Anastasiades concerned that military contacts with Turks downplay occupation (Updated)
The Greek Cypriot side said it was willing to discuss setting up a mechanism for direct contacts at military level between the National Guard and...
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Cavusoglu: zero guarantees and troops is a pipe dream
Anyone who dreams of zero Turkish guarantees and troops in Cyprus need to wake up because it will never happen, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu...
Syria demands pullout of Turkish troops , a “flagrant aggression”
Syria demanded on Saturday that Turkish troops who had entered northwestern Syria leave immediately, saying their presence constituted a “flagrant aggression”. A Foreign Ministry statement...
Parties pounce on president’s view of why talks failed
President Nicos Anastasiades’ interview in a Sunday newspaper in which he said the two sides were close to reaching a settlement deal in Switzerland but...
European parliamentarians call for freeze on Turkey EU accession
Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs called on Tuesday for a freeze in Turkish EU accession talks if changes to the country’s...
Turkish troops could be a fraction of the 40,000 claimed
Turkish troops in Cyprus could number as few as 15,000, as opposed to the 40,000 figure commonly cited by Cypriot officials, unofficial estimates based on...
Turkey says its troops to stay in Iraq until Islamic State cleared from Mosul (Updated)
By Tulay Karadeniz and Ercan Gurses A planned US-backed operation to drive Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul could cause “blood...
Baghdad warns of ‘regional war’ over Turkish military presence
Iraq’s prime minister warned Turkey on Wednesday it risked triggering a regional war by keeping troops in his territory, as the neighbouring states summoned each...
Coup attempt a ‘stressful’ time for Greek Cypriots
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Monday that the attempted coup in Turkey had been extremely worrying for Greek Cypriots with 43,000 Turkish soldiers stationed...
PSEKA resolution focuses on troops, Varosha, missing persons and religious freedom
The head of the International Coordinating Committee “Justice for Cyprus,” (PSEKA), Philip Christopher said that overseas Greek and Cypriot organisations will only support a solution...
Government denies reports that Greek Cypriots would look positively on Turkey guarantee only for north (Update 2)
Government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides on Friday rejected reports in Turkish mainland newspaper Milliyet that President Nicos Anastasiades positively viewed a proposal that Turkey be a...
Turkish troops withdrawal nothing to do with Cyprus talks
A battalion in the occupied areas recently posted to Turkey has nothing to do with negotiations on the Cyprus problem and will return to duties...
Turkish troops in north being moved out in secret, Afrika says (Updated: govt. says it cannot confirm)
Turkey is reportedly reducing and withdrawing troops from the north to reinforce its units in the fight against the Kurdish PKK, Turkish Cypriot press reported...
Iraqi defence minister asks Turkey to withdraw troops (Updated)
Iraq’s defence minister said on Sunday he had told his Turkish counterpart that hundreds of Turkish forces deployed inside Iraq near the Islamic State-held city...
New poll outlines ordinary Greek Cypriots’ ‘red lines’
A new poll of Greek Cypriots, released on Sunday, has found the vast majority favour an end to guarantees, the withdrawal of all Turkish troops...
Defence spending down almost 8 per cent since 2010
Cyprus’ defence budget decreased by almost 8 per cent between 2010 and 2015, according to the annual report on military forces in Cyprus, issued by...
Snail hunter’s car seized
A 22-year-old Greek Cypriot who was collecting snails near the buffer zone in Larnaca saw his car seized by Turkish soldiers who claimed it was...
Farmers protest along buffer zone
FARMERS on Saturday held a peaceful protest at the Astromeritis crossing point against the encroachment of Turkish troops in the buffer zone that prevents them...
Turkish troop numbers upped in north
By Stefanos Evripidou TURKEY HAS increased the number of troops on the island by 7,000 this year, according to a report compiled by the Cyprus...