Burcu: “Allegations that the agreements will be announced jointly on 27 May are not true”
Regarding the news in the Greek Cypriot media that the leaders will jointly announce the agreements made until today at the meeting on 27 May, Presidential Spokesperson Barış Burcu said, “There is not such a decision taken by the leaders.” In his written statement, Burcu mentioned that some news on the issues of security and
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Özgürgün: “The common aim of the Turkish Cypriot people is to take part within the EU family”
In his message due to May 9, Europe Day Prime Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün expressed: “The common aim of the Turkish Cypriot people is to take part within the EU family and also the EU integration process cannot be completed without Turkish Cypriot people and Turkey.” On the other hand, Özgürgün stated that the legitimate demands
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Harmancı attended the ICLEI Conference in Spain
Lefkoşa Turkish Municipality (LTB) Mayor Mehmet Harmancı attended the 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns which was organized by Sustainable Cities Association (ICLEI) in Bilbao, Spain. LTB is also a member of this Association. Nearly a thousand mayors, vice presidents and senior representatives from 200 cities and 43 different countries attended the conference. LTB Mayor
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Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot students meet at workshop
Approximately 160 Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot students at various ages met at a workshop within the framework of bi-communal peace culture training project. The workshop was financed by the European Union and conducted jointly by POST Research Institute and Historical Dialogue (POST RI) and Research Union (AHDR) on 7 May 2016 in the buffer
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Panama Papers show more Greek Cypriot ties to Mossack Fonseca
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) said that up to 1,061 individuals or companies in South Cyprus have acted as “officers” or “master clients” and are linked to up to 2,761 offshore companies. The individuals and companies are based at up to 896 addresses in South Cyprus, the ICIJ said on its offshoreleaks.icij.org website on Monday
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Özgürgün: “As government we support the on-going negotiation process between the President and Turkey”
In his speech to the Turkish News Agency Cyprus (TAK), Prime Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün said: “As the government we support the on-going negotiation process between President Mustafa Akıncı and Turkey. Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu and his team support the President at every stage of the negotiations. As the government our greatest wish is to conclude
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Denktaş: “Deadlock of the negotiations is out of the question”
The Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Serdar Denktaş said that deadlock of the negotiation process is out of the question. Making a statement to the Greek Cypriot daily Kathimerini newspaper, Serdar Denktaş mentioned the settlement, new citizenships and other issues. As an answer to the question regarding the concerns of both the Greek and
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The US bi-monthly reports on Cyprus emphasized a bi-communal bi-zonal federation
The US President Barack Obama indicated in the bi-monthly report on the Cyprus problem that “The United States is committed to finding a just and lasting settlement reunifying Cyprus as a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation” The new bi-monthly report on Cyprus to the Congress, by President Barack Obama, focused on the “historic” visit of Secretary of
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