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1. cyprus-mail.com › 2024/06/17 › blinken-announcesUS-Cyprus relations stronger than ever | Cyprus Mail

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   Jun 17, 2024 · In what has been heralded as a “historic moment”, Cyprus and the US announced on Monday they were embarking on a strategic dialogue, deepening the relations between both countries on a number of...

2. www.aljazeera.com › news › 2022/10/27New crisis brewing on Cyprus after US lifts arms embargo

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   • All About Famagusta
   • What Triggered The Latest Crisis?
   • Improving Defences

   “This is a very serious problem. I’m very much afraid that [the Turkish Cypriots] will use every excuse to oust the UN military from its base of Karolou Stefani north of Famagusta,” said Andreas Mavroyiannis, who is running for president in Cyprus’s February elections. “I’m not sure the peacekeepers can resist an attempt by the Turkish army to evic...

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   The Turkish-Cypriot ultimatum to the UN came after September 16, when the United States removed an embargo on arms sales to Cyprus, enforced since 1987 to prevent further violence. Two weeks later, Cyprus was included in the US National Guard’s State Partnership Program, which will allow Cypriot national guardsmen to train with the New Jersey Army ...

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   Cyprus has used this rupture in US-Turkish relations to improve its defences. Since 2020, it has conducted annual air and naval military exercises with Italy, France and Greece, and its defence minister Haralambos Petridis has said it plans to buy air defence systems. But Cyprus insists its intentions are defensive. “We have never dreamed of capabi...

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3. www.usnews.com › news › worldCyprus Again Offers Sanctuary as Middle East Violence Spreads

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   Aug 8, 2024 · LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) - The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is on standby to assist in the evacuation of Europeans and third-country nationals if conflict in the Middle East deepens,...

4. edition.cnn.com › 2024/07/20 › europeCyprus marks 50 years of division with Greeks grieving, Turks ...

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   Jul 20, 2024 · Air raid sirens wailed across Cyprus’s divided capital Nicosia at dawn on Saturday as Greek Cypriots mourned, and Turkish Cypriots celebrated, 50 years since Turkey invaded part of the island in...

5. www.cnn.com › travel › articleWhich international destinations are reopening to tourists?

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   Aug 7, 2020 · But the small Mediterranean country has now reopened its borders to visitors from a list of selected countries, including Germany, Austria, Cyprus, Switzerland, Iceland, Slovakia, Norway,...

6. www.reuters.com › world › cyprus-checkpoints-sealedCyprus checkpoints linking Greek and Turkish sides to reopen ...

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   Jun 2, 2021 · Checkpoints linking the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides of Cyprus are to reopen on Friday, the United Nations said, marking the first time restrictions have been eased since December 2020 because...

7. www.bbc.com › news › world-europe-17217956Cyprus country profile - BBC News

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   Apr 7, 2023 · Provides an overview of Cyprus, and key dates and facts about this eastern Mediterranean island.