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Cyprus (
i/ˈsaɪprəs/; Greek: Κύπρος [ˈcipros]; Turkish: Kıbrıs [ˈkɯbɾɯs]), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Syria and Turkey. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, and a member state of the European Union. It is located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt and east of Greece.
The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC. As a strategic location in the Middle East, it was subsequently occupied by several major powers, including the empires of the Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians, from whom the island was seized in 333 BC by Alexander the Great. Subsequent rule by Ptolemaic Egypt, the Classical and Eastern Roman Empire, Arab caliphates for a short period, the French Lusignan dynasty and the Venetians, was followed by over three centuries of Ottoman rule between 1571 and 1878 (de jure until 1914).
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Blackouts affecting many parts of Cyprus as power plant goes down
Kathimerini 10 Jul 2018
According to Kathimerini Cyprus, the Cyprus Electricity Authority (EAC) has located ......
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OSCE official defends journalists’ glossary in split Cyprus
The Seattle Times 10 Jul 2018
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An official with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is defending the creation of a glossary that offers journalists on both sides of ethnically divided Cyprus alternatives to words that are deemed offensive or negative in their reporting of the island’s long-standing conflict. The glossary triggered criticism from scores […] ... ....
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OSCE official defends journalists' glossary in split Cyprus
Sacramento Bee 10 Jul 2018
... on both sides of ethnically divided Cyprus alternatives to words that are deemed offensive or negative in their reporting of the island's long-standing conflict....
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Erdogan Will Sweep Through Occupied Part of Cyprus, Amid Wariness
The National Herald 10 Jul 2018
Newly-elected and holding near-dictatorial powers, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the northern third of Cyprus his country has unlawfully occupied since a 1974 invasion will see him not have the same kind of fanfare that greeted him at home ... where Cyprus has licensed foreign energy companies for oil and gas drilling research....
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Cyprus passes law to complete Cooperative Bank takeover
The Indiana Times
09 Jul 2018
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot lawmakers have approved a law that enables the completion of the takeover of the island nation's troubled Cooperative Bank by the Cyprus-based Hellenic Bank ... ....
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Cyta Cyprus Selects Intrasoft Int’l for Digital Transformation Program
The National Herald 09 Jul 2018
Intrasoft International, the global ICT company, has been selected by Cyta Cyprus after a rigorous tendering process, in order to support the telecom company with its digital transformation mandate....
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Cyprus president rejects FinMin’s resignation
Kathimerini 09 Jul 2018
Cyprus’s President Nicos Anastasiades did not accept Finance Minister Harris Georgiades’s resignation offer despite strong demands by all opposition parties, a statement said on Monday ... of ailing state-owned Cyprus Cooperative Bank by Hellenic Bank....
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Turkey-funded mega mosque stirs unease in Cyprus
Middle East Online 09 Jul 2018
Elcil and many other leftist Turkish Cypriots strongly oppose Ankara's dealings in northern Cyprus, which broke away after Turkey invaded the island in 1974 following a Greek Cypriot coup seeking union with Greece. Turkey is the only country to recognise the unilaterally declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, whose administration it bankrolls and where it has some 35,000 soldiers stationed ... "Our identity is based on Cyprus....
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Commemoration at St. Paul’s Cathedral for the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus (Vid & Pics)
The National Herald 09 Jul 2018
HEMPSTEAD, NY – The Federation of Cypriot American Organizations, the International Coordinating Committee- Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA), the Consulate of Cyprus in New York, and the Long Island American Cypriot Association held a commemoration on July 8 at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Hempstead in memory and in honor of the victims of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus ... At the Cyprus commemoration at St ... At the Cyprus commemoration at St....
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Massive Turkey-funded mosque stirs unease in north Cyprus
This is Money 09 Jul 2018
The Hala Sultan mosque in Haspolat (called Mia Milia by Greek Cypriots), in the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, on July 7, 2018 ... Elcil and many other leftist Turkish Cypriots strongly oppose Ankara's dealings in northern Cyprus, which broke away after Turkey invaded the island in 1974 following a Greek Cypriot coup seeking union with Greece ... "Our identity is based on Cyprus ... on every street in northern Cyprus," he said....
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Cyprus Avenue at the Public Theatre is a triumph
Irish Central 09 Jul 2018
In the criminally funny new play Cyprus Avenue, Belfast born playwright David Ireland tells some very hard truths about unionism, loyalism and republicanism though the prism of Greek tragedy ... In Ireland's new play Cyprus Avenue the Belfast born playwright, 42, tackles the legacy of the Troubles and the inability of some within his own community to get past them ... I feel like I got lucky with Cyprus Avenue....
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Greece’s Energean Wants Gas Pipeline from Israel to Cyprus
The National Herald 08 Jul 2018
It’s the second time in seven months that the plan has been floated, the first in December, 2017 when the Cyprus News Agency said Energean had informally asked the government its thoughts on the idea....
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Erdoğan flies into northern Cyprus to wary welcome
The Observer 08 Jul 2018
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his powers newly enhanced, flies into northern Cyprus this week for an official visit that is likely to be met with trepidation by Turkish Cypriots who pride themselves on a secular lifestyle at odds with the strongman leader’s Islamist outlook ... But the leader’s increased authoritarianism could also, ironically, hold the key to peace on Cyprus....
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