The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, commenting on recent statements by the Minister of European Affairs of Turkey, Mr Egemen Bagis, to the Turkish Kanal 7, on the positive agenda and the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU, [Read more…]
Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU will treat Turkey on an equal par with all other candidate states
June 8, 2012
Press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the illegal tour of the Biblical Archaeology Society in the occupied areas of the Republic of Cyprus, June 6, 2012
June 5, 2012
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the decision and insistence of the Biblical Archaeology Society to arrive in the Republic of Cyprus through the illegal airport in Tymbou in the Turkish occupied areas and to arrange hotel accommodation in Keryneia in usurped Greek Cypriot property. [Read more…]
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding the killings of civilians in Syria, May 30, 2012
May 30, 2012
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, made the following statement today regarding the recent killings of civilians in El-Houleh, Syria: [Read more…]
Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, on “New Challenges and Prospects in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Cyprus Perspective,” at the Paasikivi Society think tank, in Helsinki
May 10, 2012
It is a great pleasure for me to be with you today at the prestigious Paasikivi Society in Helsinki, in a country and a city very close to my heart, since I have spent some of the most beautiful years of my life in Finland as a postgraduate student, in the 1970’s. [Read more…]
Logo of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union presented on Europe Day
May 9, 2012
The vision of the Cyprus Presidency is one for a Better Europe, more hospitable, closer to its citizens, its neighbours and the world at large but also more efficient in facing today’s challenges. This is the message that the Logo of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union conveys, revealed today by the Deputy Minister for European Affairs Ambassador Mr. Andreas D. Mavroyiannis at a special ceremony held at the CYPRESS Media Centre of the FILOXENIA Conference Centre in Nicosia. [Read more…]
Address by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, before the American Jewish Committee Global Forum, in Washington DC, May 3, 2012
May 3, 2012
I want to thank the American Jewish Committee (AJC) for inviting me to join you here in Washington, a city where I served as Ambassador for five years and from which I have very fond memories. [Read more…]
Lecture by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, at PRIO, in Oslo, Norway, entitled “Cyprus: A Common Country – A Common Future for all Cypriots”
March 6, 2012
I am very pleased to visit PRIO again after the elapse of so many years since my tenure as Ambassador to Norway in the late 1990’s. [Read more…]
Transcript of Remarks by Special Advisor of the Secretary-General Alexander Downer following the meeting of Cyprus Leaders at UNFICYP Chief of Mission Residence, United Nations Protected Area, Nicosia
February 21, 2012
Good afternoon, I just wanted to let you know that the two Leaders met today for about a bit over an hour and a half. [Read more…]
Press Release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the Chariot ship
January 11, 2012
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces the following regarding the docking of the Chariot cargo ship in the Limassol harbour area: [Read more…]
Opening by the President of the Republic Mr Demetris Christofias of the proceedings of the fourth Conference of The Economist on the subject: “Long Term, Competitive and safe energy in Europe”
November 14, 2011
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like to thank the organizers for the invitation to address and to open this Conference of The Economist. I congratulate The Economist for the very timely and important subject of this year’s annual Conference, which is already established as an institution in the affairs of Cyprus. [Read more…]