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  • Cyprus Church blasts priest nabbed with drugs

    -- The Orthodox Christian Church of Cyprus said Friday that it is "deeply distressed" over the arrest of a parish priest on suspicion of trafficking drugs to the island from abroad.The Church said in a statement that the "abhorrent actions" of Father Panayiotis   Read more »

  • Cyprus' finance minister quits

    island's wealthy Orthodox Christian church and helped to attract foreign investor interest.Kazamias has been highly critical of credit rating agencies over their repeated downgrades of Cyprus, mainly due to its banks' significant exposure to Greek debt.   Read more »

  • European Champions League Glance

    Leverkusen (Germany) 1, Barcelona (Spain) 3Lyon (France) 1, APOEL Nicosia ( Cyprus ) 0Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia) 3, Benfica (Portugal) 2 AC Milan (Italy) 4, Arsenal (England) 0CSKA Moscow (Russia) 1, Real Madrid (Spain) 1Napoli (Italy) 3, Chelsea (England)   Read more »

  • Major Cypriot banks sign up to Greek bond swap

    -- A Cyprus banking official says the island's three biggest banks are signing up to Greece's debt swap deal.Cypriot banks hold 4.7 billion ($6.17 billion) in Greek government bonds, and almost the entire amount is held by the biggest three: Marfin Popular   Read more »

  • Chinese energy company interested in Cyprus field

    doesn't recognize Cyprus as a sovereign state and says it has rights to a large swath of the island's exclusive economic zone.Cyprus was split into an internationally recognized Greek speaking south and a breakaway Turkish speaking north in 1974 when Turkey   Read more »

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About Cyprus

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) { Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti (KKTC) } is a self-proclaimed state in northern Cyprus recognised only by Turkey. The United Nations recognises the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus over the whole island; however, the government of the Republic of Cyprus has no effective control over the territory claimed by the TRNC.

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