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Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders pledged yesterday to redouble efforts for a settlement to reunify the island, responding to a call for more flexibility from the UN secretary-general, says Andreas [...]

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders pledged yesterday to redouble efforts for a settlement to reunify the island, responding to a call for more flexibility from the UN secretary-general, writes Andreas [...]

In 1974 Cyprus became divided into the north, inhabited by Turkish Cypriots, and the south, inhabited by Greek Cypriots. Since then southern Cyprus has achieved prosperity compared with that of Spain whilst the north, which has received $500m aid from Turkey, remains relatively poor. The two have been unable to reach a settlement for mutual recognition because Mr Rauf Denktash, leader of the north, demands full political equality, whilst President George Vassiliou of the south favours the right of Greek Cypriots to return to the south.

tourism Yet tough times are unavoidable, reports Andreas Hadjipapas The opening this month of a new terminal at Larnaca airport, the island's main tourist gateway, will give the image of [...]

Greek Cypriot voters appear to have lost some of their enthusiasm for the European Union, with unofficial results showing a sharp fall in turnout for the parliament elections. Only 59.4 [...]

In a bid to upgrade the tourist industry, the government has approved plans to build four marinas at leading Greek Cypriot resorts. 'Our vision is for maritime tourism to become [...]

Plans for federal state outlined Settlement should take 'months' Alexander Downer, the new United Nations special envoy to Cyprus, today starts two days of talks with political leaders and diplomats [...]

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders yesterday agreed to start direct talks on September 3 with the aim of reunifying Cyprus as a federal state. In a joint statement Demetris Christofias [...]

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders yesterday agreed to start direct talks in September with the aim of reunifying Cyprus as a federal state. In a joint statement, Demetris Christofias and [...]

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders yesterday agreed to start direct talks on a peace settlement, reviving hopes of ending the island's 34-year division. Demetris Christofias, the Greek Cypriot president, and [...]

Prospects for a peace settlement in Cyprus brightened yesterday when the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed to relaunch substantive talks after a four-year gap. At a meeting in Nicosia, [...]

Tassos Papadopoulos, the nationalist incumbent, was eliminated from Cyprus's presidential election race yesterday, opening the possibility of a new initiative to reunify the island. A run-off vote next Sunday will [...]

Yiannakis Cassoulides, the pro-European rightwing candidate, last night held a narrow lead over two rivals in Cyprus's tightly contested presidential election. With 60 per cent of votes counted, Mr Cassoulides [...]

As more Greek Cypriot hoteliers convert their properties into apartments for buyers of second homes, Cyprus can claim to be a rare example of a Mediterranean destination outgrowing its package [...]

ATHENS and NICOSIA -- Greek Cypriot police were last night questioning the 15-member crew of a Panama-registered ship suspected of smuggling weapons to Syria. The Gregorio I was detained when [...]

ATHENS and NICOSIA -- Senior Greek and Turkish Cypriot officials yesterday exchanged lists of bilateral issues for discussion, in a fresh effort by the United Nations to revive peace talks [...]

ATHENS and NICOSIA -- Kikis Lazarides, the long-serving chairman of CypAeA-rus's Laiki Bank, yesterday announced his resignation following a move by theAthens-based Marfin Financial Group to increase its stake in [...]

ATHENS and CYPRUS -- Tassos Papadopoulos, the Greek Cypriot leader, is set to discuss strategy with Greek leaders in Athens today, after making an unexpected deal at the weekend to [...]

ATHENS and NICOSIA -- Tassos Papadopoulos and Mehmet Ali Talat, the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, met yesterday for the first time, at an event to launch a UN-backed plan [...]

NICOSIA and ATHENS -- Hardline political parties that oppose a United Nations-backed plan to reunify Cyprus made significant gains yesterday in parliamentary elections held in the Greek Cypriot-controlled south of [...]

ATHENS and NICOSIA -- The Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 that crashed near Athens on Sunday had a history of problems, according to civil aviation sources in Cyprus. The crash, which [...]

ATHENS and NICOSIA -- Police raided the Larnaca offices of Helios Airways yesterday, after one of the Cyprus-based company's aircraft crashed on Sunday with the loss of all 121 passengers [...]

ATHENS and NICOSIA -- Investigators were yesterday examining the possibility that a sudden drop in cabin pressure caused a Greek Cypriot airliner to crash outside Athens, killing all 121 passengers [...]

The overcrowded departure lounge and chaotic baggage hall at Larnaca airport, Cyprus's main international gateway, send a worrying message about the quality of the island's tourism industry. About 6m passengers [...]

ATHENS and NICOSIA -- A senior Greek Cypriot diplomat will hold talks with United Nations officials in New York on Monday on reviving peace negotiations in Cyprus. The meeting comes [...]

