List of Cyprus articles
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TO GO WITH STORY BY SOPHIE DEVILLER A huge Turkish-Cypriot flag painted on the side of the Kyrenia mountain range which overlooks the divided city of Nicosia is seen in the background, as barbed wire marks the dividing "green line" 14 March 2004, on the Greek-Cypriot side of the capital. The "Green Line" which cuts Cyprus in two has become, since the island's entry into the EU in 2004, the least secure land border in Europe, a godsend for clandestine immigrants. AFP PHOTO/Philip MARK (Photo credit should read PHILIP MARK/AFP/Getty Images) Cracking the Cyprus Code
The window is still open for a landmark deal to end Cyprus’s conflict and reunify the island. But it could be closing, fast.
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Boys pose with placards as they take part in a peace rally on November 18, 2016, in the northern part of Nicosia, in the self proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Crunch UN-backed Cyprus reunification talks in Switzerland resume on November 20 with hopes that a breakthrough can be achieved this time around. Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades and his Turkish-Cypriot counterpart Mustafa Akinci agreed to resume their discussions in the Swiss resort of Mont Pelerin for a crucial deal on territory. / AFP / Birol BEBEK (Photo credit should read BIROL BEBEK/AFP/Getty Images) The First Good News of 2017 Might Come from … Cyprus?
Economics, geopolitics, and a transitioning American administration have combined to produce a potential breakthrough in one of the longest running frozen conflicts in Europe.
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cyprus-crop Is There Still Hope For A Cyprus Reunification Deal?
Negotiators left Cyprus peace talks empty-handed. But a final deal may still be within reach.
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farage-crop Is the Trump-Farage Special Relationship Replacing the U.S.-U.K. Special Relationship?
London rejected Trump’s proposal to make Brexiteer Nigel Farage ambassador to Washington, but their friendship could still leave 10 Downing out in the cold.
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Cypriot security forces take a sniffer dog into an EgyptAir Airbus A-320 parked at the tarmac of Larnaca airport after the six-hour hijacking of the plane came to an end on March 29, 2016. Searches by Cyprus police found no explosives on the hijacker of an EgyptAir plane diverted to the island or inside the aircraft, a police source told AFP. The hijacker, who is in custody after surrendering to police following a six-hour standoff at Larnaca airport, had claimed to be wearing an explosives belt, Egyptian officials said. / AFP / BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images) Sometimes a Hijacking Means a Free Stopover in Beautiful Cyprus
Egyptians are joking on social media that a hijacked flight with a happy ending isn't anything to complain about.
