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Cyprus holds first gay pride parade
Thousands marched for gay rights in the capital of Nicosia despite a counter-demonstration by conservative Christians and clerics.
Bailout vote decides Cyprus’s eurozone fate
Cyprus’s Parliament will vote on a bailout imposed by the EU, with approval likely from a thin majority against calls for the island to exit the euro.
Cyprus finance minister quits after bailout concludes
Cyprus’s finance minister has resigned after concluding a €10-billion bailout deal with international lenders.
Cyprus revises bank tax to delay bailout vote
Cyprus’ ministers have met to rework a plan to seize money from bank deposits before a parliamentary vote that might threaten the island’s finances.
Cypriots take to the polls in hopes of a bankruptcy saviour
Cypriots have gone to the polls to elect a president who must negotiate a financial rescue to save the island country from its economic crisis.
Clashes outside Parliament as strike grips Greece
Protesters threw fire bombs at police outside Parliament on Wednesday during a strike which paralysed Greece and piled pressure on the government.
Cypriots tear down barricades on division symbol
Greek and Turkish Cypriots on Thursday pulled down barricades that have separated them for half a century, reopening Ledra Street, a potent symbol of Cyprus’s ethnic partition.…
Cyprus leaders agree to relaunch reunification talks
Leaders of Cyprus’s Greek and Turkish communities agreed on Friday to relaunch reunification talks and to open a barricaded street in Nicosia that symbolises the island’s…
Cypriots may soon erase symbol of division
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders may soon erase the most potent symbol of the island’s division, by reopening a bullet-pocked crossing between the two sides closed for nearly…
Greek Cypriots dismantle symbol of division
Greek Cypriots razed to the ground a symbol of Cyprus’s decades-old division running through the heart of the capital Nicosia and challenged Turkey to respond by withdrawing its…