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721. Cavusoglu travels to US amid troubled ties

Turkey and the United States will aim to smooth out a series of disagreements between the NATO allies when the Turkish foreign minister visits Washington this week. But expectations that outstanding issues can be resolved are low....

722. First Greek Cypriot who settled in occupied area has passed away 

Yeni Dusen reported on Tuesday that the "first Greek Cypriot to settle in the northern part of Cyprus" since 1974 had passed away....

723. Severe weather conditions persist - new yellow warning issued

The Meteorological Department has issued a fresh yellow warning for showers and sporadic thunderstorms....

724. Kasoulides: 'Subjective views of UN report not appreciated'

We did not appreciate at all the introduction of subjective views in the two reports of the Secretary-General, one on his Good Offices and one on UNFICYP,...

725. 330,000 migrants attempted to enter the EU last year, highest since 2016

The number of attempts by migrants to enter the European Union without authorization reached around 330,000 last year, the highest number since 2016, the EU’s border and coast guard agency said Friday....

726. UN chief sees no common ground in divided Cyprus

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' report on the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, released on Wednesday night as an official document of the Security Council, number S/2023/3, records the lack of common ground between the two sides for peace talks leading to a mutually agreeable solution...

727. Russians flying to northern Cyprus sextupled in 2022

The number of Russian nationals who flew to northern Cyprus went up sixfold last year, when calls for direct flights in the unrecognized part of the divided island gained traction after an EU flight ban in the south...

728. What's in store for us on the first week of the year?

The region is experiencing high pressure and northeasterly winds....

729. Cyprus, India sign bilateral cooperation agreements

Bilateral cooperation agreements between the Republic of Cyprus and India were signed on Thursday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nicosia...

730. Turkish minister calls on Cypriot sides to share gas

Ankara says actions taken by Greek Cypriots to exploit gas resources off the island’s coast but outside Turkish jurisdiction are still unfair if Turkish Cypriots are not involved in the process...

731. Nicosia scrambles to block north recognition

The Republic of Cyprus is scrambling to block the Turkish Cypriot administration from upgrading its status in the northern part of the divided island, with Greek Cypriot officials in the south confirming reports of new counter measures with diplomatic missions to countries including Gambia...

732. Menendez: 'US needs to hold Erdogan accountable for his behavior'

Turkish President Erdogan should stop all overflights of Greece and withdraw every last Turkish soldier from Cyprus, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Robert Menendez, said on Monday....

733. Russians flying to Cyprus get 'next best thing'

Moscow and Nicosia are growing further apart on travel between the two countries, prompting Russians living on both sides of the divided island to look for new routes through Turkey after rumors of direct flights in the north subsided due to the Cyprus Problem...

734. Eva Kaili: From city council to city prison

735. NHS nurses walk out in first strike in over a century

Nurses across much of the UK launched a historic strike on Thursday, as they walked out of hospitals and onto picket lines after several years of falling pay and declining standards left the country’s nationalized health care system in a state of crisis....

736. Turkey threatens Athens with missile attack

Turkey warned Greece that a missile could hit the Greek capital unless “you stay calm,” further escalating its rhetoric against Greece....

737. What kind of weather can we expect this weekend?

The weather will be mostly clear in the evening, with only a few patchy clouds. ...

738. Turkic States Org opposed pseudo-state membership despite Turkey's push

Turkey's intention to promote the membership of the Turkish Cypriot pseudostate to the Organization of Turkic States under the "state-observer" status was strongly resisted by member states and so Ankara had to backtrack, Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Demetris Demetriou has told CNA....

739. House up in arms over north’s Varosha plans

The parliament in the Republic of Cyprus is calling on the European Union and United Nations to ‘take concrete measures' against Turkish Cypriot plans to open the entire ghost town of Varosha, following comments made on the campaign trail by politicians in the north...

740. Divided Cyprus’ leaders meet as UN not giving up

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met on Wednesday evening in the framework of an end of year reception which the UN in Cyprus hosted at Ledra Palace, in the Nicosia buffer zone...

741. Anastasiades pushing for a resolution to the Cyprus problem

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday he is promoting an initiative with the involvement of the European Union to avert any new Turkish faits accomplis on the island and to create the conditions for a settlement of the Cyprus problem, ahead of elections in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey....

742. The key to the Cyprus problem is again in Nicosia

The international community and our regional community within the European Union do not currently find the Cyprus problem to be a particularly "sexy" issue, but it is still on the table....

743. Rogue driver arrested for ‘breaking down barriers’

A Greek Cypriot man who gave new meaning to the phrase 'breaking down barriers' has been arrested by Turkish Cypriot police, after he failed to comply with officers on both sides of the divided island and drove through a barricade in the north...

744. Tatar irked by Menendez's comments

Recent comments by US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Bob Menendez regarding the situation in northern Cyprus due to the Turkish invasion in 1974 and the current intransigence emanating from the Turkish side have outraged the leadership of the island’s Turkish-occupied territory....

745. Turkey again calls on Greece to demilitarize islands

Turkey’s National Security Council said on Thursday that it 'expects' Greece to immediately demilitarize its Aegean islands off the Turkish coast...

746. Both sides calling for talks to resume 'as soon as possible'

Νegotiations for the Cyprus problem should be restarted “as soon as possible”, for a solution only in the framework of a united federal Cyprus, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot parties said on Wednesday after their regular meeting at Ledra Palace hotel in the Nicosia buffer zone, in the framework of the bi-communal dialogue under the auspices of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Nicosia....

747. Fisher backs federal model in Cyprus peace talks

I will use the full weight of my office to support Cypriot-led, UN-facilitated efforts to reunify Cyprus as a bizonal, bicommunal federation with political equality for all Cypriots candidate for the position of the US Ambassador to Cyprus, Julie Fisher, has assured...

748. See the first snowfall in Troodos (video)

The first snowflakes fell in Troodos on Friday afternoon (25/11), as captured by the "KitasWeather" camera installed in the area. The area is affected by extensive cloud cover, which allows the temperature to drop to ideal levels temporarily, allowing snowfall to be observed but without snowfall....

749. Brussels urging guidelines for NGO boats in the midst of France-Italy migrant dispute

The European Commission is pushing to create guidelines for the NGO boats rescuing migrants off Europe’s shores as part of a plan to reduce the number of asylum seekers heading to the Continent....

750. Indonesia quake: 252 dead including many children

Many children were killed in an earthquake in Indonesia when their schools collapsed, officials said on Tuesday, as rescuers raced to reach people trapped in rubble in a devastated town on Java island....