Eastern Mediterranean

NICOSIA, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- EU member-states Bulgaria and Cyprus are at loggerheads over the failure of an insurance company based on the eastern Mediterranean island and on who is to foot the bill for insurance claims totaling 43.5 million euros, Cypriot media reported on Thursday.

Tourists have returned in droves to Turkey, helped this summer by the sharp fall in the value of the Turkish lira following economic uncertainty and a rift with the United States.

Egypt's chief prosecutor says Cyprus has extradited the hijacker of an EgyptAir plane that was diverted to the Mediterranean island in 2016.

Prosecutor Nabil Sadek said late Saturday that Egyptian police have taken custody of Seif Eddin Mustafa in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia.

The main suspect of the 2016 murder of George Barker at a gym in Bexley, United Kingdom has been arrested in Turkish Cyprus.

The number of Chinese companies in Turkey has exceeded 1,000 with special industrial zones, Turkey's ambassador to Beijing said on Aug. 15.

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The US prohibition on sales of defense and military technology to Cyprus is "unlawful" and can be removed without the need for legislation, a Greek American lobby group has said.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused Greece of escalating tensions in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas, claiming that Turkey has always stood by Greeks in their times of difficulty. 

Amid a freeze in confidence-building measures ordered by the Hellenic Armed Forces General Staff (GEETHA) over the detention of two Greek soldiers and reports of Turkish vessels harassing Greek fishermen in the eastern Aegean, Athens is now bracing for Ankara's plans in coming days to drill for gas deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean and, possibly, within Cyprus's exclusive economic zone (EEZ

Turkey's leading business groups said on Aug. 14 that tighter monetary policy is needed to stabilise the Turkish Lira and U.S.-Turkish disputes should be solved through diplomacy.