Cyprus articles
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Cyprus issue looms large in Türkiye-EU relations | Daily Sabah
Amid a major European Union summit on Wednesday, statements by the bloc's officials and Greece on improving ties between the EU and Türkiye.
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Cyprus calls for EU help to manage record Syrian migration from Lebanon
Interior minister says island’s facilities at breaking point and calls for aid to Lebanon similar to recent Egypt pactThe EU must help Cyprus deal with record numbers of Syrian migrants from Lebanon, the island’s government says.Before a visit to Beirut to discuss the emergency on Monday, Cyprus’s interior minister appealed for support from Brussels, saying the country’s reception facilities were at breaking point. Continue reading
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Cyprus suspends processing of Syrian asylum applications as boatloads of refugees continue arriving
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says it’s suspending processing all asylum applications by Syrian nationals because of large numbers of refugees from the war-torn country that continue to reach the island nation by boat, primarily from Lebanon. In a written statement Saturday, the Cypriot government said the suspension is also