Europe
EU Prepares Turkey Sanctions in Case Diplomatic Moves Fail
… news on the region. The European Union stepped up threats of more … by Greece and Cyprus. EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell … measured from its mainland. EU Walks…
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Europe
Turkey: Statement by the Spokesperson on the death of Ebru Timtik
The European Union is deeply saddened by the death of Ebru Timtik, a lawyer who has been on hunger strike for 238 days following her conviction last year for alleged…
Europe
European Union sets stage for sanctions on Turkey
The European Union is preparing to sanction Turkey over its actions in the eastern Mediterranean, where a confrontation between Turkish and Greek military ships is raising the risk of open…
Europe
Merkel on Greece-Turkey East Med Row: All EU Countries Have Obligation to Support Athens
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated that all European Union countries have an obligation to support Greece in its row with Turkey over Cyprus’ offshore energy resources. The chancellor added that…
America
Former Istanbul Orthodox church becomes a mosque in Turkey – Vatican News
By Vatican News On Friday Turkey’s President, Tayyip Erdogan, ordered Istanbul’s Kariye Museum to be turned into a Muslim place of worship. The decision to transform the museum into a…
Europe
Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on renewed drilling activities by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean
Today’s announcement by Turkey of renewed drilling activities by the Yavuz vessel in a maritime zone which has been delineated by Cyprus and Egypt regrettably fuels further tensions and insecurity…
Christianity
Greece builds diplomatic front against Turkey’s oil prospecting – Vatican News
Greece is continuing to build up a wide-ranging diplomatic front against Turkey, which it accuses of illegal oil-prospecting in Greek-controlled waters.
Animals
Prison for turtles in Cyprus
The sea turtle is one of the most successful forms of life on earth. Having appeared hundreds of millions of years ago, it is an example of the adaptation of…
Culture
Turkish sex symbol arrested in Istanbul with drugs, spectacular operation catches up with local elite
Turkey dawns with new wave of arrests of popular figures as part of large-scale drug investigation Singer Yusuf Güney, who promoted the consumption of ayahuasca tea with banned substances, was…
Europe
Can Strasbourg Catch Up With the CRPD?
Europe Can No Longer Defend Article 5(1)(e) of the European Convention on Human Rights