3 h. ago Hamas says Israel’s claim on hostages’ handover ceremony is pretext to evade its obligations

Hamas on Sunday condemned Israel’s decision to postpone the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, saying its claim that the hostages’ handover ceremonies are “humiliating” was false and a pretext to evade Israel’s obligations under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Netanyahu’s decision reflects a deliberate attempt to disrupt the agreement, represents a […]

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5 h. ago Trump’s criticisms of EU create mounting fiscal policy challenges

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance of the new US administration have recently levelled pointed criticisms on the policies and democratic values of Europe. They have criticised European states for not spending enough on defence and implying that in the event of a peace settlement of the Russian-Ukraine war, Europe would have to […]

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28 h. ago Cyprus Peace Operation veteran recalls heroism, compassion of Turkish soldiers

Cyprus Peace Operation veteran recalls heroism, compassion of Turkish soldiers  turkiyetoday.com

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47 h. ago Monument to fallen Russian soldiers shows toll of three years of war

Carved onto slabs of black marble, the names of 11 young men from the Russian town of Semibratovo who died fighting in Ukraine are a stark reminder of a war that is now three years old. The frontline is far away, but the conflict has come home. Most of the local men who have died […]

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63 h. ago Veterans return to Cyprus to commemorate Canadian peacekeepers

Veterans return to Cyprus to commemorate Canadian peacekeepers  Legion Magazine

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3 d. ago Macron and Starmer head to Washington for Ukraine crisis talks

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Washington next week, amid other meetings aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S. national security advisor Mike Waltz said on Wednesday. Asked about the chances of reaching a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, Waltz told Fox News in an interview: “We’re engaging on all sides, […]

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3 d. ago Trump tells ‘dictator’ Zelenskiy to move fast for peace or lose his country

U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “a dictator without elections” and said he better move fast to secure a peace or he would have no country left. Trump spoke hours after Zelenskiy hit back at his suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion, saying the U.S. president was […]

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4 d. ago North says Egypt agreements ‘risk bringing the island to the brink of conflict’

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Tuesday said the agreements signed by the Republic of Cyprus and Egypt concerning the exploitation of natural gas resources under the seabed in the eastern Mediterranean “risk bringing not only our island but also our region to the brink of conflict”. “The Greek Cypriot leadership is continuing to accelerate its […]

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4 d. ago Israel will begin negotiations on next phase of Gaza ceasefire

Israel will begin indirect negotiations with the Palestinian militant group Hamas on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal this week and it demands a complete demilitarisation of the enclave, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday. Negotiations for the second phase of the deal were supposed to start on February 2 but Qatar, […]

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5 d. ago Eurobarometer: EU should prioritise social issues, Cypriot youth say, social media top news source

The EU should prioritise social protection, as well as issues related to the cost of living and the need to create jobs, according to young people from Cyprus aged 16 to 30 that participated in the latest Eurobarometer youth survey, while the EU average focused on rising prices and the cost of living, climate change and job creation.

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5 d. ago Syrians in Cyprus want frozen asylum applications to move forward

A group called ‘Syrians in Cyprus’ has called for the partial lifting of a freeze on asylum applications from Syria, saying in letters to the interior minister and deputy migration minister that this halt in examining applications was unjustified. In its letters, the group says that Syrians who applied for asylum in 2019 are still […]

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5 d. ago Egypt, Cyprus: Establishing Palestinian state on June 4, 1967 borders sole guarantee for peace

Egypt, Cyprus: Establishing Palestinian state on June 4, 1967 borders sole guarantee for peace  Egyptian Gazette

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5 d. ago UK PM Starmer says US must provide security guarantee for Ukraine to deter Russia

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that there must be a US security commitment for European countries to send postwar peacekeeping forces to Ukraine and it was too early to say how many British troops he would be willing to deploy. “Europe must play its role and I’m prepared to consider committing British […]

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5 d. ago US Ukraine envoy Kellogg says no one will impose peace deal on Zelenskiy

Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy, said on Monday that no one would impose a peace deal on Kyiv and that questions about whether Washington would provide guarantees for any future European peacekeepers would be addressed later. Senior US officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio – but not Kellogg – are due […]

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5 d. ago UK offers Ukraine peacekeeping troops as European resolve hardens

The Europeans were holding an emergency summit in Paris to discuss their role in Ukraine’s future after President Donald Trump’s U.S. administration, Kyiv’s main military backer, announced it would sit down with Russia to seek an end to thethree-year-old war. Russia has ruled out conceding territory. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s comments on Sunday reflect […]

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1 week ago Ethnically split Cyprus' rival leaders say they're ready for UN

Ethnically split Cyprus' rival leaders say they're ready for UN-led meeting to restart peace talks  The Associated Press

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3 w. ago FM expresses satisfaction with Cyprus UN peacekeeping force extension

FM expresses satisfaction with Cyprus UN peacekeeping force extension  Kathimerini English Edition

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3 w. ago Negotiating a ‘Frozen’ Conflict in Academia: Reflections on Youth, Peace

Negotiating a ‘Frozen’ Conflict in Academia: Reflections on Youth, Peace-Making and the Cyprus Divide  School of Geography and the Environment

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