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

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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6 months ago

Israel-Hamas war: Why Hezbollah is threatening Cyprus

CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. “Cyprus will be part of this war too” if it opens its airports and bases to Israeli forces, the leader of the Iran-backed militant group said in a televised speech Wednesday, a day after Israel warned …

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7 months, 1 week ago

7 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The governments of seven European Union member states said Friday the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland. The seven countries said the EU should further boost support for Lebanon to “mitigate the risk of even greater flows from Lebanon to the EU.” “Decisions as …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Associated Press

BEIRUT — The European Union announced Thursday an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — much of which will go to boost border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked country across the Mediterranean Sea to Cyprus and Italy. The bulk of the aid — 736 million …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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8 months, 1 week ago

Cyprus suspends processing of Syrian asylum applications as boatloads of refugees continue arriving

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus said Saturday it’s suspending processing all asylum applications by Syrian nationals because large numbers of refugees from the war-torn country continue to reach the island nation by boat, primarily from Lebanon. On Monday, Christodoulides and Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati called on the European Union to provide financial support to help cash-strapped Lebanon stop migrants …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Cyprus president and Lebanese caretaker premier urge EU financial aid to curb migration from Lebanon

Associated Press

BEIRUT — The Lebanese caretaker prime minister and the Cypriot president are calling on the European Union to provide financial support to help cash-strapped Lebanon stop migrants from reaching European shores. President Nikos Christodoulides’ visit to Beirut Monday, alongside his country’s interior and foreign ministers and army chief, came after he urged the EU last week to intercede with Lebanese …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Cyprus president and Lebanese caretaker premier urge EU financial aid to curb migration from Lebanon

The Independent

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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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10 months, 4 weeks ago

A child dies after being rescued off Cyprus with 59 other Syrian migrants

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — One of the five children who were hospitalized in Cyprus after being rescued from a rickety boat carrying 60 Syrian migrants has died, officials said Thursday. The migrants, who were rescued early Wednesday by Cyprus police, apparently ran out of food and water after the boat had engine trouble during a six-day voyage from Lebanon, officials said. …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots say it’s lawful

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The United Nations refugee agency said Friday it was “extremely concerned” over the return of more than 100 Syrian nationals from Cyprus to Lebanon without being screened to determine whether they need legal protection and who may be deported back to their war-wracked homeland. “Under these circumstances, we believe that they don’t face any danger and their …

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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, 5 months ago

Turkish president doesn’t rule out Cyprus peace talks restart, but sticks to two-state stance

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday didn’t rule out reviving deadlocked negotiations to resolve Cyprus’ nearly 50-year ethnic division, but again rejected any deal that wouldn’t offer Turkish Cypriots a state of their own. Speaking at celebrations in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north on the 49th anniversary of a Turkish invasion that split the island along …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Turkish president doesn't rule out Cyprus peace talks restart, but sticks to two-state stance

The Independent

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2 years, 10 months ago

Israel, Cyprus, Greece power cable link secures EU funding

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The European Union has earmarked 657 million euros for the construction of a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable that will link the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece, Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said Thursday. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said in a statement that the cable “tangibly underscores the significance of the three-way cooperation between Cyprus, Greece …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Poland's president urges EU to stop Belarus migrant 'push'

The Independent

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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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3 years, 6 months ago

EU, Mideast nations look to train at Cyprus security center

Associated Press

LARNACA, Cyprus — Three European Union member nations and three Middle Eastern countries are looking to train personnel in border, customs, maritime and cybersecurity techniques at a cutting-edge U.S.-funded facility in Cyprus that is expected to be ready early next year, the Cypriot foreign minister said Thursday. The Cyprus Center for Land, Open-Seas, and Port Security is scheduled to start …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Hard cheese for Cypriot halloumi producers as they suffer EU court defeat

The Telegraph

Bulgarian cheesemakers won a legal victory over their Cypriot rivals on Wednesday after an EU court ruled for a second time that their "Bbqloumi" cheese would not be confused with halloumi. In the latest twist in a long-running legal battle, the EU’s general court on Wednesday confirmed the European Union Intellectual Property Office was right to grant Bbqloumi the European …

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4 years, 1 month ago

What does Ersin Tatar’s win mean for Northern Cyprus?

Al Jazeera

Athens, Greece – Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades is in uncharted waters. “I do not see Turkey accepting a solution on Cyprus that doesn’t mean total and permanent control,” says Alexandros Mallias, a veteran Greek diplomat. A journalist in northern Cyprus, who declined to be named, said: “Turkey said that if Crans Montana fails they will implement ‘plan B’”, referring to …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Cyprus officials implicated in plan to sell passport to criminals

Al Jazeera

Several high-ranking Cypriot officials, politicians, lawyers and real estate developers are implicated in a scheme that allows criminals to buy a European passport using the country’s citizenship through an investment programme, an Al Jazeera investigation has found. Convicted Chinese businessman Cyprus’s citizenship through investment programme grants a Cypriot passport to anyone who invests at least $2.5m in the country, often …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Greece, Cyprus threaten EU sanctions against Turkey over Varosha

Al Jazeera

Greece says if Turkey does not reverse reopening part of Cypriot ghost town, it may seek to trigger economic sanctions. Athens, Greece – Greece has said that unless Turkey reverses the reopening of parts of Varosha on Cyprus’s east coast, it may seek to trigger economic sanctions that the European Union has lined up. If it doesn’t, next week both …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Exclusive: EU eyes legal action over Cyprus’s ‘golden passport’

Al Jazeera

EU commissioner for justice calls for changes to citizenship-through-investment scheme after Al Jazeera investigation. European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders has told Al Jazeera he is looking into the possibility of legal action against Cyprus over the country’s citizenship-through-investment scheme. His comments come after Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit published The Cyprus Papers, a collection of leaked documents that showed Cyprus …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Cyprus’s dirty secrets

Al Jazeera

A leak of confidential files reveals how Cyprus became a haven for the world’s elite and poses a threat to EU security. A ‘golden’ passport Pham Nhat Vu is one of thousands who paid to receive Cypriot citizenship under a citizenship-by-investment scheme, and features on the list of those revealed in The Cyprus Papers, a huge leak of official documents …

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

Israel-Hamas war: Why Hezbollah is threatening Cyprus

7 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns

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

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

Cyprus suspends processing of Syrian asylum applications as boatloads of refugees continue arriving

Cyprus president and Lebanese caretaker premier urge EU financial aid to curb migration from Lebanon

Cyprus president and Lebanese caretaker premier urge EU financial aid to curb migration from Lebanon

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

A child dies after being rescued off Cyprus with 59 other Syrian migrants

Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots say it’s lawful

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

Turkish president doesn’t rule out Cyprus peace talks restart, but sticks to two-state stance

Turkish president doesn't rule out Cyprus peace talks restart, but sticks to two-state stance

Israel, Cyprus, Greece power cable link secures EU funding

Poland's president urges EU to stop Belarus migrant 'push'

Turkey’s Erdogan visits Northern Cyprus amid tensions with EU

EU, Mideast nations look to train at Cyprus security center

Hard cheese for Cypriot halloumi producers as they suffer EU court defeat

What does Ersin Tatar’s win mean for Northern Cyprus?

Cyprus officials implicated in plan to sell passport to criminals

Greece, Cyprus threaten EU sanctions against Turkey over Varosha

Exclusive: EU eyes legal action over Cyprus’s ‘golden passport’

Cyprus’s dirty secrets