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

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrants in UN buffer zone limbo on divided Cyprus

Hindustan Times

Dozens of migrants are languishing in the searing heat of Cyprus's buffer zone, saying they were pushed into the no-man's land by police on the divided island's south. Migrants in UN buffer zone limbo on divided Cyprus The UN refugee agency on Friday said a total of 59 asylum seekers were living in the UN-patrolled buffer zone between the areas …

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5 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Remnants of lives interrupted by war half a century ago captured in Cyprus’ buffer zone

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — A rickety piano leans crookedly against a peeling apartment wall, pots and pans filled with dust rest on a stove that has seen much better days and a book, its pages turning yellow with time, lies open next to a rusty tin can; signs of homes, once teeming with life, but suddenly abandoned as they stand frozen …

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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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1 year, 2 months ago

Deal struck on contentious road in divided Cyprus that triggered an assault against UN peacekeepers

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in ethnically split Cyprus said Monday that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots have reached an “understanding” over a contentious road inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone whose construction had stirred up tensions not seen in years. Cyprus government officials said the deal meets the Turkish Cypriot demand for construction of the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Turkish Cypriots attack UN peacekeepers trying to halt road work inside divided Cyprus’ buffer zone

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Angry Turkish Cypriots punched and kicked a group of international peacekeepers who obstructed crews working on a road that would encroach on a U.N.-controlled buffer zone in ethnically divided Cyprus, the U.N. said Friday. It said the attack happened as peacekeepers stood in the way of work crews building a road to connect the village of Arsos, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

UN says it will block road construction that would encroach on a buffer zone in divided Cyprus

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The U.N. mission in ethnically divided Cyprus said Thursday it will block construction by breakaway Turkish Cypriots of a road that would encroach on a U.N.-controlled buffer zone and likely raise tensions on the Mediterranean island nation. Work began earlier in the day on the road to connect the village of Arsos in the Turkish Cypriot north …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Greek prime minister seeks improved relations with Turkey but says Ankara must drop aggression

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Greece’s prime minister said Monday that his government wants to take full advantage of an improving political climate with neighboring Turkey in order to improve bilateral relations despite a string of decades-old disputes. But Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that didn’t mean Turkey had “substantially changed” its stance on key differences between the two countries and …

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1 year, 11 months ago

UK’s Princess Anne visits British peacekeepers on Cyprus

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Britain’s Princess Anne cast aside the controversy surrounding her nephew Prince Harry and carried on with her royal duties Wednesday by visiting British soldiers serving with a United Nations peacekeeping force on ethnically divided Cyprus. The princess, who is King Charles III’s sister and the only daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II, plans to meet with …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Despite UN efforts, quick Cyprus peace talks restart bleak

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The foreign minister of ethnically divided Cyprus offered a bleak outlook Thursday for resuming stalled peace talks any time soon even though a senior United Nations official affirmed the commitment of the world body’s chief to remain engaged in resolving one of Europe’s most intractable conflicts. Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said the Cypriot government hopes the chances …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Despite UN efforts, quick Cyprus peace talks restart bleak

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2 years, 9 months ago

Israel says outreach to Turkey won’t come at Cyprus’ expense

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Any bid by Israel to improve strained ties with Turkey won’t come at the expense of its “strategic relationship” with neighboring Cyprus, the Israeli president said Wednesday. Herzog told Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades that “nothing in my visit and what would ensue will be on the account of this strategic relationship with your country.” He said Israel …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Turkey’s Erdogan: Refugee crisis from climate change coming

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Presaging “hundreds of millions” of climate change refugees, Turkey’s president said Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly that the world needs to find a way to contend with its existing refugees who are fleeing conflict. “The world has still not found a solution to the refugee problem caused by conflict-prone crisis regions such as Syria and Afghanistan.” …

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3 years, 5 months ago

UN Security Council slams decision to reopen Cyprus suburb

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council condemned the decision by Turkey and Turkish Cypriots to reopen a residential section of an abandoned suburb on Friday and called for “the immediate reversal” of this unilateral action, warning that it could raise tensions on the divided Mediterranean island. A presidential statement approved by all 15 council members at an open meeting …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Draft UN statement urges Turkish reversal of Cyprus action

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — A proposed U.N. Security Council statement would call on Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriots to reverse a decision to reopen a residential section of an abandoned suburb and avoid any unilateral actions that could raise tensions on the divided Mediterranean island. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held informal talks with Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders in Geneva in …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Turkey’s Erdogan visits Northern Cyprus amid tensions with EU

Al Jazeera

Erdogan expected to underline his support for a two-state solution to the decades-old dispute on the divided island. But the visit could also further stoke tensions with Greek Cypriots and the European Union over the divided Eastern Mediterranean island, already high over Turkish ambitions in the region and its support for a two-state solution to the Cyprus dispute. Mensur Akgun, …

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

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AP PHOTOS: Remnants of lives interrupted by war half a century ago captured in Cyprus’ buffer zone

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

Deal struck on contentious road in divided Cyprus that triggered an assault against UN peacekeepers

Turkish Cypriots attack UN peacekeepers trying to halt road work inside divided Cyprus’ buffer zone

UN says it will block road construction that would encroach on a buffer zone in divided Cyprus

Greek prime minister seeks improved relations with Turkey but says Ankara must drop aggression

UK’s Princess Anne visits British peacekeepers on Cyprus

Despite UN efforts, quick Cyprus peace talks restart bleak

Despite UN efforts, quick Cyprus peace talks restart bleak

Israel says outreach to Turkey won’t come at Cyprus’ expense

Turkey’s Erdogan: Refugee crisis from climate change coming

UN Security Council slams decision to reopen Cyprus suburb

Draft UN statement urges Turkish reversal of Cyprus action

Turkey’s Erdogan visits Northern Cyprus amid tensions with EU