Today is a historic and proud moment for the Republic of Cyprus. From now, and for the following six months, our country takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Our goal: to contribute, through this Presidency, to the process of European integration, to the “ever closer union” of states and people across Europe. [Read more…]
Message by the President of the Republic of Cyprus on the assumption of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of EU
July 1, 2012
Dear compatriots,
The first of July 2012 is an historic day for our country. As of today the Republic of Cyprus assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six months. Assuming our institutional role, as a presiding country, is a great honour, recognition and prestige. [Read more…]
Press Release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Missing Persons
June 14, 2012
On 4-6 June the Committee of Ministers’ Deputies (Human Rights) of the Council of Europe (CoE) met in Strasbourg and discussed the humanitarian issue of missing persons, through the supervision of the execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [Read more…]
Foreign Minister on Cyprus EU Presidency Priorities
June 12, 2012
The Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union starts in 18 days. This Presidency is a challenge and an opportunity – and we are ready to take it on. We have been preparing for this Presidency for years, and we have all worked very hard. [Read more…]
Foreign Minister calls on Turkey to fully respect the role of the Cyprus Presidency of the EU Council
June 8, 2012
In regard to the statement yesterday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, during a Press conference in the presence of the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton, [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
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…]
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…]