Cyprus Problem
Cyprus
Bellowing Echoes for Justice in Cyprus
No one seems to hear the bellowing echoes for justice in Cyprus. Ever since the Turkish military invasion of the island in 1974, trapped citizens keep asking why and what is happening to their country. Why has this elusive...
Cyprus
Cypriot President Suspends Peace Talks
AP - Cyprus' President on Tuesday suspended talks on reunifying the ethnically divided island in response to Turkish plans to search for oil and gas in waters where the Cypriot government has already licensed companies to drill.
Cypriot government spokesman...
Cyprus
Anastasiades and Kerry Discuss Cyprus Problem in New York
New developments in the Cyprus problem, bilateral relations and energy issues were on the agenda of a meeting between Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and US Secretary of State John Kerry in New York on Sunday evening.
The Cypriot President is in...
Cyprus
Davutoglu Visits Occupied Cyprus Ahead of Talks
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visited the northern, occupied sector of Cyprus on Tuesday, ahead of a dinner between the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot leaders in the evening, and on the eve of the launch of talks under the UN’s new Special Envoy Espen...
Greece
Samaras-Erdogan Meeting In Negative Climate
The meeting between Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held in Newport, Wales, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit, was completed in early afternoon on Friday after lasting 40 minutes, in a rather “negative...
Greece
Samaras-Erdogan Meeting on Sidelines of NATO Summit in Wales
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will be in Wales today, attending the two-day NATO Summit. The Greek PM will be accompanied by Government Vice-President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, who will hold meetings with their NATO counterparts.
The Prime...
Cyprus
UNSG's New Special Adviser to Visit Cyprus
The new Special Adviser to the Secretary General on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide will make his first visit to Cyprus between 5 and 8 September 2014, the SG`s Good Offices Mission in Cyprus on announced Friday.
According to the press...
Cyprus
US Ambassador Talks Energy, Cyprus Problem
The reunification of Cyprus continues to be a top priority for the US, ambassador John Koenig said on Wednesday, and he urged Turkey to contribute to the efforts to solve the Cyprus problem.
Koenig made the comment in his address...
Cyprus
Turkey's Military Occupation in Cyprus
July and August in Cyprus always bring a volley of celebrations for some; commiserations and condemnations for others! This has been going on for the past forty years with little chance of changing the status quo.
As time goes by,...
Cyprus
Nicos Anastasiades: "No Plan B for Divided Cyprus"
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said that there is no plan B for the Cyprus problem, noting that the framework for a peace solution already exists and must be agreed upon.
In an interview with the New York newspaper, Ethnikos Kirikas, he said: "There...