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The Cyprus Problem
Cyprus President: Preconditions for the Return of Famagusta Defined by UN
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 28, 2012
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has made it clear that the preconditions for the return of Varosha (the fenced off area of the Turkish occupied town of Famagusta) to its legal inhabitants are ex...
Obama and Erdogan Discuss Cyprus Issue
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 26, 2012
US President Barack Obama raised the issue of Cyprus during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the sidelines of an international meeting in Seoul, Korea, against the prolif...
Downer: I Will Prepare My Report to UN Chief Late Next Week
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 23, 2012
UN Secretary General’s Special Advisor for Cyprus Alexander Downer said he will prepare his report to the UNSG late next week and if his report is positive, Ban Ki – moon will call a multilateral conf...
US, Britian Support Cyprus Talks
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 21, 2012
The United States support the negotiations, under the auspices of the UN Secretary General’s Good Offices Mission, to reach a settlement reunifying Cyprus as a bizonal, bicommunal federation, Assistan...
Cyprus President: Coming Weeks to Be Decisive for Cyprus Issue
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 21, 2012
The coming weeks will be ``decisive`` for the Cyprus problem and ``crucial decisions will have to be taken,`` President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias said on Wednesday, pointing out t...
UN Envoy: July Halt to Cyprus Peace Talks Likely
  • Menelaos Hadjicostis - Associated Press
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  • March 20, 2012
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Long-running negotiations to reunify divided Cyprus will likely halt in July, when the island's Greek Cypriot-led government takes over the European Union's six-month rotating p...
Archbishop of Cyprus Asks for EU Intervention to Restore Monastery of Apostle Andreas
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 14, 2012
Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus called on the European countries to ask Turkey to allow the maintenance of ancient monuments in the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus. Speaking during a luncheo...
UN Chief Tells Cyprus Leaders Now is the Time for Agreement
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 13, 2012
Cyprus leaders must now make decisive moves that will demonstrate that agreement is indeed within their grasp, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-mοon said in his assessment report on the status of the negot...
Markoullis Protests Violation of Religious Rights in Occupied Cyprus
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 12, 2012
Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Markoullis has protested the continuous violation of the rights of Greek Cypriots, enclaved in the island’s northern Turkish occupied areas. Addressing an informal m...
Cyprus House Speaker Appeals to International Leaders
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 11, 2012
Cyprus House Speaker Yiannakis Omirou has appealed to key players in the international community to turn their attention to Turkey, if they want security and stability to return to the region. “Th...
Cyprus President Dismisses Turkish Statements Suggesting Partition
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 09, 2012
Cyprus belongs to the Cypriots and to no one else, President Demetris Christofias stressed Thursday commenting on statements by Turkish Minister of EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis stateme...
National Council Concludes Discussion on Cyprus Issue
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • March 07, 2012
Nicosia denied on Tuesday Turkish press reports that Cyprus has agreed to the opening of two chapters of Turkey`s EU accession talks. A report by Turkish daily ``Hurriet`` invoking European Commis...
Historic Monastery in Cyprus Near Collapse
  • Menelaos Hadjicostis - Associated Press
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  • February 20, 2012
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A historic monastery where an apostle of Jesus Christ is said to have performed miracles is close to caving in and needs immediate repairs, the leader of Cyprus' Orthodox Christ...
Preparations for UN Chief's Report on Cyprus Underway
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • February 19, 2012
Preparations for the UN Secretary-General’s report to the Security Council on the course of Cyprus negotiations are reaching their final stage. According to diplomatic sources, the report by Ban K...
Europarliament Calls on Turkey to Return Sealed-off Section of Famagusta
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • February 15, 2012
The European Parliament has called on the government of Turkey to return the Turkish occupied Famagusta fenced-off section to its lawful inhabitants, noting that they must resettle under conditions of...
Rival Cyprus Leaders Exchange Documents on Property Issues
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • February 14, 2012
The exchange of documents between the two communities in Cyprus on the chapter of property is expected to be completed on Tuesday, as was the request by the UN Secretary General, President of the Repu...
President Christofias Has Sent Cyprus Govt's Positions to the Parties
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • February 08, 2012
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has sent to the political parties, which participate in National Council, the general framework of the positions of the Greek Cypriot side that has been submitted...
Cyprus House Speaker Urges Canberra to Act on Turkey
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • February 07, 2012
The Speaker of the Cyprus House of Representatives Yiannakis Omirou has urged Australia to exert its influence and persuade Turkey to contribute to a just and viable Cyprus solution. Omirou, on th...
House President Sends Resolution on Downer to UN Chief
  • Cyprus News Agency
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  • February 06, 2012
The House of Representatives has asked the UN Secretary General to act in order to restore the impartiality of his special advisor on Cyprus, who has recently come under fire from political parties wi...
Cyprus Parliament Rebukes UN Envoy
  • The Associated Press
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  • February 02, 2012
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Cyprus parliament has taken the unusual step of rebuking a United Nations envoy over perceived bias that it says is hindering long-running reunification talks. Lawmakers ...
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