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A woman holds her child outside the Kokkinotrimithia refugee camp outside Nicosia, Cyprus September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
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Sibel Siber, a former prime minister and candidate for the presidential elections in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), speaks with AFP during an interview in the northern part of Nicosia on April 6, 2015, ahead of the northern enclave’s presidential elections on April 19. (AFP)
Northern Cypriots vote for new leader who can succeed in peace talks
Nicosia, Reuters—Turkish Cypriot voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, hoping he or she will succeed in forging a peace deal with Greek Cypriots on the ethnically split island. Opinion polls put conservative incumbent Derviş Eroğlu in the lead...Caption:
In this November 25, 2013 file photo, Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades, right, and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, left, shake hands after their meeting in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
Cyprus peace talks resume
Nicosia, Reuters—Peace talks resume in divided Cyprus on Tuesday in a fresh attempt to end one of Europe’s most enduring conflicts and a decades-old obstacle to Turkey’s hopes of joining the European Union. Leaders of the island’s rival Greeks and...Caption:
A man pass by anticapitalist graffiti in dowtown of Nicosia, Cyprus, 19 March 2013. The Cyprus parliament is set to vote 19 March on ratification of a one-off tax on bank deposits, following a postponement to allow for consultation. Source: EPA/FILIP SINGER