Dervis Eroglu
Cyprus
U.S. Vice President Biden Arrives in Cyprus
Joe Biden and his wife Jill, arrived at the Larnaca airport on Wednesday evening, May 21. The U.S. Vice President was welcomed by the Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides and the U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus John Koenig.
Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot Leader Sees Reunification Deal This Year
Although he almost single-handedly blocked talks trying to reunify Cyprus 40 years after it was divided by a Turkish invasion, Turkish-Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu now says he's confident renewed talks will lead to a deal this year.
Eroglu, a hardliner...
Cyprus
DIKO Confirms to Quit Government
A junior partner in Cyprus's ruling centre-right coalition (DIKO) voted to leave the government coalition on Wednesday night over disagreements with President Nicos Anastasiades concerning the terms for the resumption of talks on the Cyprus problem.
Its central committee voted...
Cyprus
Now Anastasiades Sleeps With The Enemy
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will succeed in his burning desire to reunify the island, whose northern third is still occupied by a standing Turkish army and unlawful invaders, right about the time Greece gets back Istanbul, which it still...
Cyprus
Cyprus Leaders Determined to Resume "Result-Oriented Talks"
Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu were meeting Tuesday to relaunch talks on ending the island's division after a nearly two-year break.
Leaders of ethnically split Cyprus agreed to work towards a new system...
Cyprus
UN: Cyprus Rivals to Meet Tuesday for Peace Talks
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu meet on Tuesday morning, an UNFICYP press release issued here on Saturday says.
According to the UNFICYP press release the two leaders will meet in the United Nations Protected Area...
Greece
Anastasiades Sees Cyprus Talks Resuming, Briefs Samaras On Progress
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, who said talks with Turkish Cypriots to reunify the island were likely dead, said there are some signs of life again and that he now sees “serious prospects” for the two sides to sit down...
Cyprus
Erdogan Now Calls for "One Cyprus"
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who earlier raised a lot of hackles when he said, "There is no country called Cyprus," now says there is - and that it has to be one, unifying Cypriots with Turks who...
Cyprus
Turkey Submits Proposals on Cyprus Issue
The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, submitted proposals to the United Nations for a peaceful solution for the Cyprus issue.
During the G20 summit in St. Petersburg the Turkish Prime Minister met the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and...
Cyprus
UN Sees Cyprus Talks In October
While years of negotiations in an attempt to reunify the island of Cyprus divided by a Turkish invasion in 1974 have failed to make any headway, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will be the latest leader to try his hand...