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

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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5 months ago

Turkish president dampens hopes for restarting talks on Cyprus’ 50-year ethnic split

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NICOSIA, Cyprus — Turkey’s president on Saturday put a damper on hopes for a quick resumption of talks to heal a half-century of ethnic division on Cyprus, reaffirming his support for a two-state deal that Greek Cypriots dismiss as a non-starter. If you want a solution, you need to recognize the rights of Turkish Cypriots.” Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar …

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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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5 months, 1 week ago

Cocked rifles and infrared cameras along Cyprus buffer zone stoke tensions that could spread farther

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The clang of unseen assault rifles being cocked carries across the United Nations-controlled buffer zone in ethnically cleaved Cyprus, ratcheting up concerns that the embers of the island’s stagnant conflict could again be rekindled. The rifles are just the tip of a string of recent escalations by Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots, rivals separated along the 180-kilometer …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Political opponents unite to demand end of Turkish Cypriot isolation

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 A cross-party group of 50 influential politicians have urged foreign secretary …

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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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7 months, 1 week ago

Chances of Cyprus peace talks restart look dimmer as Turkish Cypriot leader sees no common ground

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chances of restarting formal talks …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Chances of Cyprus peace talks restart look dimmer as Turkish Cypriot leader sees no common ground

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Chances of restarting formal talks to mend Cyprus’ decades-long ethnic division appeared dimmer Wednesday as the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots told a U.N. envoy that he saw no common ground with Greek Cypriots for a return to negotiations. Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said that he conveyed to the U.N. secretary general’s personal envoy, María …

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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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11 months, 2 weeks ago

UN chief names a new envoy to scope out the chances of reviving Cyprus peace talks

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday named a former Colombian foreign minister as his personal envoy to scope out the chances of reviving talks to resolve Cyprus’ ethnic divide, an issue that has defied international diplomacy for nearly five decades. María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar will work on Guterres’ behalf to “search for common ground on the way …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Currys strikes £175m deal to sell Greek and Cypriot business

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

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

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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, 2 months ago

European Parliament president backs UN naming an envoy to help restart Cyprus peace talks

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The president of the European Parliament said Sunday she has conveyed the legislative body’s support for the appointment of a United Nations envoy to evaluate the chances of resuming stalemated talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus. Roberta Metsola said she personally communicated the position of the European Union’s legislature to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Greece is working with Israel on AI technology to quickly detect wildfires

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Greece is working with Israel on developing artificial intelligence technology that would help in early detection of dangerous wildfires, the Greek prime minister said Monday. After talks with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia, Kyriakos Mitsotakis also said that Israel could be brought into the European Union …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Turkey accuses UN Security Council of losing its neutrality in Cyprus after assault on peacekeepers

Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s foreign minister accused the United Nations on Tuesday of abandoning its position of neutrality in Cyprus after the Security Council criticized construction work by Turkish Cypriots inside the buffer zone of the ethnically divided island nation and condemned their assault on U.N. peacekeepers. The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued its own statement Tuesday, rejecting the council’s position …

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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, 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, 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, 6 months ago

Cyprus to UN: Turkey seeks full control of breakaway north

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus will lodge a complaint with the United Nations over Turkey’s new financial assistance deal with breakaway Turkish Cypriots that demonstrates Ankara’s “complete control” over them, the president of the ethnically divided island nation said Monday. Many liberal Turkish Cypriots fear that both the financial deal and the airport designation are the clearest signals yet that Turkey’s …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Cyprus pitches regional firefighting hub to Israel, Greece

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus’ foreign minister pitched to his Greek and Israeli counterparts on Monday the creation of an east Mediterranean firefighting hub aimed at quickly addressing huge summer wildfires that could overwhelm any single country. Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides made the proposal during a virtual meeting of the three countries’ top diplomats as well as U.S. Secretary of …

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

Turkish president dampens hopes for restarting talks on Cyprus’ 50-year ethnic split

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

Cocked rifles and infrared cameras along Cyprus buffer zone stoke tensions that could spread farther

Political opponents unite to demand end of Turkish Cypriot isolation

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

Chances of Cyprus peace talks restart look dimmer as Turkish Cypriot leader sees no common ground

Chances of Cyprus peace talks restart look dimmer as Turkish Cypriot leader sees no common ground

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

UN chief names a new envoy to scope out the chances of reviving Cyprus peace talks

Currys strikes £175m deal to sell Greek and Cypriot business

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

European Parliament president backs UN naming an envoy to help restart Cyprus peace talks

Greece is working with Israel on AI technology to quickly detect wildfires

Turkey accuses UN Security Council of losing its neutrality in Cyprus after assault on peacekeepers

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

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

Despite UN efforts, quick Cyprus peace talks restart bleak

Despite UN efforts, quick Cyprus peace talks restart bleak

Cyprus to UN: Turkey seeks full control of breakaway north

Cyprus pitches regional firefighting hub to Israel, Greece