Greek-Turkish relations uncertain

169. Two worlds on a collision course

When Nicos Anastasiades was campaigning in 2013 for the presidency in the Republic of Cyprus under the banner “leadership in times of crisis” many people bought into the idea that the leader on the right would recognize the gravity of the situation and had a plan ready to get the country out of a tight spot...

170. Turkey’s threats and Greece’s strength

171. Turkish and Greek nationalism, a two way street

Blue Homeland was front and centre due to the naval drill of the Turkish Armed Forces, but analysts have been wasting ink to influence public opinion...

172. This is B’s story

“B” is just 25 years old, born and raised in Kyrenia. His parents, both Turkish Cypriots, were never against peace. Today he lives with his lady friend in Nicosia while working on building peace...

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

174. Our View: Auditor’s actions lack moral compass

175. Analysis: Kyprianou's speech in Turkey

176. The name deal and Kammenos’s endgame

177. May's opponents vow to thwart Brexit deal as Britain agrees on divorce terms with EU

178. Macron: Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism

179. Watch video of Trump clashing with CNN's Jim Acosta

180. This is the Balkans