The interfaith and intercultural dialogue is meant to increase our understanding, our appreciation and our respect for other faiths and enhance our sensitivity towards the cultures and beliefs of other peoples with different religious and cultural backgrounds. This in turn facilitates dialogue and dialogue builds bridges and opens avenues of communication between peoples, bringing us…
Turkey to lift its embargo on Cyprus-flagged ships and aircrafts
The EU is working on a formula that will hand Cyprus the key to unlock Turkey’s accession bid – a demand by Ankara before it substantially helps the bloc with the urgent migrant crisis. This is what informed sources from Brussels yesterday told the Cyprus Weekly, adding that the most realistic scenario is for Turkey…
UN hosts regional conference in Cyprus against religious violence
The United Nations Special Rapporteur, Heiner Bielefeldt, will be holding a inter-religious regional debate ‘Broadening Cross-Boundary Communications,’ in Cyprus from October 7 to 8, with the aim of building trust through communication. Heiner Bielefeldt, will join religious leaders, lawmakers and human rights defenders from the broader Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to discuss…
Treasures of the Eastern Med
There is a huge potential for hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean region, both in terms of supply and of transport of gas. The US Geological Survey estimated back in 2010 that 122 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of Natural Gas and 1.68 bbl of oil are located in the Levant Basin Province and 223 tcf and…
A gesture of good will
Foreign diplomats, political analysts and commentators were all asking the same question. Why Nicos Anastasiades waited to go to America for the UN General Assembly to talk repeatedly about the need for Turkey to prove, with certain actions, its stated willingness to solve the Cyprus problem. Some diplomats even said that Anastasiades should not talk…
We need to clarify ‘current user’
There is no doubt that property is the most complicated of the Cyprus issue chapters on reunification and that progress or non- progress during its discussion will determine to a large extent the prospects of an agreed solution. According to the agreement of the two leaders announced on July 27, 2015, “dispossessed owners and current…
Record numbers for Stelios Bi-Communal Awards
The number of applications for this year’s edition of the Stelios Bi-Communal Awards 2015 has quadrupled, according to organisers. The deadline for applications was midnight September 15, with a total of 116 entries submitted. This remarkable record number was confirmed in an announcement made on Wednesday. The grants, an idea belonging to easyJet founder Stelios…
Fear factor at work over the property issue
Ever since the two leaders – Mustafa Akinci and Nicos Anastasiades – started discussing the topic of property little over a month ago, Turkish Cypriots have come under a heavy bombardment of disinformation and speculation. Fabricated maps showing an exorbitant amount of territory being given to a future Greek Cypriot constituent state, rumours that all…
Property to unravel deal
Greek and Turkish Cypriot negotiators have been instructed to pull out all the stops to define criteria that would provide a base for settling the property aspect of the Cyprus problem. Government sources told the Cyprus Weekly that leaders Nicos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci, during their meeting on September 1, agreed to almost all property…
EU ready to contribute to Cyprus problem
The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Junker, expressed a ‘desire and a readiness to actively cooperate in the Cyprus problem’ according to a statement released on Tuesday. Junker and the President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades spoke of the Cyprus problem during a long telephone conversation on Tuesday afternoon. Read the rest on: http://in-cyprus.com/eu-ready-to-contribute-to-cyprus-problem/