Nicosia, Cyprus – A Cypriot court has ordered police to detain three people on suspicion of breaking into a storefront and throwing stones and Molotov cocktails after a rally against a regional lockdown in the coastal city of Limassol. Police also arrested the 31-year-old organizer of the rally on suspicion …
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – A radical who won a Turkish Cypriot leadership election said Sunday he is ready to start passive talks aimed at ending Cyprus-ethnic racial segregation, as long as rival Greek Cypriots defeat Turkey. Arisin Tatar, who supports fully coordinating Turkish Cypriot policies with regional patron Turkey, said …
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On Sunday, Turkey’s armed forces began an annual exercise in the broken republic of northern Cyprus – the only body recognized by Ankara – to raise tensions with Greece in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey’s hunt for gas and oil reserves in the waters claimed by Greece has put great strain …
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Amid tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey’s Vice President Fouat Okte has recently condemned the European Union’s urgency to slap Ankara with sanctions as it prepares to conduct a military exercise off the coast of Cyprus. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell’s comments on Saturday came a day after the …
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The European Union has threatened Turkey with new sanctions – including tough economic measures – unless progress is made in reducing tense tensions with Greece and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said Friday that the bloc wanted to “give a serious chance for dialogue” but …
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