Sentence examples for state of cyprus from inspiring English sources

In December Makarios returned and resumed the presidency, and a few months later Turkish leaders proclaimed a Turkish Federated State of Cyprus under Rauf Denktash as president.

In 1975, as a prelude to the full-scale independence he so craved, Denktash was made head of the Turkish federated state of Cyprus hoping to give the north equal billing with the recognised government in Nicosia.

In February 1975 the Turkish Cypriots proclaimed the Turkish-occupied area the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus (a body calling itself the Provisional Cyprus-Turkish Administration had been in existence among Turkish Cypriots since 1967); Denktash announced that their purpose was not independence but federation.

The ECB held its meeting in Nicosia, the capital of the Mediterranean island state of Cyprus, one of two meetings per year it holds away from its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.

In Hellenic times Paphos was second only to Salamis in extent and influence among the states of Cyprus.

Turkey and Greece are meeting to unite the island nation of Cyprus.

Andreas Assiotis, an economist at Hellenic Bank, predicts a contraction of 5.8%.The main cloud hanging over the economy is the sorry state of Bank of Cyprus (BoC), the country's biggest bank.

If either or both sides say no, the state of affairs on Cyprus will border on the surreal.

Chief among the things that trouble Mr. Demetriades about the state of affairs in Cyprus are the lack of trust and the mutual suspicion that still exist between inhabitants on both sides of the island.

Given the precarious eurozone economy and the enfeebled state of European banks, cutting Cyprus a better deal looks like the safer option.

A: European nationals from the 15 "old" member states--and also nationals of Cyprus and Malta--benefit from the free-movement regulation within the European Union.