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Famagusta Anti-Occupation Rally to Send Message of Unity
Greek-Cypriots have organized a rally against the occupation of Famagusta on August 9, according to the city's mayor Alexis Galanos.
"The goal is to send a message of unity to carry on the struggle of terminating the Turkish occupation and reunite the country,"...
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Cyprus Peace Talks Freeze for Summer
Peace talks on the Cyprus problem stopped yesterday for the summer, with the two sides failing to agree on the convergences achieved so far, the methodology to be followed in the next phase of the talks and on a...
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President Vows to Stand by Missing Persons' Relatives
President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades vowed on Monday evening to stand by the relatives of missing persons.
He was addressing an event at the Presidential Palace in honour of missing persons.
President Anastasiades told missing persons` relatives that they should feel...
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Anastasiades: Division Must Not Become Permanent
Cyprus' current division must not be allowed to become permanent, President Nicos Anastasiades said, ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Turkish invasion. He also said that the tragedy of the invasion must not be allowed to run full circle.
In...
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Cypriots File War Crimes Complaint Against Turkey
NICOSIA,(AP) - A group of Cypriots has filed a war crimes complaint against Turkey at the International Criminal Court over what they say is its policy of settling Cyprus' breakaway north with mainland Turks.
Cyprus split into a Turkish-speaking north...
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Dear Mr President – Vanishing Cyprus
Dear Mr. President, with all due respect, things in Cyprus are not going as well as you so passionately promised. Your election campaign-pledges never actually materialized. We are sure you meant well but somewhere along the way your party-dogmatism...
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Turkey Ordered to Pay EUR90m Over Cyprus Invasion
Turkey was ordered by the European Court of Human Rights Monday to compensate victims of the 1974 invasion of Cyprus. In one of the largest judgements handed down by the Strasbourg court, Turkey has been ordered to pay 60 million euros...
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Relatives of Cypriots Missing Since 1974 Ask Turkey for Info
Relatives of the Cyprus missing have requested Turkey provide all the necessary information about the fate of the Cypriots who went missing during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the summer of 1974.
The President of the Committee on Missing...
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Turkish Cypriots Mulling Land-Swap Registration
The inner circle of the administration in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus has approved a proposal to allow Turkish Cypriots to register for land swaps with Greek Cypriots.
On Tuesday, the proposal was passed down to what passes for a parliament in...
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Tsipras Holds Meeting with Cyprus President Anastasiades
Main opposition party Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras held a meeting with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday for a briefing on the progress of talks for a solution to the Cyprus problem.
Tsipras reiterated SYRIZA's steadfast "support...