Cyprus
Turkish Cypriots push private sector despite embargo
With its pristine floor tiles and colorful storefronts, Famagusta's new City Mall symbolizes efforts by the northern part of divided Cyprus to encourage investment despite a decades-long trade embargo.
Like many projects in the Mediterranean island's north, the mall's backers received tax breaks from a government keen to boost the economy and become less dependent on Turkey.
Cyprus: Anastasiades disorderly retreats on the “1950 Unification Referendum” issue
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 aims to bring peace to Cyprus, says Turkish FM
Turkey's vision for Cyprus is to turn the island into a bastion of peace and stability, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said in an opinion piece in the Washington Times published on March 21.
The eastern Mediterranean island has been divided since 1974, after Turkish troops intervened in response to a coup by Greek Cypriot militants seeking union with Greece.
UN Envoy Eide accused of Turkish propaganda in Cyprus unity talks
United Nations Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide is pushing Turkey’s side in the collapsed unity talks to reunify Cyprus, the leader of the island’s centrist DIKO party said.
A difficult game
It wasn't Rauf Denktaş or any other Turkish Cypriot who first used it. It was the former Greek Cypriot leader Glafkos Clerides who said "a non-solution is also a solution in Cyprus." Still, the phrase became synonymous with Denktaş, together with his "Mr. No" title.
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Turkey planning military drills off Cyprus on Sunday
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.
Alltours – Thomas Cook: The massive increase in reservations for Greece will exceed the losses to Turkey
The German Alltours tour operator has a 50% increase in reservations for Greece following the trend of the other German tour operators. A similar increase can be seen in reservations for Bulgaria and Spain, while Turkey’s reservations have plunged almost 50% .
Anastasiades reiterates willingness to resume peace talks
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has reiterated his willingness to resume talks to reunite the Mediterranean island which were abruptly interrupted last month over a decision by parliament to honor a 1950 referendum seeking union, or "Enosis," with Greece.
Nicosia to persist with Cyta privatization effort
Cyprus will try again to push through the sale of a minority stake in state telecommunications company Cyta, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Monday.
"We are finding it difficult [to privatize Cyta]..." Georgiades said at an event at the London School of Economics. "But we will have another go."
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Turkey to be more active in Mediterranean: Energy minister
Turkey will be more active in offshore oil and gas exploration with plans to conduct seismic studies in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean by the end of March or beginning of April, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak said March 14.