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Cyprus' Finance Minister May Quit in Bailout Protest

Cyprus' Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly is ready to step down if President Demetris Christofias does not sign a memorandum of agreement with international lenders to release a bailout needed to keep the economy from tanking, the newspaper Simerini reported. He...

Louvre Shows Cyprus Through the Ages

Within the framework of Cyprus’ Presidency of the European Union, President Demetris Christofias inaugurated an exhibition at the Louvre in Paris on Medieval Cyprus which showcases objects dating from the island’s Early Christian period until the end of the...

Struggling Christofias Sets Cyprus' Agenda for EU Presidency

ATHENS - Failing to meet his goal of finding peace with Turks occupying the northern third of the island and with his country’s banks needing a bailout to stay solvent, Cypriot President Demetrios Christofias laid out plans for what...

President of Cyprus Says Meeting with Eroglu a Failure

Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. The leaders of the two communities in Cyprus are currently engaged in UN-led negotiations with an aim to reunify the island. President of the Republic of...

Turkey Offers to Open Ports, Airports to Cyprus – if EU Reciprocates

Only a few days after Turkish President Abdullah Gul called the Greek part of Cyprus “half a country” and said his country will not recognize the upcoming Cypriot rotating European Union Presidency nor deal with it, Turkey has reportedly...

Christofias Dennounces UDI of Turkish Cypriot Regime

President Demetris Christofias denounced Tuesday the 1983 unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) by the illegal Turkish Cypriot regime, in the northern Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus. Invited to give a message to the people of Cyprus, President Christofias recalled UN...

New Greek PM Contacts President of Cyprus

President Demetris Christofias received on Friday a phone call from Lucas Papademos, who informed him that he was the first state leader with whom he has communicated since he took over from George Papandreou, as proof of the fraternal...

Israel's Peres to Visit Cyprus

The President of Israel Shimon Peres will pay a state visit to Cyprus November 2-4. According to the preliminary programme, the Israeli President is expected to have a tete-a-tete with President Demetris Christofias, followed by an official meeting between delegations...

Cyprus: Leaders meet Friday ahead of New York meeting

President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu meet Friday in the context of the ongoing UN-led peace talks, for a solution to the Cyprus problem. This is the last meeting between the two community leaders before next week’s...

Cyprus: National Council to Convene on Friday

The National Council, the top advisory body to the President of the Republic on the handling of the Cyprus problem, will convene on Friday. President Demetris Christofias has convened the meeting to discuss developments in the Cyprus issue. The meeting will...