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Cyprus can help rid Syria of chemical weapons and search for its missing, Cypriot top diplomat says
3 days, 9 hours ago

Cyprus can help rid Syria of chemical weapons and search for its missing, Cypriot top diplomat says

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus stands ready to help eliminate Syria’s remaining chemical weapons stockpiles and to support a search for people whose fate remains unknown after more than a decade of war, the top Cypriot diplomat said Saturday. Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said Cyprus’ offer is grounded on its own past experience both with helping rid Syria of chemical weapons …

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

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

Associated Press  

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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Cyprus and the US double down on a joint effort to combat financial crimes with more training
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Cyprus and the US double down on a joint effort to combat financial crimes with more training

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus and the U.S. said Monday that they’re doubling down on a joint effort to crack down on illicit finance with additional training of Cypriot law enforcement authorities to identify, investigate and prosecute financial crimes. An “ambitious” plan for the next year will involve 21 weeks of training for different Cypriot law enforcement agencies on financial investigative …

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Cyprus could become a member of NATO when conditions permit, the country’s president says
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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ExxonMobil could partner up with Eni and Total to jointly develop natural gas deposits off Cyprus
1 month ago

ExxonMobil could partner up with Eni and Total to jointly develop natural gas deposits off Cyprus

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — ExxonMobil could partner up with a consortium composed of Eni of Italy and Total of France to jointly develop gas deposits they’ve discovered close to each other off Cyprus’ southern coast, the Cypriot energy minister said Friday. Cyprus officials have repeatedly said that offshore gas deposits could bolster Europe’s efforts to secure alternative energy sources following Russia’s …

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Cyprus in talks with Gulf energy companies over natural gas licences, president says
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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Cyprus national team parts ways with Georgian soccer coach Temur Ketsbaia
3 months, 1 week ago

Cyprus national team parts ways with Georgian soccer coach Temur Ketsbaia

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Georgian coach Temur Ketsbaia lost his job with the Cyprus national team, the national federation said Friday, days after a 4-0 home loss against Kosovo in the UEFA Nations League. The president of the Cypriot football association, George Koumas, lauded Ketsbaia for his “professionalism, seriousness and proven love” for the national team after accepting in a meeting …

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AP PHOTOS: Remnants of lives interrupted by war half a century ago captured in Cyprus’ buffer zone
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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Turkish president dampens hopes for restarting talks on Cyprus’ 50-year ethnic split
5 months ago

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

Associated Press  

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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Cocked rifles and infrared cameras along Cyprus buffer zone stoke tensions that could spread farther
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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US, Cyprus embark on strategic dialogue that officials say demonstrates closest-ever ties
6 months, 1 week ago

US, Cyprus embark on strategic dialogue that officials say demonstrates closest-ever ties

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus-U.S. relations have reached their highest level yet after the two countries embarked on a strategic dialogue on key issues including defense, security, energy, crisis management and the fight against terrorism, officials said Monday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed the development as a “powerful evidence of the strengthening, deepening broadening of the relationship between our …

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2 political outliers claim seats in European Parliament by leveraging social media’s viral power
6 months, 1 week ago

2 political outliers claim seats in European Parliament by leveraging social media’s viral power

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — One is a wildly popular, seemingly happy-go-lucky YouTuber from Cyprus. YouTuber and TikToker Fidias Panayiotou is a 24-year-old with no political experience and no formal higher education who rode the wave of his online popularity — and public anger at the country’s political elites — all the way to one of six seats allotted to Cyprus in …

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Cyprus president says a buffer zone splitting the island won’t become another migrant route
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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Families reclaim the remains of 15 recently identified Greek soldiers killed in Cyprus in 1974
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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Qatar’s ruler looking to invest in energy, ports and high-tech in Cyprus, official says
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Qatar’s ruler looking to invest in energy, ports and high-tech in Cyprus, official says

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The emir of Qatar is looking to invest in energy and high-tech in Cyprus — projects seen as having a strong economic potential, a Cypriot official said Tuesday. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who visited the east Mediterranean island nation on Tuesday for the first time, is also interested in investing in Cypriot ports and banking …

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7 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns
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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Chances of Cyprus peace talks restart look dimmer as Turkish Cypriot leader sees no common ground
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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Cyprus gives Chevron another 6 months to come up with a timetable on a natural gas field development
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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UN refugee agency tells Cyprus to stick to the law in its efforts at sea to thwart refugee boats
8 months ago

UN refugee agency tells Cyprus to stick to the law in its efforts at sea to thwart refugee boats

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The United Nations’ refugee agency said Friday that Cypriot efforts at sea to stop numerous Syrian refugee-laden boats departing Lebanon from reaching the European Union-member island nation mustn’t contravene international human rights laws or put passengers at risk. UNCHR spokesperson in Cyprus Emilia Strovolidou told The Associated Press that according to testimonies of passengers’ relatives, Cypriot authorities …

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Cyprus suspends processing of Syrian asylum applications as boatloads of refugees continue arriving
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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Cyprus president asks EU Commission chief to get Lebanon to stop migrants from leaving its shores
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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US and Cyprus will sign a deal to fight money laundering and evasion of Russian sanctions
8 months, 4 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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A UN envoy says her experience in Colombia deal may help her efforts in restarting Cyprus talks
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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A child dies after being rescued off Cyprus with 59 other Syrian migrants
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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