Cyprus

The first day of the second round of U.N.-mediated peace talks on the Cyprus issue in Switzerland on Nov. 20 failed to outline concrete steps to resolve the dispute, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency cited a diplomatic source as saying on Nov. 21. 

Is there significance in asking "If Turkey has lost its hope of becoming a member of the European Union, why should it compromise so much on Cyprus?" Put aside the awkward question of "Is Turkey a negotiating party in the Cyprus talks?"A settlement on Cyprus cannot and should not be a bargaining tool for either the EU or Turkey in their unending love-hate relationship.

Rival Cypriot leaders resumed U.N.-backed talks yesterday aimed at resolving four decades of division on the Mediterranean island with hopes of a breakthrough high but a key territory dispute unsettled.

United Nations-buffered talks aimed at reunifying Cyprus are due to resume on the island next week following planned discussions between Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in Switzerland on Sunday expected to focus on territory.

Cyprus talks aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the more-than forty-year-old conflict of the eastern Mediterranean island are set to restart on Nov. 20 in Switzerland following a one week recess.

Intensified U.N. sponsored talks were held in Switzerland's Mont Pelerin from Nov. 7 to 11, although there was no precise statement as expected at the end of the talks.

I cannot say I was not surprised when I was invited by Şenol Göka, the general manager of Turkey's state-owned broadcaster TRT, for the launching event of TRT World.

I cannot say I was not surprised when I was invited by Şenol Göka, the general manager of Turkey's state-owned broadcaster TRT, for the launching event of TRT World.

Although Cypriots have gradually lost their matriarchal culture due to centuries of patriarchal impositions, mothers and wives remain sacrosanct on the island. In reality, 

Talks between Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens went extremely well, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos told Cypriot television channel RIK on Thursday, adding that the stance adopted by outgoing US President Barack Obama on the issue during his visit to Athens this week was constructive.

A slow but constant growth of GDP has been noticeable over the last three months in all of Europe, showed Eurostat data.

For the first time in years, not even a single economy reported a decrease in GDP.

On the contrary, all economies marked growth of between 0.1% and 0.8%, compared to the second quarter of 2016.