Cyprus’ Major Rival Leader Says Turkish Energy Threats Real
The leader of Cyprus’ major opposition AKEL party, Androus Kyprianou, said growing Turkish aggression in trying to keep foreign companies from drilling for oil and […]
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Cyprus Lawmakers Upset Over Asylum Bill Banning Deportations
NICOSIA – An asylum bill amendment that would prohibit automatic deportations from Cyprus for refugees seeking sanctuary because they fear for their lives has Members […]
Cyprus Seeks EU Intelligence Access for Migrant Screening
NICOSIA (AP) — Cyprus’ interior minister says he has asked the European Union for access to its security intelligence network in order to better screen […]
Turkey Wants Action, Not Talk Over Cyprus Reunity
NICOSIA – With the last round of negotiations over Cyprus reunification having collapsed in July, 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana, Turkey’s Foreign Minister […]
Building Bridges: Soccer Diplomacy in Divided Cyprus
NICOSIA (AP) — An initiative to build bridges between the Greek and Turkish speaking communities of ethnically split Cyprus faltered after the leader of the […]
Cyprus, Greece Support Turkey’s European Union Entry Bid
NICOSIA (AP) — Greece’s foreign minister says it’s in the best interests of his country, Cyprus and the European Union that Turkey’s faltering bid to […]
Anastasiades Won’t Fire FinMin Over Cyprus Co-Op Bank Collapse
The closing of Cyprus’ Co-Op Bank wasn’t the fault of Finance Minister Harris Georgiades despite an investigative committee’s finding it was, said President Nicos Anastasiades, […]
Turkish-Cypriot Self-Declared Premier Blames Cypriots for Unity Failures
Tufan Erhurman, the self-declared Prime Minister of the northern third of Cyprus unlawfully occupied by Turkish-Cypriots since a 1974 invasion, said unity talks have been […]
May Says UK Wants Out as Cyprus Security Guarantor
British Prime Minister Theresa May told visiting Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades she wants to swiftly end her country’s role as one of the guarantors of […]
Inquiry Faults Execs, Minister for Cypriot Bank’s Demise
NICOSIA (AP) — An inquiry into the demise of Cyprus’ Co-operative bank on Wednesday faulted senior executives for bad judgment, inaction and ineptitude in dealing […]