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The President has defended vehemently the positions of the Greek Cypriot community with regard to the Cyprus issue during this week’s UN-led talks in New York, Deputy Government Spokesman Christos Christofides has said. The President’s efforts, he pointed out, were in line with decisions taken by the National Council, the top advisory body to the …

Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Markoullis informed on Friday the House Foreign and European Affairs Committee regarding the process for the ratification of agreements for the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zones signed by Cyprus with its neighboring countries. She also informed the members of the House Committee about the course of negotiations as regards the signing …

An action plan to develop young talent in football in Cyprus needs about ten years to bear fruit, UEFA envoys said, speaking to the press, in Nicosia. Howard Wilkinson and Robin Russell, who arrived in Cyprus last Monday, completed yesterday a series of contacts with stakeholders, with a view to develop a “National Football Development …

The Finance Ministry completes on Friday the drafting of a set of measures aiming at boosting growth, Minister of Finance. Speaking during a press conference, Kazamias said the Ministry will complete the drafting of a stimulus package and will submit a proposal to the Council of Ministers. He said the Ministry has already held contacts …

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland Ossur Skarphedinsson expressed his country`s steadfast support to efforts to solve the Cyprus problem, on the basis of international and European law, during a meeting in Nicosia with President of the House of Representatives and Acting President of the Republic Yiannakis Omirou. Skarphedinsson, who is on an official visit …

Τhe discovery of energy reserves in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone is both a promising feature but also holds great risks and must be managed carefully and with wisdom, Minister of Foreign Affairs Erato Kozakou Marcoullis said, adding that energy can serve the reunification of Cyprus. Speaking on Wednesday at the London School of Economics on …

The clear prerequisites put forward by the Greek Cypriot side at the Greentree meeting between President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias, Turkish Cypriot Leader Dervis Eroglu and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are evident within the UN Secretary General’s statement, President Christofias has said. In statements he made to the press after the …

The huge momentum in the business relations between Cyprus and Israel emerged from a business forum held in Israel on the occasion of Cyprus Minister of Commerce Industry and Tourism Praxoula Antoniadou visit to Jerusalem. Antoniadou was accompanied by a sixty-member delegation of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) comprising businesspeople from various …

Cyprus Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou and Energy and Water Resources Minister of Israel Uzi Landau have discussed the next steps to advance the project of an underwater electricity cable to link Israel and Cyprus. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Antoniadou and Landau …

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has urged the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus to make decisive steps towards a final agreement on the Cyprus problem, noting that at this state of the talks, to maintain the momentum and continue negotiations, even in an intensive manner, is not enough. Speaking after talks at …

Interior Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis has said that the issue of a common European Asylum System should be completed during the forthcoming presidency of the Council of the EU, which Cyprus will exercise in the second half of the year. In statements at Larnaca Airport before departing for Copenhagen to take part in the Ministers for …

Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Praxoula Antoniadou has described her recent visit to Israel as “successful and very substantial”. Antoniadou headed a multi-member Cypriot delegation to attend a Business Forum co-organised in Tel Aviv by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Ministry of Commerce and the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce. …

Interior Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis has said that Cyprus ranks fifth among EU countries as regards the number of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants applying to the authorities. In statements at Larnaca airport on his departure for Copenhagen, Sylikiotis noted that the recent census held in Cyprus has shown that the vast majority of foreign nationals …

House President Yiannakis Omirou has denounced statements by a top UN envoy on Cyprus who talked about the “Presidency of the Greek Cypriots”, referring to the Presidency of the EU Council which the Republic of Cyprus will assume in July this year. “I believe a major issue is raised from the reference to ‘Presidency of …

UN-led Cyprus talks at Greentree, Long Island, between the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus have concluded, without any concrete results, according to diplomatic sources. UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon, Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglou were engaged in talks in the past two days, which are said to …

