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Efforts to solve the Cyprus problem in 2014, took off on an optimistic note but ended with Cyprus suspending its participation in the UN-led talks due to Turkey`s provocative actions. The year was marked by an increased U.S. involvement on...

The Republic of Cyprus is entering into an unpredictable phase in its troublesome history. If the economic crisis was not bad enough, it is also facing constant provocation by Turkey while the bi-communal negotiations have come to a dead-end...

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...

While British Cypriots protested 31 years of the self-proclaimed, illegal regime in occupied Cyprus this weekend, Turkish boats continued a recently initiated illegal survey of Cyprus waters in the island’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Picketing the Turkish Embassy in London last...

As days go by and the mystery of the Casta hill tomb in Amphipolis remains unsolved, new questions and conspiracy theories arise. The "who is buried in there" has now become "why now and not earlier" in the minds...

Greece will send a frigate and a submarine to the eastern Mediterranean region under its UN and NATO obligations, Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos has said. According to Greek newspaper "Kathimerini," Venizelos made the announcement on Wednesday after a meeting...

Turkish-Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, calling for the re-launch of negotiations with the Greek-Cypriot administration. According to a statement issued on Saturday, Eroglu called on the Greek-Cypriot side to return to the negotiating table. The...

AP - The U.N. refugee agency is urging the European Union to overhaul its policy toward Syrian refugees, warning that the number of fatal accidents at sea could rise further as winter approaches. The UNHCR also urged the 28-nation bloc...

18-year old Maria Skalisti has been chosen to represent Australia, her country of birth, in the upcoming 47th International Youth Congress in the Hague. The Congress will see more than 4,000 delegates from 90 countries discussing various international issues. Their proposals...

On Thursday, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced that Greece will vouch its political and military support for the coalition against the Islamic State. Greece will lend humanitarian and military aid to the American-led coalition, officials said. The Greek General Staff has...