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Cyprus
Turkish Deputy PM Says Cyprus Conference in Switzerland Is Held 'Forcibly' by UN
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Tugrul Turkes, responsible for Cyprus Affairs, said the Cyprus conference at Crans-Montana is held "forcibly" by the UN.
"A meeting is again held at Crans-Montana -- forcibly. I have to use this expression 'forcibly,' by the...
Cyprus
Greek PM: Cyprus Is Primarily a European Issue
The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras commented on the Cyprus issue, ahead of a second round talks for a solution to be held in Switzerland on June 28, and stressed that it was primarily a European issue:
"Perhaps the most...
Cyprus
PM Tsipras Meets Cyprus President Anastasiades
The draft document of Espen Barth Eide, UN Secretary General Special Adviser on Cyprus, and the coordination of Athens and Nicosia ahead of the Cyprus summit, which starts on June 28 in Crans Montana, Switzerland, dominated the meeting of...
Cyprus
President Anastasiades Expresses Resoluteness for a Cyprus Settlement to EU Heads
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades pledged on Wednesday resoluteness to work tirelessly, in order to find a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem, during separate meetings with the heads of EU institutions, in Brussels.
President Anastasiades informed first the European Commission...
Cyprus
Greek and Turkish Cypriots are Close Genetically, Study Says
Greek and Turkish Cypriots have a lot in common genetically, says a DNA study presented in scientific journal Plos One.
"Despite historical records on the origins of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, the genetic ancestry of the two communities has...
Cyprus
Eide Meets Kotzias; Strategic Agreement at Next Cyprus Talks 'Possible,' he Says
"Success at the conference in Crans Montana will be if all parties involved reach a strategic agreement on the basic issues -- security, guarantees, territory, property and governance," United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide said on...
Economy
PM Tsipras Briefs Parliament President, Party Leaders on Cyprus and Eurogroup
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a meeting on Tuesday with Parliament President Nikos Voutsis, immediately after concluding a round of meetings with Greece's political party leaders to brief them on the June 15 Eurogroup agreements and developments concerning the...
Cyprus
Conference on Cyprus will Take Place in Crans-Montana UN Envoy Announces
The Conference on Cyprus will take place in Crans-Montana later in June, the UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide announced on Friday after a meeting he had with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades. Crans-Montana is a municipality in...
Cyprus
New Geneva Talks & Cyprus
The conference for the ultimate dissolution of the Republic of Cyprus is about to start again. The same institution that has failed to implement a single one of its unanimously adopted UN Security Council Resolutions on Cyprus has organized...
Cyprus
Cyprus President Announces Greece-Cyprus-Lebanon Trilateral Later this Year
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday announced that a trilateral meeting between Cyprus, Greece and Lebanon will be held this year on Cyprus, during the first day of a three-day official visit to Lebanon.
(Source: ANA-MPA)