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EU prepares sanctions as Turkey presses on with drilling off Cyprus coast

The EU has agreed to bring financial and political sanctions against Turkey after repeat warnings over the past weeks. European Union officials on Mon-day agreed political and financial sanctions against Turkey after Ankara went ahead with drilling operations off Cyprus despite re-peated…

28 July, 2019

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Turkey reacts to threat of US sanctions with military deployment near Syria

An increase in Turkish military deployments near the Turkish-Syrian border has raised fears of an extensive conflict east of the Euphrates. A significant deployment of heavy weapons has taken place near the strategic northern border town of Tal Abyad, controlled by the…

20 July, 2019

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PIPES: Kastelorizo: Mediterranean flash point

That Athens controls this wisp of land implies it could (but does not yet) claim an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Mediterranean Sea extending 200 nautical miles to Kastelorizo. This would reduce the Turkish EEZ to a fraction of what it…

20 July, 2019

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A sore point in the contemporary history of Cyprus and of the western world:

The consequences of Turkey’s military invasion of Cyprus in 1974 constitute, to this day, a sore point in the contemporary history of the island and of the western world: The military occupation, the forcible division, the violation of human rights, the massive…

17 July, 2019

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Cyprus still occupied, still divided 1974-2019

The Coordinating Committee of Justice for Cyprus (SEKA) organized a number of events starting from the Friday 12th July up until Wednesday the 14th of August to commemorate not only the illegal occupation but also the human rights violations following the illegal…

17 July, 2019

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EU agrees to sanction turkey for drilling in Cypriot water

A surprisingly muscular response beyond mere threatening rhetoric out of the European Union over Turkey’s violations of Cypriot territorial waters related to offshore drilling operations: the EU has agreed to bring financial and political sanctions against Turkey after repeat warnings of the…

17 July, 2019

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Archaeology Piece of skull found in Greece ‘is oldest human fossil outside Africa’

A broken skull chiselled from a lump of rock in a cave in Greece is the oldest modern human fossil ever found outside Africa, researchers claim. The partial skull was discovered in the Apidima cave on the Mani peninsula of the southern…

17 July, 2019

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Trump to unleash hell on Europe: EU announces channel to circumvent SWIFT and Iran sanctions is now operational

Treasury Department issued a statement saying “entities that transact in trade with the Iranian regime through any means may expose themselves to considerable sanctions risk, and Treasury intends to aggressively enforce our authorities.” With the world waiting for the first headlines from…

6 July, 2019

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The importance of the Greek Exclusive Economic Zone

In 1967, Malta’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Arvid Pardo, called for an international conference to devise a new law of the seas. In this call, he referred to the oceans as “the common heritage of mankind.” Fifteen years later, on December…

6 July, 2019

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Lamda Development warns against last-minute ministerial decisions regarding delay-plagued Helleniko project

A nascent “feud” between the international consortium that’s won a concession for the massive Helleniko property development in southeast Athens and the outgoing Tsipras government, given that the privatization remains mired in Greece’s ubiquitous “red tape”, surfaced anew this week – less…

4 July, 2019

GREECE·The News Weekly

Greece sees its future as the Florida of Europe

Tourists in hats, cameras slung around their necks, crane them for a view. In the heart of old Athens, it is a reminder that the holiday season has begun. Last week as parties from cruise ships were guided through the narrow streets…

3 July, 2019

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US companies interested in ports, energy, tech, says ambassad

Today, the new US ambassador to Athens, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, who, together with Victoria Nuland organized the coup d’etat in Kiev in 2014 [1], is determined to set up an Independ-ent Orthodox Church in Ukraine. The Orthodox Church is organized into 7…

29 June, 2019

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Malaysian PM CRUSHES Dutch-led MH17 report, “no proof, only hearsay”

Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has condemned murder charges brought against Russian and Ukrainian nationals as part of a Dutch-led investigation into the 2014 crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The Malaysian PM said the charges are politically motivated. “As far as…

26 June, 2019

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The News Weekly

EU prepares sanctions as Turkey presses on with drilling off Cyprus coast

Turkey reacts to threat of US sanctions with military deployment near Syria

PIPES: Kastelorizo: Mediterranean flash point

A sore point in the contemporary history of Cyprus and of the western world:

Cyprus still occupied, still divided 1974-2019

EU agrees to sanction turkey for drilling in Cypriot water

Archaeology Piece of skull found in Greece ‘is oldest human fossil outside Africa’

Trump to unleash hell on Europe: EU announces channel to circumvent SWIFT and Iran sanctions is now operational

The importance of the Greek Exclusive Economic Zone

Lamda Development warns against last-minute ministerial decisions regarding delay-plagued Helleniko project

Greece sees its future as the Florida of Europe

US companies interested in ports, energy, tech, says ambassad

Malaysian PM CRUSHES Dutch-led MH17 report, “no proof, only hearsay”

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