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Biden seeks to recalibrate US relations with Middle East countries
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] July 11 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's first official visit to the Middle East this week clearly shows that, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the big energy crisis created for European countries, he has realized that he must reverse the US strategy of with
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Cyprus inflation hits 40-year record in June
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The annual inflation rate in Cyprus stood at 9.6 per cent in June, the highest level in nearly 41 years, the Statistical Service (Cystat) of the Ministry of Finance said here on Thursday.
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Cyprus reinstates mandatory mask-wearing indoors after coronavirus spike
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The government of Cyprus has reintroduced the mandatory wearing of masks indoors, just over a month after scrapping the measure.
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Though Sweden and Finland "capitulated" to Erdogan, he can still block the
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] July 4 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's blackmail blocking Sweden and Finland's bid to join NATO proved to be successful as the two Nordic countries, on June 28, gave in to Turkey's demands and pledged to address its security concerns about the activities o
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Israel's unruly coalition has collapsed, throwing Netanyahu a new lifeline
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], June 27 (ANI): The unruly Israeli eight-party coalition of centre, left and right-wing parties as well as an independent Arab party that a year ago surprised almost everybody when it succeeded in forming a government collapsed last week.
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EU signs energy deal with Egypt and Israel to wean itself off Russian gas
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] June 20 (ANI): As Europe scrambles to wean itself off Russian oil and gas and tries to confront Russia for its use of energy to blackmail European countries, the EU signed in Cairo last Wednesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Egypt and Israel, aimed at using th
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Erdogan escalates rhetoric against Greece and mobilizes Imams in his re-el
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], June 13 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has led Turkey for the past 20 years, announced during a speech in Izmir on June 9 that he will seek re-election in next year's elections.
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Erdogan demands demilitarization of Greek islands and threatens a new oper
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] June 6 (ANI): Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, taking advantage of the fact that international attention is focused on the war in Ukraine, has made a flurry of provocative statements against Greece - one of his favourite targets - and threatens to launch a new ope
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IRGC seizes Greek tankers, but Iran says removal of Force from terrorist b
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] 30 May (ANI): Tehran's demand that the US remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from Washington's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) has been the main stumbling block to the conclusion of a deal to revive the nuclear agreement between Iran and the
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Turkey blackmails NATO, being only country benefiting from the Ukraine war
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] May 22 (ANI): Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, acting on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's orders, spoiled at least temporarily what would have been the biggest historic shift in European security in decades, by blocking last Wednesday the start of NATO membership
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Will Sunday's elections weaken Hezbollah's grip on Lebanon?
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] May 16 (ANI): Lebanon, a country plagued by state mismanagement and rampant corruption, the currency of which lost 90 per cent of its value and 80 per cent of its population live below the poverty line, on Sunday had its first elections since 2018.
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Cyprus says Turkey would likely object country's accession to NATO
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], May 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday that Turkey would likely block the republic's accession to NATO.
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