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The Cyprus Problem
Bank Crisis Raises Hope For Cyprus Reconciliation
  • Ulrike Putz
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  • May 01, 2013
(AP) - The Greek half of Cyprus has been hard-hit by the banking crisis - and now hopes are growing in the Turkish north for reconciliation. If the two populations could resolve their dispute, they co...
My Cyprus, changed forever
  • April 03, 2013
TAMER FAKAHANY,Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nicosia, Cyprus, 1973: Riding with my parents and two elder siblings in a taxi, the kind of large Mercedes favored in the Middle East. The driver g...
Cyprus looks to its past for economic reboot
  • March 29, 2013
PAN PYLAS,Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As it grapples with the prospect of years of economic pain, Cyprus will try to draw strength from its not-so-distant experience of invasion — and the fact...
Turkey may challenge Cypriot use of gas reserves in bailout
  • March 22, 2013
ANKARA. (Reuters) - Turkey could challenge any move by Cyprus to speed up offshore natural gas exploration as a way of attracting desperately needed investment to save its teetering economy, senior Tu...
Juncker: Cyprus bailout talks need speeding up
  • September 16, 2012
MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS,Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus needs to speed up negotiations with its potential creditors on a deal that would enable the cash-strapped country to receive intern...
On Cyprus Beach, Stubborn Relic of Conflict
  • By DAN BILEFSKY
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  • August 03, 2012
FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus. (New York Times). Snakes slither inside dilapidated houses in the abandoned seaside resort of Varosha, a ghost town of decaying vintage cars and crumbling villas where time stopped...
On Cyprus Beach, Stubborn Relic of Conflict
  • By DAN BILEFSKY
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  • August 03, 2012
FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus. (New York Times). Snakes slither inside dilapidated houses in the abandoned seaside resort of Varosha, a ghost town of decaying vintage cars and crumbling villas where time stopped...
US official: Gas find could help Cyprus peace deal
  • July 14, 2012
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A senior U.S. official says the discovery of natural gas off Cyprus underscores the need for an accord that would reunify the ethnically-divided island and allow all of its peop...
Van Rompuy: The Cyprus presidency must be fully respected by all
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • May 29, 2012
The EU Council presidency is a fundamental feature of our Union and must be fully respected by all, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said on Monday, referring to Turkey. In state...
EU chief: Gas find could help reunify Cyprus
  • The Associated Press
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  • May 28, 2012
Herman Van Rompuy told Cypriot lawmakers on Monday that sharing the natural resource could pave the way to peace, just as coal and steel cooperation between former rivals France and Germany spawned th...
Spokesman: Turkey is to blame for the 'isolation' of Turkish Cypriots
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • May 25, 2012
Turkey is responsible for creating conditions of “isolation” for the Turkish Cypriots, Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou said on Friday, in a response to statements by the Turkish Cypriot leade...
Cyprus Spokesman: Gul`s statements reveal Ankara`s real intentions on Cyprus
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • May 23, 2012
Cyprus Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou stressed Wednesday that recent statements made by Turkish President Abdullah Gul reveal Ankara’s real intentions and policy on the Cyprus problem. T...
Cyprus protests to UN over Turkish airspace violations
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • May 22, 2012
Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN Ambassador Nicholas Emiliou denounced in a letter to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon, new Turkish violations of national airspace of Cyprus and inter...
Cyprus President welcomes remarks by German FM
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • May 17, 2012
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has described as very positive statements by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle that implementing the Ankara Protocol is part of a number of bold reforms T...
Downer: Multilateral conference still on the table
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • May 16, 2012
UN Secretary General`s Special Adviser on Cyprus Alexander Downer has said that the issue of holding a multilateral conference on the Cyprus problem during the summer is still on the table. In sta...
President calls on UN and EU to promote his Famagusta proposal
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • May 11, 2012
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has called on the UN and the EU to promote the implementation of his proposal on Famagusta. The proposal provides for the opening of the closed off part of th...
Cyprus Speaker asks MEPs to press Turkey to call off nuclear plant plans
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • May 03, 2012
Cyprus House President Yiannakis Omirou called on MEPs to exert pressure on Turkey to cancel its plans for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, in the southern shores of Turkey and clo...
President: Turkey might create tension during Cyprus’ EU presidency
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • May 01, 2012
Turkish diplomacy is investing in a weak or even an unsuccessful Cyprus presidency of the Council of the EU, President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias has stressed. He has also warn...
President: Turkey hindering Cyprus` progress
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • April 27, 2012
Cyprus` shipping would be ranking even higher worldwide if Turkey did not place obstacles, which adversely affect Cyprus and the development of its shipping industry, President of the Republic Demetri...
UN-backed talks on Cyprus should carry on, rival Cypriot parties say
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • April 26, 2012
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot parties agreed today that UN-backed talks should continue, calling on the leaders of the two communities ``to proceed with the negotiations in a proactive and intensi...
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