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December 18 2018 5:49 PM

Lute will return to Cyprus early 2019

The UN Secretary General’s envoy Jane Holl Lute is not conveying any messages, Government Spokesman, Prodromos Prodromou, said after she held a new meeting with Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday morning, adding that discussions with a view to formulate the terms of reference for the resumption of the Cyprus talks will continue, and Lute will be […]..Read Full Article

December 18 2018 5:30 PM

ELAM makes donation to school ‘meant only for Greek Cypriot pupils’

ELAM made a donation of jackets to pupils in need at Geroskipou A Primary School in Paphos on Tuesday, meant only for Greek Cypriots. Party member Marios Vasileiou said that ELAM contacted the Parents’ Association in order to go to the school and donate jackets “to poor Greek pupils.” The Parents’ Association denies that it […]..Read Full Article

December 18 2018 5:21 PM

€800,000 in subsidies for Fiber internet

Cabinet decided on Tuesday to make €800,000 available in subsidies to households to install high-speed fibre internet. Deputy government spokeswoman Klelia Vasiliou said that each household would receive a subsidy of €350. The state will make available €800,000 which means that 2,285 households will benefit on a first come first served basis. Fibre internet can be […]..Read Full Article

December 18 2018 3:23 PM

Cavusoglu: Zero Turkish Troops on Cyprus a “Dream”

Anyone who dreams of zero Turkish troops in Cyprus needs to wake up because it will never happen, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying on Tuesday. According to CNA, Cavusoglu was giving a speech at the Turkish National Assembly during the budget debate. “I remind those who dream of zero guarantees and […]..Read Full Article

December 18 2018 3:04 PM

Lima Charlie: Club Med – Why Gibraltar And Cyprus Are Vital For The British

Here, our expert defence analyst looks at what contribution these regions make to the work of the MOD and Armed Forces. For centuries the Mediterranean Sea could have been regarded as a British lake. Imperial control over the critical ports of Gibraltar and Malta, the island of Cyprus and the Suez Canal provided the British […]..Read Full Article

December 18 2018 2:19 PM

Israel and Cyprus holding military exercises

The two Mediterranean allies share a number of strategic interests and have held dozens of military drills in recent years. Israel and Cyprus have begun joint military drills, the second time in two months that IDF forces trained on the Mediterranean island. According to local Cypriot media, the exercises which will see personnel from the […]..Read Full Article

December 17 2018 11:33 PM

Human bones found in Chloraka

Human bones have been found in the coastal area of Chloraka and police and the Department of Antiquities are carrying out intensive investigations, Philenews reported on Monday. It said that the bones were found two days ago by a British resident who was walking his dog near where a stream reaches the sea in the […]..Read Full Article

December 17 2018 11:17 PM

it is extremely difficult to negotiate with the Turkish Cypriot leader

House President, Demetris Syllouris, said on Sunday that the efforts made by the Greek Cypriot side to negotiate with the Turkish Cypriot leader “who has been acting as the mouthpiece of the government in Ankara” constitute an extremely difficult process. In a speech at a memorial service for the policemen and volunteers that were killed […]..Read Full Article

December 17 2018 4:51 PM

US has adopted a fresh significant approach towards Cyprus

It is important that the USΑ no longer approaches the Republic of Cyprus on the basis of developments in the Cyprus issue or their relations with Turkey, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, noting that this is the first time that the US sends a clear message regarding the exercise of the sovereign rights […]..Read Full Article

December 16 2018 1:05 PM

Anastasiades meets with UN envoy

Nicos Anastasiades is having a meeting on Sunday morning with the UNSG`s envoy on Cyprus Jane Holl Lute, who is visiting the island to hold consultations with Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci, in the framework of the UN effort to clinch an agreement on the terms of reference that will pave the way for the resumption […]..Read Full Article

December 16 2018 12:51 PM

The Cyprus problem is an international law issue

The Cyprus problem is an issue of international law and for this reason, it is imperative that guarantees are abolished and that troops leave the island, Greek Alternate Foreign Minister George Katrougkalos said, after concluding his meetings in Washington. Moreover, referring to the relations between Greece and Turkey, Katrougkalos, who was speaking to Greek correspondents […]..Read Full Article

December 15 2018 11:28 PM

Ercan airport serviced 3.7 million passengers in 2018

Around four million passengers used Ercan airport to travel in 2018, the Turkish Cypriot media report. According to Halkin Sesi, between January and November 2018, 3,740,067 million passengers used Ercan to travel in 24,744 flights. Of them, 1,715 were charter flights and 695 were private flights. transport minister Tolgan Atakan on Friday said that they looking into […]..Read Full Article

December 15 2018 10:43 AM

Russia and Cyprus reconfirmed their excellent relations

The excellent level of bilateral relations between Cyprus and Russia was reconfirmed during consultations in Nicosia, on Friday, between Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible on relations with EU states Alexander Grushko and the Foreign Ministry`s Permanent Secretary Minas Hadjimichael. “During the consultations the bilateral relations between the two countries were reviewed and their excellent […]..Read Full Article

December 14 2018 11:12 PM

Northern Cyprus 2018-19. Day 2. Cihangir – Merit Alsancak Yeşilova

December 14 2018 10:58 PM

Turkish LGBT is forced to hide their identities to find employment

In a recent survey on discrimination in the labour market, 58 per cent of LGBTI in Turkey said they had to hide their identities to find jobs in the private sector, Deutsche Welle Turkish reported on Friday. The survey “LGBT+ in Employment” was conducted in cooperation by LGBTI rights organisation Kaos GL and Kadir Has University with […]..Read Full Article

December 14 2018 9:51 PM

Jane Holl Lute to visit Akıncı on the 17th

The UN Secretary-General’s envoy Jane Holl Lute is to visit Cyprus on Sunday 16th December. It is expected that Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Mustafa Akıncı will host Lute on Monday (17th December) and Lute, who had a meeting with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, at […]..Read Full Article

December 14 2018 9:41 PM

Turkish, US presidents vow better coordination on Syria

On the eve of a possible Turkish counter-terrorism operation in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Friday agreed on the need for more effective coordination over Syria, said an official statement. In a phone conversation late Friday, Erdogan and Trump discussed bilateral issues and recent developments in Syria, […]..Read Full Article

December 14 2018 9:29 PM

1976 Thames TV documentary on life after war in Cyprus

A documentary depicting life after 1974 in Cyprus, originally released in 1976, was uploaded on Thursday on Thames TV youtube channel. The documentary which featured in the weekly current affairs programme ‘This Week’ shows the economic hardship that Greek and Turkish Cypriots had to endure shortly after 1974 and their lives as refugees. It also looks into reports […]..Read Full Article

December 14 2018 9:10 PM

Both sides to receive UN envoy on Sunday morning

Nicos Anastasiades will receive the UNSG’s envoy on Cyprus Jane Holl Lute on Sunday morning. The UN diplomat is expected on the island late this evening to hold talks with Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci in the framework of her consultations with the parties involved in efforts to solve the Cyprus problem, with a view to […]..Read Full Article

December 14 2018 8:55 PM

Hungary says extraction and transfer of natural gas from Aphrodite field ‘realistic’

Hungary considers realistic the extraction and transfer of natural gas from Aphrodite gas field, Foreign Minister Peter Szijiarto said in Nicosia after talks on Friday with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides. The two Ministers signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the energy field. Speaking through an interpreter, Szijiarto said that Hungary considers Cyprus […]..Read Full Article

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