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Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades Blasts Turkey’s “Gunboat Diplomacy” in UN Speech

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has deplored Turkey’s “gunboat diplomacy,” saying that Ankara’s illicit activity in the Eastern Mediterranean undermines the prospects of reaching a settlement on the ethnically-split island. Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Anastasiades declared...

Nicos Anastasiades Wins Cyprus Presidential Election

Official results in Cyprus show the country's president Nicos Anastasiades has been re-elected to another five-year term, defeating the left-leaning independent Stavros Malas. He has been congratulated by his rival for his win. With all the votes counted, the incumbent conservative...

Greek PM Tsipras Meets With Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades in Brussels

Cyprus government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides called President Nicos Anastasiades' meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday in Brussels "constructive." In the meeting held on the sidelines of the EU Summit, the two top officials focused on five issues,...

Nicos Anastasiades to Send Proposals for the National Council

President Nicos Anastasiades intends to send proposals to the parliamentary parties as regards the restructuring of the National Council, his top advisory body on the Cyprus problem comprising the parliamentary parties. Political parties have been criticizing the President for not...

Nicos Anastasiades Continues Visit to Greece, Meets With Alexis Tsipras

Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday in the Greek capital. "I welcome you at a crucial and interesting period for our region, for Europe, for Greece and Cyprus, especially lately that they are a...

Cyprus Talks Resume as Anastasiades and Akinci Meet in Nicosia

Talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus are set to resume from the point where they stopped last year. This according to Vasilis Palmas, Cyprus’ deputy minister to the President, Nicos Anastasiades. The previous round of talks, which...

Cypriot President Anastasiades and Greek Counterpart Pavlopoulos to Meet in Nicosia

The newly elected President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades will soon meet in Nicosia, the Cypriot Presidency revealed in a written statement issued after a telephone conversation between the two leaders. The statement explained that...

Nicos Anastasiades: "No Plan B for Divided Cyprus"

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said that there is no plan B for the Cyprus problem, noting that the framework for a peace solution already exists and must be agreed upon. In an interview with the New York newspaper, Ethnikos Kirikas, he said: "There...

Cyprus President Anastasiades Congratulates "Good Friend" Joe Biden

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades congratulated on Saturday his "good friend" and "friend of Cyprus" Joe Biden for his election. "Congratulations to my good friend and friend οf #Cyprus #US President-Elect @JoeBiden. My best wishes for a most successful and productive...

President Anastasiades: Cyprus Committed to Peace Talks, But Not at Gunpoint

President Nicos Anastasiades told the UN General Assembly on Thursday that Cyprus stands ready to resume talks on the reunification of the island nation. He warned however, that he would not negotiate under conditions of intimidation or threats. “For the (Cyprus...

War with Turkey Would Mean the End of Greek Cypriots, President Anastasiades Warns

"If we consider a military solution through militarization, this will be the end of Cypriot Hellenism, which I do not want," said President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades on RIK TV, in an interview to be aired on...

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...

President Anastasiades Meets With Turkish Cypriot Leader Akinci

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Mustafa Akinci, met on Friday morning in Nicosia, Cyprus. The leaders of the two main ethnic communities of Cyprus mutually pledged to continue engaging in...

Cyprus' President Anastasiades Sacks Police Chief Over Serial Killer Case

  Cyprus' chief of police Zacharias Chrysostomou was sacked by President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday over his force’s failure to properly investigate missing persons reports. The missing women turned out to be the victims of Cyprus' first serial killer. This comes...

President Anastasiades Says Conditions Not Ready for Cyprus Talks

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday that conditions aren’t yet ripe for a resumption of formal talks to reunify the divided island nation. He made the remarks after a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, which was hosted...