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- Serbia, Cyprus to improve police cooperation
- Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic said today during talks with Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou that Serbia is willing to improve police cooperation with Cyprus. Dacic said that that especially refers to
- Talks for Cyprus solution expected to start in September
ANKARA, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said on Wednesday that the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities would decide on the beginning date of talks -- for a solution in the island -- during Friday's meeting. In an
- Cyprus offering new prospects
The story of Cyprus from a property investment point of view in the last few years has been fairly uncomplicated. Blessed with British-style laws and a widespread use of English as much as it is by a warm and sunny climate, the island has seen rising
- Cyprus rises on obesity scale
MORE than one in three Cypriots are overweight and almost one in four obese. According to new statistics, the percentages are dangerously close to those of the United States and Germany a few years ago. They show that 33.9 per cent of the Cypriot adult
- Cyprus Peace Operation Ended Pain Of Turkish Cypriots, Erdogan
ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday 'the Cyprus Peace Operation of July 20th, 1974 ended the pain suffered by Turkish Cypriots.' Speaking at a group meeting of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in the Turkish
- Speedboat kills young diver in Cyprus
) - A young diver was killed in the Paphos district on Sunday afternoon when he received a blow to the head from the propeller of a powerboat, police said. A 55-year-old Briton has been remanded in three-day custody in connection with the case. He is
- 17.07.2008 - Convicted UK teens freed in Ghana
Yasemin Vatansever and Yatunde Diya, who both turned 17, hailed from North London. They are believed to be descendants of immigrants from Cyprus and Nigeria. The teenagers's one-year sentence resulted after they were convicted on being in possession of
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Independence from the UK was approved in 1960 with constitutional guarantees by the Greek Cypriot majority to the Turkish Cypriot minority. In 1974 a Greek-sponsored attempt to seize the government was met by military intervention from Turkey, which soon controlled almost 40% of the island. In 1983 the Turkish-held area declared itself the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, but it is recognized only by Turkey. Cyprus talks resumed in December 1999 to prepare the ground for a comprehensive settlement.
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