News Cyprus Politics: High stakes in gas standoff between Cyprus and Turkey
Longtime adversaries Cyprus and Turkey are locked in a tense "game of chicken" over the prospect of a multi-billion-dollar Mediterranean gas bonanza with neither side willing to capitulate, analysts say. Turkey vowed to escalate its activities in waters around the island after the European
News Cyprus Politics: Greek Cyprus calls for arrest of Turkish drilling crew
According to Erol Kaymak, a professor of political science and international relations at Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus, the long-running territorial dispute has been exacerbated ...
News Cyprus Politics: Aging grand hotel highlights the ethnic division in Cyprus
During the war in the summer of 1974 that cleaved Cyprus along ethnic lines ... That changed in April 2003, when a political thaw between the two sides enabled the opening of a crossing point. ...
News Cyprus Politics: Cyprus a ‘model member’ of world shipping body
Asked on the ICS’ view on the restriction imposed by Turkey on Cyprus shipping, Poulsson said although the ICS is a non-political trade association, “when requested by our members and in the interests ...
News Cyprus Politics: As Divisions Harden, Is Time Running Out for Cyprus Reunification?
But there are a number of reasons why political leaders both on and beyond Cyprus would like to see the dispute resolved. First, there is no escaping the fact that Cyprus is situated in a volatile ...