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President Anastasiades Discusses Cyprus Issue With Pope Francis in Vatican
The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades met with Pope Francis in Vatican City on Monday.
Anastasiades, along with his wife Andri and a score of Cypriot officials, were welcomed by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church...
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Turkish Cypriot Leader Rules Out Talks on Cyprus Issue Until June
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı said on Friday that no negotiations on the Cyprus issue are expected until the middle of this year.
"It seems the nearest date when all the parties are able to be ready will be...
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Anastasiades Says Cyprus Issue Must be Solved
The European Union has a duty to contribute to the solution of the Cyprus issue, which is an open wound to the body of the E.U., Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday.
Anastasiades addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg,...
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Anastasiades: We will Cooperate with Turkey on Energy if Cyprus Issue Solved
Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades expressed Cyprus' willingness to cooperate with Turkey on the exploitation of natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean.
Speaking on Friday at the 14th Economist conference, Anastasiades stated that Cyprus and Turkey can collaborate on energy matters...
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Stagnation in Cyprus Issue Raises the Risk of Partition, President Anastasiades Says
President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has emphasized the need for the Cyprus negotiations to resume.
In an interview to the Greek newspaper “Ta Nea”, the President underlined that the stagnation in the Cyprus problem increases the risk...
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Anastasiades: Solving the Cyprus Issue will be the Most Important Reform
Solving the Cyprus problem will be the biggest reform achieved by the country, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday, speaking at an event organized by think tank diaNEOsis at the Athens Concert Hall.
"The solution to the Cyprus issue will...
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Putin Calls for Fair Solution to Cyprus Issue After Meeting with President Anastasiades
Russia calls for finding a fair solution to the Cyprus issue, Russian President Vladimir Putin said opening talks with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday.
"We will discuss a whole range of our relations and certainly, the international issues,...
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Pavlopoulos: The Cyprus Issue Is Not a National But an International and European Problem
"Whatever solution to the Cyprus problem must be compatible with the European law," the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos said on Wednesday addressing the plenary session of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Greece and Cyprus are...
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Cyprus Issue Dominates Meeting Between Kotzias, Anastasiades
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, who is paying a visit to Nicosia, in a meeting on Monday discussed the recent developments on the Cyprus issue.
Kotzias said that they discussed on the resumption of the...
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Guterres – Eide Discuss Cyprus Issue in Munich
The situation on the Cyprus issue and the next steps were part of discussions between UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and his Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide, at a meeting they held on the sidelines of the Munich Security...
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Tsipras and Cyprus President Discuss Cyprus Issue Coordination on the Phone
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday spoke on the telephone with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades to discuss coordination between Nicosia and Athens on the Cyprus issue negotiations, Cyprus government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides announced. He avoided divulging further details...
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Congratulations and Update of Cyprus Issue Discussed During Pence-Anastasiades Phone Call
In a statement from Cyprus’ presidential palace it was announced that the U.S. Vice-President-elect, Mike Pence, has reached out to President Nicos Anastasiades in a phone call.
The call took place on Thursday and sources say that after President Anastasiades extended his...
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Cavusoglu: Non-solution to Cyprus Issue will Lead to Plan B
A non-solution to the Cyprus problem will lead to discussions on a “plan B” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday evening.
“We have said that there is an opportunity that cannot be missed. However, if there are some...
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U.S. VP Biden Pledges Support to Cyprus Issue During Meetings With President Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci
On Thursday U.S. Vice President, Joe Biden, met with President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades and also had a meeting with Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci.
While meeting with President Anastasiades today, the Vice President commended President Anastasiades on...
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UN Envoy Says Cyprus Issue Could be Settled by Year-end
Progress has been made in Cyprus talks and a solution by the end of the year is possible, albeit ambitious, the Norwegian U.N. special envoy for Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, said in an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency on...