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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides talk to the media during a press conference at the foreign ministry house in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Lavrov is paying an official visit to Cyprus amid heightened tensions over Turkey's search for energy resources in east Mediterranean waters where Greece and Cyprus claim as having exclusive economic rights. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Lavrov: Russia ready to help ease Turkey-Greece tension

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Greek Defense Ministry on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, air force jets participate in a joined training drill with armed forces from Greece and the United Arab Emirates near the Greek island of Crete, southern Greece. Turkey's president on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, has warned Greece to enter talks over disputed eastern Mediterranean territorial claims or face the consequences. Ankara is currently facing off against Greece and Cyprus over oil and gas exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean. All sides have deployed naval and air forces to assert their competing claims in the region. (Greek Defense Ministry via AP)

Greece to boost military amid tensions with neighbor Turkey

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

In this photo provided on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, by the Greek Defense Ministry, worships from Greece, Italy, Cyprus and France, participate in a joint military exercise which was held from 26-28 of August, south of Turkey in eastern Mediterranean sea. Turkey on Monday, Aug. 31, accused Greece of &quot;piracy&quot; and warned it will stand up to Athens' alleged efforts to militarize islands near its coast.(Greek Defense Ministry via AP)

Turkey criticizes US decision to lift Cyprus arms embargo

By SUZAN FRASER and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

he Foreign Ministers of the European Union, Bogdan Aurescu (Romania, l-r), Urmas Reinsalu (Estonia), Nikos Christodoulides (Cyprus), Gordan Grlic Radman (Croatia), Edgars Rinkevics (Latvia), Ekaterina Zaharieva (Bulgaria), Arancha Gonzales Laya (Spain), Ivan Korcok (Slovakia), Josep Borrell (EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner), Pekka Haavisto (Finland), Jean-Yves Le Drian (France), Peter Szijjarto (Hungary), David McAllister (EU Member of Parliament), Evarist Bartolo (Malta), Heiko Maas (SPD, Germany), Jeppe Kofod (Denmark), Jean Asselborn (Luxembourg), Linas Antanas Linkevicius (Lithuania), Luigi Di Maio (Italy), Ann Linde (Sweden), Augusto Santos Silva (Portugal), Philippe Goffin (Belgium), Alexander Schallenberg (Austria), Tomas Petricek (Czech Republic), Anze Logar (Slovenia), Zbigniew Rau (Poland), Stef Blok (Netherlands), Nikos Dendias (Greece), and a few others have lined up for the family photo on the sidelines of the informal talks of the EU foreign ministers in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. The topics of the so-called Gymnich meeting include developments in Belarus and the dispute over natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean between Turkey and the EU states of Greece and Cyprus. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

EU urges Turkey to stop drilling in Med, ponders sanctions

By LORNE COOK and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this photo provided by the Turkish Defense Ministry on Aug 10, 2020, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis, in red and white, is surrounded by Turkish navy vessels as it was heading in the west of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey, Monday, . Greece says it will conduct a navy and air force exercise in an area of the eastern Mediterranean where Turkey is prospecting for oil and gas in an area as the neighboring countries remain locked in a dispute over offshore energy rights. (Turkish Defense Ministry via AP, Pool)

German FM: A ‘spark could lead to disaster’ in eastern Med

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his party members, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Greece’s prime minister has warmly thanked France for its decision to boost its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greek and Turkish warships are closely shadowing each other over a Turkish energy exploration bid in waters Athens claims as its own. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Greece welcomes French boost as tension rises in east Med

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Cyprus, France to boost defense ties under cooperation deal

Associated Press

Motorcyclists wear face masks in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, July 31, 2020. Cyprus has made mask-wearing compulsory in all indoor areas where people gather in large numbers like malls and supermarkets and is significantly ramping up random coronavirus testing at it's two main airports following an upsurge of new confirmed cases in the last week that has alarmed authorities. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus makes mask-wearing compulsory in large indoor spaces

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Cyprus: Putin ‘to help ease’ gas search tensions with Turkey

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

A father with his child walks along Saint Rafael beach in southern coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Cyprus' Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios says the country doesn't expect to receive this year more than 20-25% of the record 3.97 million holidaymakers it welcomed in 2019 as the coronavirus pandemic has so far shut out its key tourism markets. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Minister: Cyprus will lose over 75% of tourism this year

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

In this photograph taken from the Mediterranean shores near the city of Antalya, Turkey, a view of the research vessel Oruc Reis, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Turkey rejected claims by Greece that its oil-and-gas research vessels were encroaching on Greek territory in the eastern Mediterranean and said it would continue to defend its legitimate rights and interests in the region. But a Foreign Ministry statement issued Wednesday also renewed a call by Ankara for dialogue to resolve the dispute between the two NATO allies. (Semih Ersozler/DHA via AP)

Greece will do ‘whatever necessary’ in dispute with Turkey

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkish Cypriots urge probe over gunshots at migrant boat

Associated Press

Cyprus: US military training won’t harm Russia, China ties

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Clerides Law Firm invites more U.S. companies to join the ambitious Eastmed project

By Marios Tsokkos and the Mercury Global Reports team

Cyprus to get 1st natural gas import terminal in 2 years

Associated Press

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Cyprus: An emerging European Tech hub for US companies

By Marios Tsokkos and the Mercury Global Reports team

A top-tier award-winning law firm in Cyprus

By Marios Tsokkos and the Mercury Global Reports team

Doing business in Cyprus, the EY way

By Marios Tsokkos and the Mercury Global Reports team

Post-pandemic Cyprus turns 60 and is a key U.S. partner in the region

By Marios Tsokkos and the Mercury Global Reports team

Curis Network invests in scaling Cyprus healthcare

By Marios Tsokkos and the Mercury Global Reports team