Cyprus News

Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:11:11 +0500 TURKEY USES CYPRUS AS PORT OF TERROR The Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/29/turkey-uses-cyprus-as-port-of-terror/ 9:43 a.m., Thursday, July 29, 2010 Hilmi Akil's Monday letter to the editor, "Cyprus is not Gaza," is a shameful attempt to falsely distance the Turkish government ...

President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias pointed out on Friday that, despite the problems in negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem and despite the fact that progress was far from satisfactory, the Greek Cypriot side would continue the negotiations in order to achieve a solution.

Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:55:28 +0500 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF CYPRUS AND GREECE MEET WITH Gibrahayer KASBAR GARABEDIAN ALSO MEETS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CYPRUS MEDIA AND ADDRESSES A COMMUNITY GATHERING IN NICOSIA The Press and Information Office - Republic of Cyprus ANC.com.cy - On Thursday, 22nd July, upon the ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- A permanent UN-backed information exchange centre was inaugurated on Thursday to help the Greek and Turkish communities on the island in matters related to thefts, murders, trafficking and other crimes.

VANISHING CYPRUS Press Article By Andreas C Chrysafis August 2010 Developers Bonanza Considered the "Father of Urban Planning", Hippodamus of Miletos was the first city-planner to introduce the city grid plan: a quite revolutionary concept at its time! A visionary, physician, mathematician and a philosopher he had achieved an impeccable, if not, ...

A judge has agreed to give bail to fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir in a bid to end the "legal limbo" which has prevented him facing trial in the UK for fraud.

European Ambassadors were Thursday told of the high cost of Turkeya s ban on Cyprus flights from its airspace.

The Joint Communications Room opened formally today, in the buffer zone in Nicosia, as part of a project run by the UN supported Technical Committee on Crime and Criminal Matters .

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister yesterday met with Marios Garoyian, President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus here in the capital Nicosia and discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of enhancing joint cooperation.

President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot community leader Dervis Eroglu on Wednesday evening attended a dinner at Eroglua s residence in the occupied part of the Nicosia suburb of Kaimakli.

Nicosia, July 28 : The United Arab Emirates and Cyprus Wednesday signed an agreement on the mutual exemption of holders of diplomatic and special passports from entry visas.

Anderlecht and Dynamo Kyiv are in a strong position to advance to the group stage of the Champions League after both won third-round qualifying matches on Tuesday.

Officials' 'stonewalling' delays al-Megrahi hearing WASHINGTON - A senator said Tuesday that he was postponing this week's hearing on the release of the man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu will continue their discussions on the property issue during a meeting this morning in the United Nations Protected Area of Nicosia.

FAMAGUSTA a ' Two Romanian men aged 38 and 54 have been remanded in police custody for seven days connection with a string of car burglaries in the Ayia Napa and Protaras areas.

The Cyprus civil aviation authority said Tuesday it would test Turkey's ban on Cypriot civilian aircraft using its airspace by scheduling flights on that route.

Piraeus capital-raising plan to be announced Piraeus Bank, GreeceA's fourth-largest lender, said yesterday it will announce in due time the way it will raise capital to fund its proposed acquisition of government stakes in ATEbank and Hellenic Postbank.

Nicosia, Cyprus, July 27, 2010 -- -- FOX Smart Estate Agency, a Cyprus estate agency network, is pleased to announce it has become a preferred agent of Savills, the leading global real estate services company, for Cyprus.

Cyprus Airways say that the losses from the air-traffic controllers' a oework to rulea strike in Greece exceed half a million euros.

The Canadian War Museum's new permanent exhibition on Cyprus should give visitors a better understanding of what peacekeeping is - a risky affair, says Andrew Burtch, the museum's historian for the post-1945 period.