Dr. Vahakn Atamyan, the Representative of Armenians in the Cyprus House of Representatives announced the formation of a new committee in an effort to mediate and help resolve the deadlock in the Melkonian school dispute. Dr. Atamyan announced his mediation effort following his return from a trip to New York where he met the President
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UK gives another GBP 45k for missing persons Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in Cyprus on Wednesday that negotiation and compromise is the only route to solving the Cyprus problem, while adding that no solution can be imposed from the outside. Speaking at a press conference after separate meetings with the Republic of Cyprus
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Turkey’s foreign minister Abdullah Gul has announced that Turkey will publish a “detailed statement” on its policy towards Cyprus today, Tuesday. Speculation is rife that it will include proposals for a deal that will combine implementation of the Ankara Protocol, which extends the customs union to all new member states including Cyprus, with the lifting
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The number of Cypriot residents travelling abroad rose by 7% in 2005, according to Financial Mirror calculations, higher than the rise in the number of visitors arriving on the island, which rose by 5.2% in the same period. The total number of trips abroad reached 913,816, compared with arrivals of 2.47 mln. Based on our
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The EU Agriculture ministers approved on Monday a request by the government of the Republic of Cyprus to grant state assistance of up to CYP 23 mln pounds (EUR 39.3 mln) to Cypriot farmers to repay debts owned due to the Turkish invasion of 1974 and the drought in the period 1990-1997. Denmark and Sweden,
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