Cyprus

A Cypriot government official says the first meeting between the country's Greek Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades (photo) and the newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has been postponed until next week.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, and Greek PM Alexis Tsipras met in Nicosia today.

The three countries expressed their will and readiness to cooperate on a political, fiscal, trade, and tourism level on many a matter.

It is difficult to grow up on an island. It is even more difficult if that island is a bi-communal one and you belong to the numerically smaller community. Well, I would not say "minority," as we Turkish Cypriots hate that word. Nowhere else in the world, perhaps, does a father or mother celebrate when, for the first time, their kid "rebels" and serves a "nice kick" to either of them.

A new era began in northern Cyprus on April 26 with the election of Mustafa Ak?nc? as president of Turkish Cyprus. Not because Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an slammed Ak?nc? over his description of his country?s relationship with Turkey as ?two equal brothers? instead of ?motherland and babyland,?

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras arrived on Cyprus on Tuesday ahead of his official talks with the island republic’s leadership on Wednesday. In fact, Tsipras was shown touring the island capital on Tuesday night accompanied by Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, with photo Tweeted by the Cypriot leader himself.

Cyprus?s finance minister said on Tuesday the country has raised 1 billion euros from international markets with its second public bond issue since its painful bailout two years ago.

Harris Georgiades stated the seven-year bonds were nearly twice oversubscribed and carried a 4 percent interest rate.

The President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and his newly elected Turkish Cypriot counterpart Mustafa Akinci will meet on Saturday in attempt to revive talks on possible reconciliation.

It is expected that the two presidents will discuss the resumption of negotiations ahead of a new round of UN-mediated talks on reunification of the divided island.

By Michele Kambas

Greek Cypriots unveiled measures on Tuesday to boost trust across the ethnically divided island, and announced that rival leaders would hold their first meeting in months on May 2.

Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades will meet newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Ak?nc? on May 2 to push stalled peace talks forward, a Greek Cypriot government spokesman said on April 28.

Nikos Christodoulides also said the Greek Cypriot community was poised to announce "unilateral confidence building measures" towards Turkish Cypriots. 

Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades will meet newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Ak?nc? on May 2 to push stalled peace talks forward, a Greek Cypriot government spokesman said on April 28.

Nikos Christodoulides also said the Greek Cypriot community was poised to announce "unilateral confidence building measures" towards Turkish Cypriots.