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Cyprus (, Kýpros, ; , ), officially the Republic of Cyprus (, Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía, ; , ), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria, Lebanon, northwest of Israel and north of Egypt.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkey's Foreign Minister says newly-elected Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu will continue reunification talks with rival Greek Cypriots.
Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday that Eroglu has Turkey's full support. Eroglu repeated he would not abandon negotiations.Eroglu, a hardliner, defeated leftist incumbent Mehmet Ali Talat in a poll Sunday for the presidency of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north.His win raised fears it could scuttle long-running peace negotiations between Talat and the President of the internationally-recognized Greek Cypriot south, Dimitris Christofias.Davotoglu was in the north to attend Eroglu's oath of office ceremony.Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece ....NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Hard-liner claims victory in Turkish Cypriot leadership election, says he will work for peace.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Final official results show hard-line challenger winning Turkish Cypriot leadership election.
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- U.S. firm Noble Energy will soon begin exploratory drilling to confirm oil and gas deposits beneath the sea bed off Cyprus' southern coast despite...
One divided Mediterranean island. Two air traffic control centers that don't communicate. Tens of thousands of airline passengers flying popular tourist routes. That...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An abandoned airport that for decades has stood as a stark symbol of conflict on war-divided Cyprus was briefly reopened to the media on Tuesd...
Rival Cypriot leaders opened a new crossing point linking the ethnically split island's Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities Thursday, offering a boost to plodding ...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed 15 agreements boosting bilateral ties with Cyprus on Thursday, including a key accord abolishing double taxation that offici...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed 15 agreements boosting bilateral ties with Cyprus on Thursday, including a key accord abolishing double taxation that offici...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Jennifer Lopez called off a controversial birthday show in the breakaway north of Cyprus, provoking celebrations Friday by Greek Cypriots whil...
Turkey began exploratory drilling for oil and gas Thursday in the breakaway Turkish north of ethnically divided Cyprus, heightening a dispute over who is entitled to...
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — The parade of foreigners who trod on Cypriot shores is long and ancient. Kings, sages, crusaders, merchants, tourists. Hittites, Assyrians, Ro...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI , often under fire for political missteps on foreign trips, is heading into a potential diplomatic storm when he visits Cyprus ...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Talks to reunify divided Cyprus will not start from scratch after a hard-liner won a Turkish Cypriot leadership election last month, a U.N. en...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A hard-liner's victory in the Turkish Cypriot presidential election could bring deadlock to peace talks with Greek Cypriots and spell the end ...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Hard-line challenger Dervis Eroglu won a key Turkish Cypriot leadership election Sunday, vowing to continue peace talks amid fears his victory...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkish Cypriots vote on Sunday for a new leader in an election cast as a choice between a dovish incumbent striving for reunification with ri...
PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — Greek Cypriot leaders made a blistering attack on Turkey for its occupation of northern Cyprus as Pope Benedict XVI began a pilgrimage to the d...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders have not made sufficient progress during talks on reunifying Cyprus to call an inte...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Hardline challenger projected to win Turkish Cypriot election with 84 percent of vote counted.