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Cyprus closes airspace for aircraft from Russia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 28 (ANI): Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the department of civil aviation of Cyprus on Monday announced that it is closing its airspace for all types of aircraft owned or operated by Russia.
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Erdogan's biggest balancing act between NATO membership and Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] February 28 (ANI): Russia's invasion of Ukraine has put Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a very difficult position, as he must strike a very delicate balance in Turkey's relationship with NATO - and the West in general- and Russia, with which Ankara has very import
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As the Ukraine crisis escalates Middle East countries will be forced to pi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 21 (ANI): As the specter of all-out war in Ukraine looms large, a confrontation between Russia and the West over Ukraine will undoubtedly have ripple effects on the countries of the Middle East, which must take hard decisions and choose sides.
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Turkey steps up attacks on press freedom
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 14 (ANI): The Turkish government, under autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been suppressing press freedom in the country and has been exercising almost complete control of the Turkish mass media for many years, but recently it has embarked on an atte
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Amnesty's report on Israeli 'apartheid' causes strong reactions
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 7 (ANI): An Amnesty International report released last week stating that the Israeli state governed Palestinians in "a system of oppression and domination which met the international definition of apartheid", caused a strong reaction from many sides, which accused
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Turkey is walking a fine line in the Ukraine standoff
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 31 (ANI): As Europe is spiralLing towards its worst security crisis in decades, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that he will try to bring together soon Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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The implications of Houthi's drone and missile attack against Abu Dhabi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 24 (ANI): Last Monday's drone and missile attack by Iran-backed Houthis on oil facilities near the airport of Abu Dhabi, in which several fuel tankers were blown up and three people were killed, took most people by surprise.
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE- are they close allies or competing neighbors?
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 17 (ANI): In one of his Umrah (Islamic pilgrimage) trips to Mecca years ago, Sheikh Zayed Al-Nahyan, founding father of the United Arab Emirates, described the relationship between his country and Saudi Arabia in this way: "The UAE is with Saudi Arabia through it
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6.4-magnitude quake hits North Nicosia
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
North Nicosia [Northern Cyprus], January 11 (ANI): Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude occurred 137 kilometres West of North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus on Tuesday, according to the National Centre for Seismology.
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Shifting sands in relations between the UAE, Israel, Iran, Egypt and Turke
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 10 (ANI): In the past few months, several economic cooperation agreements concluded between various states in the Middle East brought about dramatic changes in relations between states, which would have been unthinkable two years ago. The whole situation can best be
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New coronavirus variant 'Deltacron' emerges in Cyprus
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 9 (ANI): A new coronavirus variant Deltacron has emerged in Cyprus which has a similar genetic background to the Delta variant, as well as some of the mutations from Omicron, and experts say that it is not something to be worried about at the moment, a media repo
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Under Erdogan's misguided policies, Turkey's Lira has its worst performanc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] January 3 (ANI): As a result of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unorthodox and misguided economic policies and especially his conviction that high-interest rates raise prices, the Turkish Lira is expected to have lost 44 per cent of its value in 2021, scoring its
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