The UN has not revealed so far its intentions with regard to the two-day peace talks it is hosting in Greentree, between the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus. According to Greek Cypriot sources close to the talks, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has not shown, during the working breakfast he had today …

The House of Commons expresses concern over Ankara’s stance in the ongoing negotiations for the Cyprus problem and calls on the British Government to exert pressure so that Turkey adopts a more constructive attitude. In an early day motion that was tabled in the House by Labour MP Alan Meale and was signed so far …

The State Department calls on the two leaders in Cyprus, President of the Republic Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu to seize the opportunity and make progress during the Greentree meeting with the UN SG Ban-Ki Moon. In a statement to the press, the Spokesperson of the State Department Victoria Nuland, underlines that …

Director-General of Research and Innovation at the European Commission, Robert-Jan Smits, paid Cyprus an official visit between 18-19 January. According to an official press release, the purpose of Smits` visit was to be briefed on the Cypriot government`s preparations ahead of the assumption of the presidency of the Council of the EU in the second …

By 2015 Cyprus will own a comprehensive solid waste management system, that will include full restoration of landfill sites, full recovery of materials and energy production processes, Minister of Interior Neoclis Sylikiotis announced Friday, at a press conference. According to the Minister, in 2012 the Ministry’s strategy on comprehensive management of solid waste will enter …

The Ministry of Communications and Works, Department of Antiquities announces the completion of the latest season of excavation at the Early–Middle Bronze Age settlement of Kissonerga-Skalia. The excavations took place during July 2011 by a team of the University of Manchester, under the direction of Dr Lindy Crewe. The team uncovered further evidence of a …

Cyprus’ environmental score board is behind other European countries, European Environment Agency Executive Director Jacqueline McGlade has said, expressing particular concern about the accelerated loss of biodiversity in the island. In an interview with CNA McGlade, in Cyprus on a one-day visit, says that “air quality is average but going in the right direction”. However, …

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has expressed pessimism over prospects for a successful outcome of his meeting at Greentree, later this month, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, in the framework of efforts to solve the problem of Cyprus, divided since the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974. …

Members of the Greek Cypriot negotiation team, Ambassador Nikos Emiliou and Toumazos Tselepis met on Thursday in New York Lynn Pascoe, the Under-Secretary-General of the UN for Political Affairs. Present during the meeting was Cyprus Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Minas Hadjimichael. Speaking after the meeting, Emiliou noted that the team discussed with Pascoe …

The Plenary of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus unanimously ratified on Thursday an agreement between Cyprus and Egypt for the development of cross-median line hydrocarbon resources. The decision consolidates the principles governing the cooperation between the contracting parties and ratifies the relevant Framework Agreement that was signed on May 4, 2006. …

Atalay announced that Turkey’s aid to the occupation regime for 2012 will be 1 billion 94 million T.L Turkish Cypriot daily Vatan (18.01.12) reports that Turkish Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Cyprus Affairs Besir Atalay, who illegally visited the occupied areas of Cyprus in order to attend the funeral of the late Turkish Cypriot …

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias, UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu Cyprus President Demetris Christofias departed on Thursday for New York, where he will have talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, January 22-24. The National Council – the top advisory body to …

The Ministry of Defence and the government of the Republic of Cyprus aim at contributing towards peace, security and stability in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean, Minister of Defence Demetris Eliades stressed on Wednesday. Welcoming guests at a reception he hosted for military attaches serving in Cyprus, to usher in the new year, Eliades …

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias informed, during a telephone conversation, Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, about latest developments in the Cyprus problem, in view of the meeting at Greentree, New York, between UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, President Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu. A written statement by Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou also said that …

Cyprus ranked 40th worldwide in the World Bank’s annual report entitled “DoingBusinessReport 2012”. The results of the report were presented on Tuesday during an event organized in Nicosia by the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA). Addressing the event, CIPA President Christodoulos Agkastiniotis said that the Agency advises the government on reform issues aiming to improve …