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Britain will provide intel to Cyprus to help fight Russia’s sanctions evasion

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Britain will provide intelligence to a newly formed unit in Cyprus tasked with preventing Russia evade international sanctions, according to an agreement Tuesday following talks between visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Cypriot counterpart. A statement later said that Britain’s offices dealing with sanctions will share information with the Cypriot Ministry of Finance “to disrupt …

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Starmer launches crackdown on Russian dirty money to ‘starve Putin’s war machine’

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK has agreed a new deal with Cyprus to crack …

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2 weeks ago

Starmer holds talks with Cypriot president in first PM visit since 1971

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer said the UK-Cyprus relationship could be taken …

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Starmer’s historic trip to Cyprus turns into a diplomatic storm as he lands on divided island

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Keir Starmer has landed in Cyprus in the midst of a …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Chipre podría incorporarse a la OTAN cuando las condiciones lo permitan, afirma su presidente

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Chipre — Chipre podría solicitar su incorporación a la OTAN una vez que sus fuerzas armadas reciban la formación y el equipamiento necesarios con ayuda de Estados Unidos para alcanzar los estándares de la alianza militar mundial, dijo el jueves el presidente de la nación insular mediterránea. El presidente Nikos Christodoulides puso a Chipre en una trayectoria hacia una …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Cyprus could become a member of NATO when conditions permit, the country’s president says

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus could apply to become a member of NATO once its armed forces receive the necessary training and equipment with U.S. help to bring them up to the standards of the world’s premier military alliance, the president of the Mediterranean island nation said Thursday. President Nikos Christodoulides put Cyprus on a trajectory for possible NATO membership, ending …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Cyprus in talks with Gulf energy companies over natural gas licences, president says

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Energy companies from Persian Gulf states have expressed interest in searching for natural gas off the southern coast of Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said Friday. Speaking at an energy conference in Nicosia, he said Cypriot authorities are in early talks with several unidentified companies regarding exploration licenses for some of Cyprus’ 13 areas, or blocks, inside an …

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5 months ago

Turkey’s Erdogan, Cyprus president see different paths for divided island

Al Jazeera

Turkish leader says he sees no point in UN-led talks as Christodoulides declares reunification is the only way forward. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was in northern Cyprus to mark 50 years since the invasion by Turkish forces, has said he sees no point in continuing United Nations-led negotiations on the Mediterranean island’s future. It is of no benefit …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Cyprus president says a buffer zone splitting the island won’t become another migrant route

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The president of Cyprus said Tuesday that he won’t “open another route” for irregular migration by letting through more than two dozen asylum-seekers now stranded in a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that bisects the war-divided island nation. But he said the 180-kilometer buffer zone “won’t become a new avenue for the passage of illegal migrants.” Turkey lets them …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Families reclaim the remains of 15 recently identified Greek soldiers killed in Cyprus in 1974

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The remains of recently identified Greek soldiers who fought in Cyprus against invading Turkish troops nearly a half-century ago were returned to their families on Thursday. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides attended a funeral service in the capital, Nicosia, for the 15 Greek soldiers before their remains were contained in Greek flag-draped coffins. The invasion resulted in Cyprus’ …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Families reclaim the remains of 15 recently identified Greek soldiers killed in Cyprus in 1974

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Cyprus gives Chevron another 6 months to come up with a timetable on a natural gas field development

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The Cyprus government has given Chevron another six months to come up with a revised plan to develop a sizeable natural gas deposit off the island nation’s southern coastline after an earlier plan proposed by the U.S. energy company lacked a timetable, an official said Thursday. In a reply letter last Thursday, Cypriot Energy Minister George Papanastasiou …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Migration agency chief warns that even more Syrians will leave Lebanon as donors cut back on aid

Associated Press

BRUSSELS — The number of Syrian refugees leaving Lebanon is likely to keep rising as donors cut back on aid, the head of the U.N.'s migration agency warned Tuesday, as pressure builds over their arrival on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Amy Pope, director general of the International Organization for Migration, said that around 3,000 Syrians have left Lebanon since …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Cyprus suspends asylum applications for Syrians as arrivals rise

Al Jazeera

More than 1,000 people have arrived in Cyprus on boats from Lebanon this month amid deepening tensions in the Middle East. Cyprus has suspended the processing of asylum applications from Syrians following a sharp increase in arrivals this month, authorities say. Lebanon, coping with a crippling economic crisis since 2019, hosts some 805,000 Syrian refugees registered with the United Nations, …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

One tiny mistake could turn Cyprus into a new Gaza

The Telegraph

Greek Cypriots want to see the island united under the flag of the Republic of Cyprus. That would involve Turkey giving back the northern territory it seized during what Turkish Cypriots call “the intervention” in response to a Greek military coup and attempted union with Greece in 1974. “I will spare no effort to realise the common dream of reunification,” …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Cyprus president asks EU Commission chief to get Lebanon to stop migrants from leaving its shores

