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Cypriot leaders discussing reunification of the Greek and Turkish sectors of the island are making progress, a U.N. official said Thursday. Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat both put forward "bridging...
Tags: cypriots leaders, Cyprus, Greek Cypriot, Turkish Cypriot, Mehmet Ali Talat
During a visit to the village of Karaağac in Girne (Kyrenia) on Thursday, Talat informed the locals about the Cyprus negotiation process. Noting that there is a serious inequality in negotiations because Turkish Cypriots are isolated in every sphere and...
Tags: Greek Cyprus, Greek Foreign Ministry, Turkey, Greek Cypriot
Overseas Greek Cypriot organizations Saturday adopted a series of resolutions in support of negotiations aimed at reunifying the divided Mediterranean island. In one of the resolutions, Greek Cypriot representatives welcomed the "sincere effort" made...
Tags: Cyprus, Greek Cypriot
Turkey invaded 35 years ago and split Cyprus into an internationally recognized Greek south and a breakaway Turkish north in response to a coup by Athens-backed supporters of union with Greece. Around 1,500 Greek Cypriots and 500 Turkish Cypriots vanished...
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Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat discussed issues of citizenship, aliens, immigration and asylum and will focus on governance and the executive at their next meeting on 3 September in the UN-backed...
Tags: Turkey, cypriots leaders, Turkish Cypriot, security guarantees, Mehmet Ali Talat, Greek Cypriot
The Greek Cypriot administration has told the Greek Cypriot military that it intends to cancel the Nikiforos exercise, according to the Greek Cypriot newspaper Phileleftheros. The issue will be taken up at the next meeting of the cabinet, said the newspaper,...
Tags: Greek Cypriot, Greek Cyprus
Bildt, whose country will be at the helm of the EU until January, made the remarks in response to a salvo of questions by Greek and Greek Cypriot members of the European Parliament at a hearing of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Many of the...
December on a solution which will then go to referendum,” said Stefanos Stefanou, a spokesman for the Greek Cypriot government. He said he based that assessment on positions submitted by the Turkish side at reunification talks, which started between the...
Tags: Turkish Cyprus, Greek Cypriot
Turkish media, citing news reports by Greek Cypriot media, stated last week that Abbas and Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias mutually pledged support for each other's positions concerning international issues faced by their governments during...
Tags: Turkish Cypriots, Greek Cypriot, Cyprus
The EU Commission is scheduled to review Turkey's progress towards membership in December, including the bloc's demand that Ankara open its ports to Greek Cypriot vessels. "If one is to interpret word for word what is being said by the Turkish side, a...
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