Cyprus’ Foreign Minister suggests taking Eastern Mediterranean tensions with Turkey to arbitration at The Hague, as the question of sanctions has soured discussions in Brussels. “Only dialogue can bring a solution and in this context, we have asked from Turkey to discuss our maritime borders in the North and West of Cyprus. And they refused,” …
Cypriot government refuses to back measures unless bloc imposes sanctions on Turkey European foreign ministers have failed to break the deadlock over sanctions on Belarus, after Cyprus blocked the plan citing the lack of EU action against Turkey. Nearly one month after the EU took a political decision to sanction Belarusian officials accused of falsifying …
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The tensions between Greece and Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean should be a straightforward matter for the European Union. A member state, Greece, faces territorial claims from a neighboring nation, Turkey. Instead of rallying behind Greece, however, several EU countries are taking an ambivalent approach, as they are fearful of the political and economic repercussions of …
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