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Cyprus authorities say 65 migrants reach island

Cyprus police say 65 people — including 24 children and 18 women — believed to be Syrian migrants are receiving medical check-ups after arriving aboard a boat spotted southeast of the east Mediterranean island nation.

Police said their vessel is believed to have set sail from Lebanon and was escorted by patrol boats into a harbor along Cyprus' eastern coast Thursday.

Cyprus president apologizes for pardoning sex offender

Cyprus's president has publicly apologized for the early release of a man convicted of sexually exploiting a minor, admitting that the decision to grant him a pardon wasn't "well thought out."

President Nicos Anastasiades went off-script at an event Tuesday on combating sexual abuse against minors to offer the apology for making a "mistake."

Tsipras, Anastasiades meet in Brussels

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed the upcoming tripartite meetings with Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel Sunday.

The two met in Brussels, where the European Council on Brexit took place.

Greece and Cyprus will meet separately with Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel on December 20.

Cyprus President, FM offer contradictory statements ahead of Lute meeting

Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides speaking on Tuesday, after a closed session of the House Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, said that President Nicos Anastasiades is "absolutely prepared and looks forward to a very substantial discussion on specific issues, that also involve matters of substance, and which led the latest effort to a failed outcome" as well as on procedural

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