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FILE – In this Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 file photo, Cyprus’ president Nicos Anastasiades, right, and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, left, talk to the media after their meeting in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus. In a brief statement Friday Feb. 7, 2014, Turkish Cypriot officials revealed that efforts to reunify the divided Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus will recommence next week after rival Greek and Turkish Cypriots agreed to a new round of talks. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

New Hope for Cyprus

by Hugh Pope | Feb 14, 2014 | Majalla Blogs

As a new round of talks started on February 11, 2014 between Nicos Anastasiades and Derviş Eroğlu—respectively the leaders of Cyprus’s Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities—cynicism is rife among ordinary Cypriots. Most people think it will take a miracle of...

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Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades, left, and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu shake hands as U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Representative to Cyprus Lisa Buttenheim, center, smiles after their meeting at a UN compound in the UN buffer zone in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. The leaders of Cyprus’ Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities are embarking on a new round of talks aimed at achieving the long-elusive goal of reunifying the ethnically split island nation. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Leaders of divided Cyprus resolve new try at power-sharing deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 12, 2014 | World

Nicosia, Reuters—Leaders of ethnically split Cyprus agreed to press anew to forge a system of power sharing on Tuesday to end a bitter and long-running conflict that is frustrating Turkey’s hopes of joining the EU and complicating its relations with Greece....

Rival Cyprus leaders: No peace talks restart yet

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 26, 2013 | World

Nicosia, AP—The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus on Monday failed to agree on resuming stalled talks aimed at reunifying the country. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Derviş Eroğlu said after an informal meeting that obstacles...