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France24 (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
The current Greek Cypriot president, Demetris Christofias, has pledged to revive reunification talks with his Turkish counterpart Mehmet Ali Talat to decide whether they are ready to launch a new peace initiative. (Report: N. Germain)
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Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
A new peace process in Cyprus offers the best opportunity in decades to solve the intractable division of the island. The turnabout is largely due to the surprise election of Demetris Christofias to the Greek Cypriot presidency. He, together with his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, Mehmet Ali Talat, are demonstrating political will to make the current UN-mediated talks succeed. Key players like Turkey...
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
The leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities, Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, will meet again on 1 July for further talks on possible reunification, the United Nations envoy to the Mediterranean island said today. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus, was speaking at a news conference in Nicosia, following an announcement by...
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Euractive (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
Cypriot President Demetris Christofias has issued a warning to his European counterparts over Turkish interference with his efforts, together with the leader of the Turkish community Mehmet Ali Talat, to achieve a historic reunification of the island country.
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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Greek Cypriot President Demetris Christofias, who is currently in the UK, revealed yesterday that the agenda for his talks with British Prime Minister
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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
A meeting between Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat and his Greek Cypriot counterpart Demetris Christofias – which lasted about three-and-a-half hours, far longer than expected – was an inconclusive exercise for some. Indeed, if the two leaders were expected to emerge at the door after the meeting and declare that they have agreed on everything and the Cyprus problem was buried in history, they...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
A barricaded street which has symbolised Cyprus's ethnic partition opens on Thursday as part of a landmark deal brokered between Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Yalat to resume peace talks.