France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has been deployed to the eastern Mediterranean as part of a wider French naval response to rising tensions linked to the conflict involving Iran.

  • afromustache
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    18 hours ago

    Oh I didn’t think of it thay way. I suppose this is showing my ignorance but I didn’t realize Cyprus was even in the EU

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      17 hours ago

      It is a member since 2004, adopted the euro as its official currency since 2008.

      But it is in a rather complicated situation since half of its territory is occupied by Türkiye (Turkey).

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        4 hours ago

        Thanks for telling me that. I did already know about the territorial issues but not the EU situation so that gives me a much better understanding.