The announcement of the Supreme Cooperation Council was made in July on the outskirts of Vilnius. It signaled the willingness of Athens and Ankara to restart the dialogue and prepare for Greek-Turkish relations to actually try to change the page and build the space created in the context of earthquake diplomacy. At the time, there … Read more
Israel’s military has reportedly installed a pipeline system in the Gaza Strip that it may use to flood underground tunnels used by the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in order to render them useless and force the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades fighters to abandon them, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing sources … Read more
From this morning and until further notice, a small number of buses with more than 22 seats, which serve students through EMEL subcontractors, are withdrawn from serving students of public schools (high schools, middle schools and elementary schools) without affecting other activities of the same buses, since they do not have specific automatic engine fire … Read more
The founding and statutory conference of the new Volt Cyprus party took place at noon on Sunday, at the “Filoxenia” Conference Center in Nicosia. Addresses in the first part of the conference were made by Deputy Government Spokesman Yannis Antoniou, on behalf of the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides and representatives of parliamentary parties, … Read more
Israel is planning a war against Hamas that will last a year or more, with the most intensive phase of ground operations continuing into early 2024, the Financial Times reports, citing “several people” with knowledge of the preparations. Israel’s strategy reportedly envisages an immediate penetration of its forces, which are inside northern Gaza, to the … Read more
Hostilities have resumed in the Gaza Strip after a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel expired at 7am today. The Israeli army has announced that it has resumed its operations against the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. He accused Hamas of violating the terms of a cease-fire that had been in place since November … Read more
Minutes before the truce between Israel and Hamas expired at 7 a.m., the Israeli military announced that the ceasefire would be extended amid efforts by mediators to resume the process of freeing the hostages. The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has announced, in turn, that it has agreed to extend, for a seventh day, the cease-fire … Read more
Starting tomorrow morning, the decisions taken by the Republic of Cyprus regarding the issue of Turkish violations in the buffer zone will be implemented, the President of the Republic, Mr. Nikos Christodoulidis, said this evening. In his statements to journalists, attending an event of the American Chamber of Commerce of Cyprus, and to a journalist’s … Read more
The United Nations has informed us that the situation in the dead zone, in Agios Dometios, will be restored, however, if it is not restored, we have taken some decisions which will be implemented, but we will not make them public, said the President of the Republic Mr. Nikos Christodoulidis tonight . In his statements … Read more
For the freed hostages and the suffering civilian population in the Gaza Strip, the agreement between Israel and Hamas is a blessing – but for the Israeli military it is a blow. “From a military point of view, this is an undesirable development,” comments military historian Danny Orbach of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. “The … Read more