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The president of Cyprus said on Tuesday that he has personally asked the head of the European Union’s executive arm to intercede with Lebanese authorities to stop boatloads of Syrian refugees from heading to the east Mediterranean island nation. “This aid can’t be given while we have to deal with this issue,” Christodoulides said, adding that he …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Benjamin Netanyahu admits IDF behind air strike which killed aid workers in central Gaza

ABC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted it was an IDF air strike that killed Australian aid worker Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom and six other people in Gaza. Live Moment Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong have commented on the Israeli air strike that killed an Australia aid worker in Gaza. That concludes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

US and Cyprus will sign a deal to fight money laundering and evasion of Russian sanctions

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The United States and Cyprus said Tuesday they’re formalizing their collaboration in fighting money laundering, sanctions evasion and other financial crimes with an agreement offering Cypriot law enforcement authorities U.S. expertise. The FBI and Cypriot police will sign an agreement in the coming days that includes the U.S. Department of Justice offering help to “proactively detect, investigate …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Aid ship testing sea corridor from Cyprus to Gaza sets sail

Al Jazeera

Delivery will barely make a dent in Gaza’s starvation crisis, as Israel steps up attacks on aid seekers in the enclave. Open Arms’ journey will test a planned sea corridor for getting aid into Gaza that was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides last Friday in Larnaca. Alongside the @UAEAid & @CyprusMFA, …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Another top donor says it will resume funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows

New Indian Express

NICOSIA: Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians said Saturday that it would resume funding, weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars of support in response to Israeli allegations against the organization. Sweden's reversal came as a ship bearing tons of humanitarian aid was preparing to leave Cyprus for Gaza after international …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Cyprus president wants the European Union to discuss designating Syria safe zones for refugees

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The European Union won’t serve its own best interests if it doesn’t consider designating some parts of Syria as safe zones so refugees and migrants can return there, the president of Cyprus said Monday. “I don’t consider not discussing the situation inside Syria as an appropriate option for the European Union,” Christodoulides said after talks with Germany’s …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

A UN envoy says her experience in Colombia deal may help her efforts in restarting Cyprus talks

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — A United Nations official said on Tuesday that her experience in negotiating an end to decades of conflict in her native Colombia may help her as she seeks to rekindle talks over Cyprus’ ethnic division. María Ángela Holguín Cuellar, the U.N. chief’s new personal envoy for Cyprus, said she believes she can work with both Greek Cypriots …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

In Sierra Leone, climate change worsens human trafficking of the poor

Al Jazeera

Freetown, Sierra Leone – Zainab – last name withheld – sits in a dimly lit office in the Sierra Leonean capital Freetown, plugs a number into her phone, and inhales sharply. “I hear you are offering jobs in Lebanon,” the 29-year-old Sierra Leonean social worker tells him. “There has been an increase,” says Christos Christodoulides, head of the UN Migration …

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Britain will provide intel to Cyprus to help fight Russia’s sanctions evasion

Starmer launches crackdown on Russian dirty money to ‘starve Putin’s war machine’

Starmer holds talks with Cypriot president in first PM visit since 1971

Starmer’s historic trip to Cyprus turns into a diplomatic storm as he lands on divided island

Chipre podría incorporarse a la OTAN cuando las condiciones lo permitan, afirma su presidente

Cyprus could become a member of NATO when conditions permit, the country’s president says

Cyprus in talks with Gulf energy companies over natural gas licences, president says

Turkey’s Erdogan, Cyprus president see different paths for divided island

Cyprus president says a buffer zone splitting the island won’t become another migrant route

Families reclaim the remains of 15 recently identified Greek soldiers killed in Cyprus in 1974

Families reclaim the remains of 15 recently identified Greek soldiers killed in Cyprus in 1974

EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration

Cyprus gives Chevron another 6 months to come up with a timetable on a natural gas field development

Migration agency chief warns that even more Syrians will leave Lebanon as donors cut back on aid

Cyprus suspends asylum applications for Syrians as arrivals rise

One tiny mistake could turn Cyprus into a new Gaza

Cyprus president asks EU Commission chief to get Lebanon to stop migrants from leaving its shores

Benjamin Netanyahu admits IDF behind air strike which killed aid workers in central Gaza

US and Cyprus will sign a deal to fight money laundering and evasion of Russian sanctions

Aid ship testing sea corridor from Cyprus to Gaza sets sail

Another top donor says it will resume funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows

Cyprus president wants the European Union to discuss designating Syria safe zones for refugees

A UN envoy says her experience in Colombia deal may help her efforts in restarting Cyprus talks

In Sierra Leone, climate change worsens human trafficking of the poor