Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bulgaria supports the UN resolutions on Cyprus and backs efforts for the unification of the island, President Georgi Parvanov declared after meeting Monday his counterpart Demetris Christofias, who is paying an official visit to Sofia. "Cyprus must remain a unitary state, with an extended sovereign...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The Republic of Cyprus was and remains a common possession of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, President Demetris Christofias said here Wednesday following a military parade to honor the 48th anniversary of the island state's independence from British colonial rule. Christofias, along with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, launched new round of substantive talks last month in a bid to reunify...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
New York - Greek Cypriot President Demetris Christofias on Wednesday vowed to work out a definitive settlement with the Turk Cypriot community to end the ethnic division and achieve a federal government on Cyprus. Christofias has been pursuing negoti...
Mavi Boncuk (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
Mavi Boncuk |Cyprus Bargaining chips, anyone? Sep 4th 2008 From The Economist print edition | New ideas for an old quarrel “WE MUST, at long last, put an end to the suffering of our people and reunite our country,” said President Demetris Christofias on September 3rd as he began negotiations with his Turkish-Cypriot counterpart, Mehmet Ali Talat. The mood, at least, is a far cry from the rancour that...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Leaders of Cyprus' two rival communities continued their substantive negotiations on Thursday, one week after they kicked off the talks aimed at reunifying the eastern Mediterranean island. "Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat today continued their negotiations on the questions of governance and power-sharing," said UN spokesman Jose Luis Diaz in a...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Ghanaian student Valaria Okai will meet President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat as part of a youth peace-building programme taking place in Nicosia next week.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
The leaders of Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities on Thursday began their first substantive reunification talks, which a senior U.N. official described as "productive" and "fruitful." Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat met for more than four hours at the abandoned Nicosia airport located inside the U.N.-monitored buffer zone dividing the Turkish Cypriot...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
The president of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, began a key phase of negotiations on how they would share power in a future unified state.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
After repeated failures in reaching a deal for Cyprus' reunification, the Greek and Turkish Cypriots on the Mediterranean island are having another try, and this time with unprecedented common ground. When Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat launched a new round of peace talks Wednesday, Christofias declared they have "a common will and a common desire...
Turkish Digest (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
"Cyprus opens for Turkey EU entry during Stockholm visit Published: 6 Sep 08 10:00 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/14176/20080906/ Cyprus President Demetris Christofias expressed tentative support for Turkey joining the European Union, when he met Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Stockholm on Friday." More: Cyprus opens for Turkey EU entry during Stockholm visit - The Local
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias said here Friday the leaders of Cyprus and Turkey need to "be cool and very careful" during their peace talks toward reunifying the divided island. Christofias said at a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt that he has many new ideas about solutions and is trying to put them on the table. Communication and honor are the necessary...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
New ideas for an old quarrel “WE MUST, at long last, put an end to the suffering of our people and reunite our country,” said President Demetris Christofias on September 3rd as he began negotiations with his Turkish-Cypriot counterpart, Mehmet Ali Talat. The mood, at least, is a far cry from the rancour that engulfed the island in 2004, when a UN plan was backed by the Turkish-Cypriots but rejected...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat met Wednesday to launch a new round of peace talks towards reunifying the divided island. Alexander Downer, UN chief Ban Ki-moon's special envoy and former Australian foreign minister, was also present at the meeting held in Nicosia's buffer zone. According to media report, the rival leaders will discuss procedural matters...
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Rival leaders of the divided island of Cyprus met on Wednesday for the formal launch of intensive UN-backed negotiations aimed at reunifying the island after 34 years of division. Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and rival Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat have met five times this year ...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Hopes rise on a divided and parched island FIRST the good news. The Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot presidents will start serious talks on reunifying the divided island on September 3rd. Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, both old-fashioned left-wingers, have made clear they want a settlement. Alexander Downer, the tough-talking Australian former foreign minister who is the [...]
