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

The Independent  

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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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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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UN chief names a new envoy to scope out the chances of reviving Cyprus peace talks
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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Deal struck on contentious road in divided Cyprus that triggered an assault against UN peacekeepers
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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European Parliament president backs UN naming an envoy to help restart Cyprus peace talks
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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Cyprus dismantles human smuggling ring bringing Syrian migrants from Syria, Lebanon and Turkey
1 year, 4 months ago

Cyprus dismantles human smuggling ring bringing Syrian migrants from Syria, Lebanon and Turkey

Associated Press  

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus said Wednesday it dismantled a criminal human smuggling ring responsible for bringing boatloads of Syrian migrants from Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. Andreou said the police raid also found 44 Syrian migrants living in those homes, all of whom are asylum seekers or have been accorded international protection status. Cyprus’ Interior Ministry had noted an increase in …

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Turkey accuses UN Security Council of losing its neutrality in Cyprus after assault on peacekeepers
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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Turkish Cypriots attack UN peacekeepers trying to halt road work inside divided Cyprus’ buffer zone
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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Greek prime minister seeks improved relations with Turkey but says Ankara must drop aggression
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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Turkish president doesn’t rule out Cyprus peace talks restart, but sticks to two-state stance
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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Turkish president doesn't rule out Cyprus peace talks restart, but sticks to two-state stance
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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Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes
1 year, 10 months ago

Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes

Associated Press  

ANTAKYA, Turkey — The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria produced more grieving and suffering along with extraordinary rescues and appeals for aid. Here’s a look at key developments Wednesday from the aftermath of the earthquakes: DEFYING ODDS AFTER NINE DAYS A woman and her two children – a boy and a girl …

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Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes
1 year, 10 months ago

Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes

The Independent  

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Live Updates I Aid, rescues in quake-hit Turkey, Syria
1 year, 10 months ago

Live Updates I Aid, rescues in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

Associated Press  

Rescuers pulled more survivors from beneath collapsed buildings Thursday, but hopes were fading of finding many more people alive after the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Guterres spoke to reporters at U.N. headquarters Thursday, hours after a U.N. aid convoy crossed from Turkey into Syria’s rebel-held northwest for the first time since Monday’s 7.8 magnitude quake. ___ U.N. …

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Despite UN efforts, quick Cyprus peace talks restart bleak
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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Despite UN efforts, quick Cyprus peace talks restart bleak
2 years, 1 month ago

Despite UN efforts, quick Cyprus peace talks restart bleak

The Independent  

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Turkey resumes gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean
2 years, 4 months ago

Turkey resumes gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean

Al Jazeera  

A Turkish ship sets off to drill for gas in the eastern Mediterranean – a move that risks inflaming regional tensions. Nearly two years after Turkey halted offshore gas explorations in contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean, a Turkish drillship has departed from the port of Mersin to search for gas in the region. A day prior to Donmez making …

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Cyprus to UN: Turkey seeks full control of breakaway north
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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