NICOSIA and ATHENS -- The Greek Cypriot government has criticised as 'politically incorrect' today's arrival of a US commercial mission in the unrecognised Turkish Cypriot republic in north Cyprus. The [...]

ANKARA, NICOSIA and ATHENS -- Officials in Ankara declined to comment yesterday on remarks at the weekend by George Iacovou, the Greek Cypriot foreign minister, calling for Turkey to recognise [...]

ANKARA, NICOSIA and ATHENS -- Officials in Ankara declined to comment yesterday on remarks at the weekend by George Iacovou, the Greek Cypriot foreign minister, calling for Turkey to recognise [...]

LUXEMBOURG and NICOSIA -- Cyprus may yet veto Turkey's bid to join the European Union, Tassos Papadopoulos, the island's president, said yesterday. In an apparent bid to obtain concessions from [...]

NICOSIA and ATHENS -- Church bells rang out yesterday for the first time since 1974 in Morphou, a village in north Cyprus, as part of a drive for reconciliation backed [...]

BRUSSELS and NICOSIA -- The European Union is putting its money to a new use: eradicating lethal landmines in one of its member states. The country concerned is Cyprus, the [...]

Greek Cypriots yesterday peeled No, and a smaller number of Yes, stickers off their cars ahead of today's referendum to decide whether Cyrus joins the European Union on May 1 [...]

NICOSIA and ATHENS -- Greek Cypriots appeared set to vote 'no' in tomorrow's referendum on a United Nations-backed blueprint to reunify Cyprus after the island's biggest political party re-stated its [...]

NICOSIA and ATHENS -- Greek Cypriots appeared set to vote 'no' in tomorrow's referendum on a United Nations-backed blueprint to reunify Cyprus after the island's biggest political party re-stated its [...]

ATHENS, BRUSSELS and NICOSIA -- Glafcos Clerides, the veteran former Greek Cypriot president, yesterday appealed for a 'yes' vote in Saturday's referendum on re-unifying Cyprus at an outdoor rally organised [...]

ATHENS and NICOSIA -- Costas Karamanlis, Greece's new prime minister, yesterday signalled a possible change of policy on Cyprus by appointing a 75-year-old cold war-era diplomat as foreign minister. Petros [...]

NICOSIA, ANAKARA and ATHENS -- Gunter Verheugen, the European Union commissioner for enlargement, urged the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders yesterday to agree to reunify Cyprus before it joins the [...]

NICOSIA, ANKARA, ATHENS and UNITED NATIONS -- Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, has invited Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders to restart negotiations early next week on the future [...]

NICOSIA and ATHENS -- Mehmet Ali Talat, the Turkish Cypriot opposition leader, was poised yesterday to take over as prime minister of a coalition government that could pave the way [...]

NICOSIA, ATHENS and BRUSSELS -- A dead heat in Sunday's parliamentary election in the Turkish Cypriot north marks a serious setback for Cyprus's chances of achieving reunification before its accession [...]

NICOSIA and ATHENS -- An alliance of pro-European Turkish Cypriot parties appeared set for a narrow victory in yesterday's parliamentary election in north Cyprus - seen as a referendum on [...]

George Lillikas, the tourism minister, admits there isno 'magic formula' for a rapid turn-around in the Greek Cypriot tourist industry. The war in Iraq, the Sars epidemic, the continuing impact [...]

NICOSIA -- Tassos Papadopoulos, the Greek-Cypriot president, came under pressure yesterday to accelerate efforts to reunify the island of Cyprus ahead of its accession to the European Union next May. [...]

NICOSIA and ATHENS -- Greek Cypriot political leaders were expected last night to reject a Turkish Cypriot proposal to reopen Nicosia airport as part of a package of confidence-building measures. [...]

ANKARA, NICOSIA and ATHENS -- Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish prime minister, is due to visit northern Cyprus tomorrow to assess prospects for a settlement with Greek Cypriots following the lifting [...]

NICOSIA and ATHENS -- The Greek Cypriot government yesterday lifted 20-year-old trade sanctions against the self-declared Turkish Cypriot state in the north of the island, as part of a package [...]

NICOSIA and ATHENS -- Costas Simitis, Greek prime minister, has called for talks on reuniting Cyprus to be swiftly resumed on the basis of a United Nations plan accepted by [...]

ATHENS and NICOSIA -- Kofi Annan, UN secretary general, faces an embarrassing setback today, with the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders both expected to reject his last-ditch proposal for referendums [...]

ANKARA , ATHENS and NICOSIA -- Costas Simitis, the Greek prime minister, yesterday lowered expectations of a united Cyprus joining the European Union. His comments undermined a last-ditch peace mission [...]

NICOSIA -- Tassos Papadopoulos, presi-dent-elect of the Greek Cypriot-controlled south of Cyprus, is a persuasive talker. But the 69-year-old lawyer, who took power with unexpected ease in Sunday's election, has [...]