Cypriot government

Cyprus's government spokesman says Turkish warships continue to impede a rig from reaching a location off the east Mediterranean island where Italian energy company Eni is scheduled to drill for gas.

Nicos Christodoulides told state broadcaster RIK Monday the rig remains stopped some 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the drilling target off the island's southeastern coast.

Relatives and friends of loved ones who died in the Helios Airways crash were on Monday marking 12 years since the deadliest aviation incident in Cypriot and Greek history.

Tassos Isaac, 24, and Solomos Solomou, 26, two young, brave Greek Cypriots standing up against the occupation, were brutally killed on Aug. 11 and 14, 1996 by Turkish occupation forces.

The civilized world should remember and honor their memories.

With talks on reuniting the island apparently faltering, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will present his plan for a settlement to party leaders on Monday, according to Cypriot Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides.

A Golden Visa program, granting residence status to foreign nationals who purchase property, has brought some 4 billion euros in revenue to Cyprus, outperforming by far a similar program that has been operating in Greece for the past three years.

The Parliament will decide on March 31st on the Parliamentary proposal by DISY that gives to the Ministry of Education the authority to decide on which anniversaries are to be celebrated in schools and how.

Ankara on Friday issued a navigational telex, or Navtex, reserving a section of Cyprus's exclusive economic zone, off the island's coast, for a military exercise on Sunday involving live ammunition, it has emerged.

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci's decision to leave the meeting with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday was pre-determined, the Cypriot Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulidis said on Friday.

Exxon Mobil-Qatar Petroleum are talking with the Cypriot government about a 40% of the R&D rights of Block 10 inside the country’s EEZ. The colossal state energy company Qatar Petroleum (QP) is expanding especially on the LNG sector in Maroko and Cyprus.

Years of experience has taught us that every new proposal to resolve the division of Cyprus is worse than the last. However, the fact that the current peace process is continuing on the level of technical teams shows there is a desire for a viable solution both on the side of the Cypriot government and from the Turkish Cypriots.