Athens and Ankara in war of words over Cyprus drilling

The acrimony between Greece and Turkey over Ankara's objections to Cyprus's right to drill for natural gas within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) continued Thursday with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu threatening to take action against the Greek Cypriots for acting "unilaterally."

The threats emanating from Ankara drew a stern response from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who likened Turkish statements - since talks to reunify the island collapsed last week - to a barking guard dog.

"I remember a saying that I always keep in my mind, that the best guard dog is not the one that barks...good guard dogs don't need to bark," he said during joint statements with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Thessaloniki, ahead of Thursday's trilateral summit of Greek, Bulgarian and Serbian leaders. "We don't bark that much, but, I believe, we effectively...