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UN envoy optimistic about Cyprus reunification process
Nicosia :: Cyprus | about 1 year ago
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Visiting UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe expressed on Wednesday confidence that the newly revived Cyprus peace process will result in a long-awaited settlement, despite all the hurdles it faces. "There are huge expectations...
Tags: Cyprus, Lynn Pascoe, Turkish Cypriot, Mr. Pascoe, mediterranean island, pascoe told
Cyprus wildfire forces 6 villages to evacuate
Nicosia :: Cyprus | about 1 year ago
Credibility A large forest fire raging out of control in Cyprus' central Troodos region has forced the evacuation of six villages, authorities said Wednesday. Vasa, Kelaki and Sanida were evacuated as a precaution because authorities feared strong, shifting winds...
Tags: Cyprus, force evacuate, Cypriot
UN diplomat meets with Cypriot leaders
Nicosia :: Cyprus | about 1 year ago
Credibility top U.N. official held separate meetings with Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders yesterday in a bid to advance efforts to reunite the long-divided island. Lynn Pascoe, the U.S. head of the U.N. political affairs department, commented after talks with Turkish-Cypriot...
Tags: Cyprus, B. Lynn Pascoe, Turkish Cypriot, political affairs, peace process, pascoe told, told reported
EU eases Green Line restrictions
Pace :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility EU eases Green Line restrictions EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to ease the economic isolation of the Turkish Cypriots via adopting certain amendments to its Green Line Regulation, which was approved back in 2004. The measures "aim at enhancing trade...
Tags: economic isolation, Turkish Cypriot, Green Line, Cyprus, eu ministers, economic integration, foreign ministers, eu foreign, Greek Cypriot
'Had Turkey left, there would be no Cyprus issue'
Nicosia :: Cyprus | about 1 year ago
Credibility ad Turkish troops signed an agreement and left the island after the initial intervention in 1974, "there would be no Cyprus issue today," said Mehmet Ali Talat, northern Cypriot President in remarks published Friday. Vatan newspaper ran an interview with...
Tags: Cyprus, U.N., Mehmet Ali Talat
Greek FM visits Cyprus
Nicosia :: Cyprus | about 1 year ago
Credibility Greece will contribute to the newly revived peace process to ensure a viable solution to the Cyprus problem, visiting Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis said Thursday. Bakoyiannis, who arrived in Cyprus for a four-day working visit, will meet with...
Russian-Greek Cyprus FMs meet
Nicosia :: Cyprus | about 1 year ago
Credibility Security Council decisions were essentially seeking a solution that both the Turkish and Greek sides can agree upon. Lavrov said Russia was pleased that the two factions had restarted discussions, at a press conference after a meeting with his Greek Cypriot...
Tags: Russian, Cyprus, Nicosia, Sergei Lavrov, Greek Cypriots, Moscow, Kosovo, international aviation
Brown lauds Cypriot president for 'political courage'
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave fulsome praise to visiting Cypriot President Demetris Christofias Thursday, indicating a warming of fractious ties between the two European Union states. After a 30-minute meeting at Brown's Downing Street offices,...
Tags: Turkish Cypriot, Cyprus, Gordon Brown, Greek Cypriot, legal action, Demetris Christofias, drops legal, cyprus drops
Standoff grows over Russia-BP venture
Moscow :: Russia | about 1 year ago
Credibility The billionaires refused to attend a meeting Thursday of the company's board in Cyprus because Dudley had not been removed. Vladimir Buyanov, BP's spokesman in Moscow, said that Fridman, Vekselberg and Blavatnik instead met in Cyprus with the chairman...
Tags: TNK-BP Board, TNK Less BP, Russian, BP PLC, Robert Dudley, Russiaï, russians shareholders, Cyprus, Gazprom, joint venture
UN maintains high hopes on Cyprus reunification talks
Nicosia :: Cyprus | about 1 year ago
Credibility The United Nations said on Thursday it was confident that rival Cypriot leaders will keep the momentum for peace alive when they meet next month to assess progress on reunification talks. "Frankly, the political will ... the two leaders have shown is...
Tags: Cyprus, United Nations, reunification talks
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