1 week ago 53 Cypriots return home from Iran and Israel, says Foreign Ministry

53 Cypriots return home from Iran and Israel, says Foreign Ministry  Kathimerini.com.cy

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2 w. ago Foreign Minister Says Iran Planned Attack on Israelis on Cyprus

Foreign Minister Says Iran Planned Attack on Israelis on Cyprus  The National Herald

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2 w. ago Cyprus warns of ‘global implications’ of Strait of Hormuz closure

Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis on Monday warned of “global implications” if Iran blockades the Strait of Hormuz. “The developments are rapid and without a doubt very worrying, with global implications. A possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important strategic routes for international energy trade, will undoubtedly have ripple and […]

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2 w. ago Putin tells Iranian foreign minister there was no justification for US attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Iran’s foreign minister on Monday there was no justification for the U.S. bombing of his country and that Moscow was trying to help the Iranian people. Putin hosted Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Moscow two days after U.S. President Donald Trump sent U.S. bomber planes to strike Iran’s three […]

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2 w. ago Greek police arrest Azeri man in Crete for espionage near NATO base, eye Cyprus connection

Greek police have arrested an Azeri man suspected of espionage on the island of Crete, which is home to a NATO military base, based on information from the country’s intelligence service, police said on Monday. Cyprus arrests individual on suspicion of terror-related plot, police say Greek authorities were investigating if the 26-year-old Azeri man was […]

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2 w. ago Diplomacy ends, missiles begin: US pounds Iran nuclear sites

In a bid to defuse the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, foreign ministers from Europe’s top three powers hurried to meet their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva. Those hopes collapsed on Saturday when U.S. President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on Iran’s three main nuclear sites, in support of Israel’s military campaign. “It’s irrelevant to […]

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2 w. ago UK informed but bases not involved in US strikes on Iran, minister says

The British government was informed ahead of time of the United States’ strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, but did not receive and request for its bases in Cyprus or in the Indian Ocean to be used as part of the operation, the country’s Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said on Sunday. “I know often because […]

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3 w. ago Kombos calls US Secretary of State Rubio amid Middle East conflict

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Friday held a telephone call with the United States’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as the US deepens its involvement in the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel. The foreign ministry described the call as “timely” and said the pair had discussed the “rapidly evolving developments in the region”. It […]

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3 w. ago European ministers to hold nuclear talks with Iran on Friday in Geneva, source says

The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain plan to hold nuclear talks with their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva, a German diplomatic source told Reuters. The ministers will first meet with the European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, at Germany’s permanent mission in Geneva before holding a joint meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, the source said. […]

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3 w. ago ‘Efforts continuing’ to repatriate Cypriots from Middle East

Efforts are continuing to repatriate Cypriots from the Middle East, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Wednesday, as the conflict between Iran and Israel continues. Speaking after the day’s cabinet meeting, he said his ministry is making a “coordinated effort” alongside Cyprus’ diplomatic missions in both Iran and Israel, and that on Tuesday, a total […]

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3 w. ago Iran will respond firmly if US becomes directly involved in Israeli strikes, says UN ambassador

Iran said it had conveyed to Washington that it will respond firmly to the United States if it becomes directly involved in Israel’s military campaign, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said on Wednesday. Ali Bahreini, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva, told reporters […]

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3 w. ago Our View: Russia remains untouchable for our political system and most media

Defending the president’s diplomatic blunder about Iran’s alleged message, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos criticised the opposition parties for focusing on this while completely ignoring the Russian Federation’s crude attempt to involve Cyprus in the Israel-Iran conflict. Opposition parties failed to say anything about claims by the Russian delegation at the UN, that the British bases […]

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3 w. ago UK’s Cyprus bases ‘hugely important’, British foreign secretary says

The United Kingdom’s bases in Cyprus are “hugely important at this time”, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Monday night, amid an escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. Addressing his country’s parliament, he stressed that the UK is “not involved in Israel’s strikes”, but highlighted the UK’s role in fighting against terrorist insurgencies such […]

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3 w. ago Our View: President embarrassed himself and Cyprus by engaging in public diplomacy 

President Christodoulides’ relentless efforts to give the Cyprus Republic and himself a ‘role’ in international affairs backfired at the weekend, when the spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry issued a denial about the president’s public claims that Iran had asked Cyprus to “convey some messages to Israel”. The guess was that this alleged request had […]

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3 w. ago Britain’s chancellor minister signals possible support for Israel in Iran conflict

The United Kingdom could potentially support Israel in its conflict with Iran, but the decision to send additional military jets to the Middle East was made mainly to protect British bases and personnel, the country’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, its equivalent of a finance minister, Rachel Reeves said on Sunday. Israel and Iran launched fresh […]

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3 w. ago Israel says attacks on Iran are ‘nothing’ compared with what is coming

Iran and Israel traded missiles and airstrikes on Saturday, the day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against its old enemy, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear sites in a stated bid to stop it building an atomic weapon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s strikes had set back Iran’s nuclear programme […]

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3 w. ago UK denies involvement of Cyprus bases in Israeli strikes on Iran

UK denies involvement of Cyprus bases in Israeli strikes on Iran  Kathimerini.com.cy

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4 w. ago Kombos held talks with Israeli and Iranian counterparts amid escalation

In the wake of the Israeli attack on Iran, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos held a series of calls on Friday evening, speaking with his counterparts from both Iran and Israel amongst others. “I expressed concern about the rapidly evolving situation in the region,” Kombos said of his call with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar in […]

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4 w. ago Bases ‘not involved’ in Iran strikes but UK updates Cyprus travel advisory

Bases ‘not involved’ in Iran strikes but UK updates Cyprus travel advisory  Cyprus Mail

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4 w. ago Israeli prime minister’s aircraft flew to Greece, not Cyprus after Iran hit

Israeli prime minister’s aircraft flew to Greece, not Cyprus after Iran hit  Philenews

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