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...Reunification of Cyprus has been a top priority for every president since the 1974 invasion....
...Mavroyiannis, 66, is known for his role as chief negotiator during talks with north Cyprus on the reunification of the divided island, which has been split since Turkey invaded in 1974....
...Second, the challenges of managing reunification and reforming the economy around the turn of the century were at least as formidable as anything Germany faces today....
...And our Athens correspondent previews Sunday’s presidential election in Cyprus, where everyone is a continuity candidate....
...Meloni said Italy supported the goal of EU membership for Balkan countries, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine as part of their “reunification into the European family”....
...Northern Cyprus has taken an uncompromising line on possible reunification since Ersin Tatar was elected president of the Turkish Cypriot enclave last year with robust backing from Turkey....
...In other countries such as Belgium, Cyprus and Luxembourg, workers receive automatic pay increases when inflation rises....
...Under Tatar’s predecessor Mustafa Akinci, northern Cyprus engaged in talks on reunification and federalisation....
...In “Turkish Cypriots’ two state stance damps reunification hopes” (Report, March 29), you state that “Turkey invaded the island’s north in response to an Athens-inspired coup aimed at uniting the island...
...Talks on reunification during the decades since then have repeatedly foundered, most recently in 2017....
...reunification take place in Geneva from Tuesday to Thursday EU governments must submit national recovery plans by Friday Notable, Quotable Once chaotic and derided for their diets, the German Greens...
...Mr Akinci favours reunification of Cyprus in a federal state and has clashed with Mr Erdogan, notably over a Turkish military offensive in north-east Syria last year....
...The departing EU chief also admitted to a series of regrets, ranging from the EU’s patchy progress on euro reform to the failure of Cyprus reunification efforts....
...In 1990 came German reunification — “the high point of my political life”....
...EU support is also required as the Turkish-Cypriot part of the island would join the bloc and the euro if a reunification agreement were reached....
...The breakdown in July of reunification talks with the breakaway Turkish part of the island bodes ill for the chances of Cypriot support....
...The EU has strongly supported talks for the reunification of Cyprus, a union member — but these are facilitated by the UN and also involve Turkey, another sovereign state and not an EU member....
...Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot president, and Mustafa Akinci, his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, began talks in Geneva after several previous failed reunification attempts....
...Greece and Turkey “still need a lot of work” to settle deep divisions over Cyprus as the leaders of the divided Mediterranean island prepare for a final push in reunification talks, the UN chairman of the...
...closely monitoring the talks said there was no “fundamental” division between Nicos Anastasiades, Greek Cypriot president, and Mustafa Akinci, his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, who have been discussing a reunification...
...(Guardian, FT) Cyprus talks end Negotiations in Geneva to reunify the Mediterranean island have ended without an agreement, after stalling over how a deal can be militarily secured....
...(FT, Bloomberg) Cyprus talks collapse Negotiations to reunify the divided island of Cyprus collapsed after a stormy session in Switzerland....
...The two leaders are under pressure to reach a deal before Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general who was instrumental in launching the reunification talks, leaves office at the end of the year....
...The rates of underemployment were particularly high in weaker economies, such as Greece, Cyprus and Spain. The figure, for 2016, is down from 22 per cent for the previous year....
...In the event of reunification, and incorporation into the EU, businesses would have to work hard to meet EU standards....
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