The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Athens/Nicosia - Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias on Thursday threatened to block Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union in an upcoming summit unless Ankara opens its ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus. The Greek Cypriot presid...
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders met today to continue discussions on immigration, citizenship and asylum as part of the ongoing United Nations-backed, power-sharing negotiations.Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat held “very fruitful discussions,” the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Cyprus,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... It is unlikely, however, to damage ongoing reunification talks between the Greek Cyprus president, Dimitris Christofias, and Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat. Although critical of Christofias' handling of the talks, Chrysostomos has been careful not to interfere, saying the lawsuit is not linked to the peace process. The church is suing Turkey because the court's past...
EuropeNews (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
"They want a new Burgenstock and of course new arbitration in order for pressures to be exerted on the Greek Cypriot side to accept solutions that are not new,” Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias said, according to a statement posted on the Cyprus Press Ministry Web site (...)
Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Cyprus leaders centre ongoing UN-backed talks on property issues13 November 2009 – Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders met today to discuss property rights issues during the latest round of United Nations-backed talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island.Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat began the session with a tête-à-tête...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... of its territory in the Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) to a reunified Cyprus."Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias was scheduled to meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London on Wednesday to discuss the issue. The British offer would be for a handover of 117 square kilometres of territory and is identical to the one made in 2003. The offer is conditional on a comprehensive...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Athens/Nicosia - Cyprus opened a new airport Saturday with the vision of it becoming a regional transport hub in the coming decades. Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias inaugurated the new Larnaca terminal, built by a consortium of French and Cypri...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, (R), breakaway Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, (front, L), and UN special representative to Cyprus Taye-Brook Zerihoun, (C), plant an olive tree in the UN buffer zone. Photo / AP
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Cyprus president criticises memorialCYPRUS'S Greek Cypriot president said yesterday he was upset that a British veterans group chose the island's Turkish Cypriot north for a memorial.Dimitris Christofias said the monument to 371 servicemen killed during Greek Cypriot resistance to British colonial rule in the 1950s could have been built in Britain instead.The full article contains 54...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Cyprus president criticises memorialCYPRUS'S Greek Cypriot president said yesterday he was upset that a British veterans group chose the island's Turkish Cypriot north for a memorial.Dimitris Christofias said the monument to 371 servicemen killed during Greek Cypriot resistance to British colonial rule in the 1950s could have been built in Britain instead.The full article contains 54...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Front row left to right, Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, Romania's President Traian Basescu,...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Front row left to right, Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, Romania's President Traian Basescu, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Second row left to right, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Estonia's Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and Malta's Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi during a group...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Cyprus talks on federal government continue under UN auspices27 October 2009 – Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders held further discussions today on the shape of a federal government of a future bi-communal republic as United Nations-backed talks to unify the Mediterranean island picked up pace.Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat...
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders have discussed property rights and external relations during the latest two days of United Nations-backed talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island.Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat held a tête-à-tête for two hours today in the UN Protected Area in Nicosia, focusing...
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... recognise Cyprus, and maintains troops in the northern half.Negotiations between Cypriot president Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat have produced no real results.Papandreou said that it was not acceptable that an EU candidate state – Turkey – was maintaining a military presence in an EU member state.There was no alternative to reunification, Papandreou...
