The foreign ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Austria intervened concerning  a public statement by the EU foreign policy chief Borrell anticipating the EU's attitude towards Turkey. The Borrell report on Euro-Turkish relations was discussed at today's meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council.

The European Council on Thursday imposed restrictive measures on two individuals - a travel ban to the EU and an asset freeze - in relation to Turkey's unauthorised drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean. 
These persons are:

The European Union is preparing sanctions against Turkey for drilling off the shores of Cyprus, according to information from Brussels quoted by the German magazine Der Spiegel.