Cyprus

Cypriot government sources have revealed that three Turkish warships - two frigates and a corvette - are in the area southwest of Cyprus in order to block the Nautical Geo research vessel.

For the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which has spiritual authority over the Church in America, Elpidophoros, 54, is the best and the brightest that it has to offer.

The EU last month opened the door to begin updating a Customs Union as demanded by Ankara. This would bring EU candidate Turkey into the internal market of the world’s largest trading bloc.

Katrougalos reiterated today that under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Turkey has rights in the Eastern Mediterranean, but he did not elaborate what those might be.