Turkey will send 20,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the country's top health official said yesterday. According to Anadolu's Northern Cyprus office,...
The United Arab Emirates and Cyprus yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen mutual cooperation on the military and defence levels. UAE Minister of State for Defence,...
The Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar on Saturday called on the Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades to respond positively to calls for dialogue and solve the Cyprus issue. Tatar said in...
Tankers carrying liquid petroleum gas (LPG) have been reported to be travelling from Albania to Syria, flouting international sanctions prohibiting the supply of fuel and energy to the regime...
Turkish seismic research vessel the Oruc Reis left the country's southern port of Antalya on Wednesday to continue its work in the Eastern Mediterranean, Following the release of another...
The European Union (EU) council has decided to impose sanctions on Turkish officials and entities involved in gas drillings in the East Mediterranean, and has deferred arms embargos and...
The EU missed an opportunity of cooperation in the region by ignoring the rights of Turkish Cypriots and Turkey, said the presidency of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus...
The European Union's offer for a "positive agenda" with Turkey remains on the table, European leaders said early today, following their meeting in Brussels. In a joint statement, the...
Turkey will not compromise its sovereign rights on the island of Meis, or airspace covering 10 nautical miles, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Saturday according to a report...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has asserted that "no one has the right to question Turkey's membership" in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Cavusoglu announced in a speech...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) yesterday voted in favour of a resolution calling on the European Council to impose sanctions against Turkey over its "illegal activities in the...
The European Parliament urged the EU on Thursday to impose sanctions on Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan this month paid a visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of...
Turkey reiterated its call Saturday for dialogue with Greece regarding its seismic research activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, Anadolu reports. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said Greece issued another statement...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that European leaders will discuss the future of relations between Turkey and the European Union (EU) at the next December summit. In a press...
Top Turkish and the UK diplomats on Thursday discussed a range of issues including Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean, sources and officials said, Anadolu Agency reports. "The UK encourages all parties...
The European Union criticised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the Kahramanmaras region of Northern Cyprus, which was reopened after 46 years of closure. The EU High Representative...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on a visit to the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus that the negotiations about the divided island should aim for a settlement between "two separate...
Israel, Greece and Greek Cyprus agreed on Thursday to reinforce military cooperation amongst one another, Israeli media and news agencies reported. Defence ministers from the three countries confirmed that...
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said during an official visit to Greece that the two countries' bilateral relations are advancing, adding that the signing of a maritime border demarcation...
An official meeting between the defence ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel is taking place in Nicosia today, Cyprus News Agency reports. Ministers Charalambos Petrides, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos and Benny Gantz discussed...
Egypt has agreed to discuss the demarcation of its maritime borders with Palestine, an official from the Palestinian Authority has revealed. A committee has been formed to follow up...
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A presidential election was held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus last Sunday. That is the northern part of the island that has been divided since 1974. The...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday it was time for a realistic proposal about a two-state solution on the divided island of Cyprus to be discussed and added...
Turkey has issued another navigational telex, or Navtex, for the area in the Eastern Mediterranean where it will conduct seismic research activities until November 4, Anadolu reports. According to...
The Turkish Foreign Ministry slammed on Thursday the closing statement issued by Egypt, Cyprus and Greece after a summit in Nicosia in which they accused Turkey of carrying out...
The Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Ersin Tatar, has won the presidential run-off vote standing as the candidate for the National Unity Party. The president-elect...
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas yesterday called on Turkey to refrain from more provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean. "If the new Turkish exploration operations for gas actually take place...
Turkey's foreign minister angrily dismissed European Union calls to withdraw troops from northeast Syria on Tuesday, accusing it of double standards and trying to lecture Ankara on human rights...
Greece will build a permanent refugee camp on Lesbos by summer 2021 to replace the facility that burned down last month, the migration minister said yesterday. Notis Mitarachi said...
Turkish-administered Northern Cyprus is set for an election runoff on 18 October
The people of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) are voting for a new president on Sunday, Anadolu reports. Eleven candidates are competing in the election, including current...
Tension between Turkey and the European Union over the Eastern Mediterranean and Ankara's dispute with Greece and Greek Cyprus, has intensified further recently after the European Commission released a...