Cyprus

On Friday July 19, 1974, 30-year-old pilot Adamos Marneros was glued to his television screen in London. The British networks, first and foremost the BBC, were constantly relaying information about an imminent Turkish invasion of Cyprus, just four days after the Greek military junta-backed coup against Cypriot President, Archbishop Makarios III.

The comments made by former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras regarding "frivolities" during the meeting between President Christodoulides and President Erdogan have sparked a response from the Director of the Cypriot president's office, Victor Papadopoulos.

Cyprus is starting to see some positive shifts in its financial sector, particularly when it comes to tackling nonperforming loans (NPLs). This is an important issue for the country, as bad loans have weighed heavily on its economy in recent years. But this year, things are looking up, and it's a sign that Cyprus is making real progress.

The electrical interconnection of Cyprus with Greece is a major opportunity for the island, both in terms of energy and politically, US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt said at a roundtable discussion organized by the Delphi Economic Forum at the COP29 summit in Baku. 

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz reaffirmed Ankara's support for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to become a full member of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) on Saturday.

Cyprus will reach a decision this month on whether the Cypriot state will join a subsidiary formed by Greece's Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) for the development of an electrical grid interconnection linking Crete and Cyprus, according to a leading Cypriot government official.  

The top diplomats from Türkiye and Greece, Hakan Fidan and Giorgos Gerapetritis, have underlined their commitment to resolving all problems and improving cooperation in all fields.

Fidan paid a visit to Athens and held talks with his counterpart on Nov. 8, as the two neighbors have normalized their ties over the past one-and-a-half years.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides met on the sidelines of a summit in Hungary on Thursday, Cypriot officials said, in a rare and unusual encounter between traditional foes.

The European Union rejects the repeated attempts by the Organization of Turkic States to legitimize the Turkish Cypriot breakaway entity, the self-proclaimed, internationally unrecognized, “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” (“TRNC”), through the granting of observer status to the Organization of Turkic States, including at the summit held ye