Aid ship to leave Cyprus for Gaza within 24 hours, Christodoulides says
A ship carrying aid for Gaza will leave Cyprus in the next 24 hours on a trial run along a new humanitarian sea corridor, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said late Saturday. A vessel belonging...
View ArticleBiden warns of ‘red line’ for Israel over Rafah
U.S. President Joe Biden warned the Israeli government against a further intensification of bloodshed in the Gaza Strip as worries grow over the humanitarian disaster in enclave. “[We] cannot have...
View ArticleNetanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ and invade Rafah
Paul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the parent company of POLITICO. TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he...
View ArticleNetanyahu denies Palestinians are starving
Paul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the parent company of POLITICO. TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has...
View Article‘Lifeline’ aid ship for Gaza finally sets sail from Cyprus
An aid ship to Gaza left the Cypriot port of Larnaca early Tuesday as a new humanitarian sea corridor is piloted. The charity ship was loaded with almost 200 tons of food supplies — including flour,...
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EU snubs dying solar manufacturers as China poised to swallow market
BRUSSELS — Europe’s solar producers are hurtling towards extinction after the European Union hinted Tuesday that it wouldn’t bail out ailing manufacturers, according to a person familiar with...
View ArticleEU cash for Ukraine: The bloc agrees on a €5B weapons fund
BRUSSELS — Months of deadlock over reimbursing EU countries for military aid to Ukraine was broken Wednesday after ambassadors agreed to back a new €5 billion fund. The deal creates the Ukraine...
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Armenia’s EU dream faces a big obstacle: The Russian army
YEREVAN, Armenia — A massive portrait of Vladimir Putin watches over the road along the Armenian border with Azerbaijan. “Together forever,” reads the slogan next to the Russian president on the...
View ArticleUS lawmakers press for more answers on Biden’s Gaza pier
Starving civilians rushing the causeway. Israeli shells hitting American soldiers. Hamas terrorists firing on U.S. military boats. These are the potential scenarios U.S. officials are grappling with...
View ArticleFirst Gaza aid ship unloads supplies at besieged enclave
A first vessel delivering aid to the battered Gaza Strip has fully unloaded, depositing 200 tons of food, water and supplies at the starving enclave, and inaugurating a humanitarian sea corridor from...
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EU leaders ink €7.4B economic aid, migration deal with Egypt
CAIRO, Egypt — The EU on Sunday signed a major aid deal with Egypt geared at curbing irregular migration to Europe’s shores and boosting the North African country’s economy. European Commission...
View ArticleSeaborne aid reaches Gaza population
Humanitarian aid sent by sea from Cyprus reached the starving residents of Gaza on Tuesday. Some 200 metric tons of aid and food — the equivalent of half a million meals — have now been distributed to...
View ArticleIsrael must open border to life-saving aid for Palestinians, WFP chief says
More than 2 million people in Gaza who have survived nearly six months of intense bombardment are now at risk of dying of starvation. Trucks loaded with food, medical supplies and other necessities...
View ArticleCyprus declares migration crisis, calls for EU to help
Rising numbers of migrants arriving have left Cyprus in “a state of serious crisis,” the country’s President Nikos Christodoulides said Wednesday as he called for the EU to step in. More than 2,000...
View ArticleRyanair to resume flights to Israel in June
Irish airline Ryanair said Thursday it will resume flights to and from Israel as of June 3 following the decision of Ben Gurion International Airport to re-open a low-cost terminal. “It is great news...
View ArticleCyprus demands Lebanon control migrant flows
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides will head to Lebanon on Monday for talks on migration after the Mediterranean island declared a crisis on refugee flows. “We are indeed in a crisis, but I want...
View ArticleUK support to Israel ‘not unconditional,’ Cameron warns
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Sunday urged Israel to follow international humanitarian law in the wake of an Israeli attack on an aid convoy that left seven people dead. Three U.K....
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On holiday with Europe’s right-wingers
NICOSIA — “We’re conservatives! We all like wine!” a voice rang out as the bus, filled with a few dozen European conservatives, snaked its way up the dusty hill, the roadsides lined with giant fennel...
View ArticleTurkey-Greece tensions flare (again) over marine park plans
Turkey on Tuesday hit out at Greece’s plans to set aside some of the waters between the two countries for ecological sustainability, as Ankara is contesting the sovereignty of some of the maritime...
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Fraud-busters swoop on Greek contracts involving €2.5B of EU recovery funds
ATHENS — Authorities are investigating allegations of fraud linked to the way €2.5 billion in EU funds has been awarded to just 10 companies in Greece, POLITICO can reveal. The offices of the...
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