European Parliament calls for suspension of Turkey accession talks
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Turkey determined to join EU despite obstacles: ErdoğanEurope 2021-05-10, by Editor Comments Off 4
ANKARA: Despite double standards and obstacles, Turkey maintains its decisive attitude to join the European Union, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, criticizing Brussels for not inviting the candidate nations to a conference on the future of Europe in a written message on Europe Day.
“Turkey keeps its determined stance and efforts towards its strategic goal of European Union membership, despite the double standards and obstacles it faces. Turkey’s membership will pave the way for the rise of a Europe that is more effective at regional and global levels, gives hope not only to its citizens, but also to the people of its neighborhood as well as the whole world,” read Erdoğan’s statement.
A blessing or a curse of Cyprus energy resources?
7 May 2021,
Cyprus energy resources
One of the protracted conflicts of Europe, the Cyprus conflict has defied resolution over almost half a century. Yet, until recently, it remained rather latent and attracted little attention outside the United Nations and the main state actors involved. These days Cyprus has once again taken centre stage in the geopolitical debates surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean instigating intensive discussions of possible new resource wars in the region. Thus, the three-day Geneva summit with a beginning on Wholly Wednesday followed prolonged tensions over offshore gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean, accelerated by Ankara’s dispatch of drillships and naval vessels to the area last year, which have further highlighted the need for reconciliation in Europe’s only war-partitioned state.