Greece–United Kingdom relations
The doomed Cyprus rendezvous
The Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders were to come together on Sept. 26 with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the U.N.
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Turkish Cyprus rejects Greek Cypriots' EU police force proposal
The Turkish Cypriot administration has opposed a proposal by the Greek Cypriots for the deployment of some 2,500 police officers from the European Union to operate in the divided eastern Mediterranean island instead of a guarantorship system, as part of the recently-accelerated peace negotiations.
Dead end road?
The problem in Cyprus is not finding a resolution to the over 50-year-old power sharing quagmire between the two peoples of the island but to pretend as if a solution is wanted by a certain date. Is this an overstatement? Probably.
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Parallel worlds in Cyprus
When he triggered the current Cyprus problem in February 1962 by demanding the so-called 13-point amendment to the Cyprus Constitution, Archbishop Makarios was stressing something fundamental. He was stressing that those changes must be undertaken to ensure functional governance on the island.
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Talks in hypocrisy
The Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders of the divided island of Cyprus are continuing talks presumably aimed at reuniting the island in a federation, the parameters of which remain aloof. The two sides have not even agreed on the meaning of the word "federation" or the "bi-zonality" and "bi-communality" principles agreed on by the political forefathers of the current negotiators which long ago b
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Biden receives assurances on energy security around Cyprus
The details of discussions U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had during his Jan. 23 visit to Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and other top Turkish executives, as well as his talks with the Israeli and Greek Cypriot leaders, keep emerging.
No return to 1960s for Turkish Cypriots: UN envoy
The U.N.'s top official on the Cyprus issue has vowed that a final deal to reunite the divided east Mediterranean island will avoid any repeat of the sufferings of Turkish Cypriots in the 1960s, saying a "solid conclusion on governance" will guarantee the security of both Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
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Anathema?
Something rather odd is unfolding for the future of Turkish Cypriots on their homeland. Even though recent developments are often camouflaged as "promising," indicating optimism for a quick resolution to the over half-decade-old Cyprus problem, what is actually on the menu is an unconditional surrender of Turkish Cypriots.
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Greek Foreign Minister on 41 years since Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Foreign Minister Kotzias’ message on the 41st anniversary of the beginning of the Turkish invasion in Cyprus:
Optimism is good, even on Cyprus
Even if there is still a huge discrepancy in the description of terms between the two Cypriot sides, it was hard to believe but even Archbishop Hrisostomos was talking optimistically that perhaps this time a Cyprus resolution might be within reach.
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