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The Global Countdown - Cyprus

28 July 2022

Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks at the top songs in Cyprus.

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After decades of Greek-Turkish conflict and division, could the island of Cyprus be nearing a reunification settlement? Mehmet Ali Talat, president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognised only by Turkey, is…

Monocle Minute

Sky-high Cyprus

5 October 2015

Cyprus Airways was grounded in January after the EU deemed that the state subsidies keeping it in the air were against EU rules. Three airlines are now hoping to fill the gap, with ministers keen to have them licensed by…

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The Foreign Desk - Can Cyprus be put back together?

1 May 2021

Talks on the future of Cyprus took place in Geneva this week, attempting to find an answer to the decades-old questions of if and how the divided island can be reunified. How did Cyprus get here? And is there a way out of…

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Politics

17 September 2020

Lybia's tourism minister, elections in the Northern Cyprus and Mumbai puts women on traffic lights.

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Past tense

19 May 2015

Not far from the sun loungers and beach bars of this holiday hotspot, a stretch of no-man’s land is forever 1974. It marks the frontier policed by the UN’s longest-established peacekeeping force, where success is measured…

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Be here next year

17 November 2008

From a southern African state that has gone from hungry nation to food exporter, to a vast new port in Mexico and a sea of trouble in Europe, we pinpoint the places that will make the headlines – for good and bad reasons…

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Dividing lines

16 February 2023

The political will to reunite Cyprus has vanished. That’s why the isolated Turks are hoping for international recognition and building for tourists. Will they ever come?

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Politics

16 January 2020

Cyprus gets a boost from natural gas, Iran’s election and unlikely animal mascots.

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Business

17 November 2011

Taking home-cooking to Singaporeans, tying the knot in Cyprus, making kangaroo-hide sneakers Down Under, and other business news and happenings.

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The Briefing, episode 359

19 March 2013

A look at the fallout in European politics after Cyprus’ levy, we hear from the Pope’s inaugural mass, and learn about the realities of being a reporter in China.

Monocle Minute

Open for business

23 September 2016

It’s been a particularly sunny summer for Cyprus: arrivals in August were the best on record and figures so far suggest an extra 500,000 sunseekers will land this year. Some of the boost is likely down to the run-off from…

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The Monocle Daily, episode 179

5 July 2012

Analysis of Angola’s crack down on protestors, we find out Cyprus’s goals in taking over the EU presidency, and David Aaronovitch discusses Scientology.

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The Briefing, episode 337

15 February 2013

Author Constantine Buhayer joins us to preview the Cyprus elections this weekend, we speak to Farida Ghulam about the prospects for change in Bahrain, and David Whitehouse assess the impact of the meteor landing in Russia…

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The Globalist - Tuesday 13 October

13 October 2020

As the deadline for a Brexit trade deal looms, we examine the EU’s position. Plus: Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing; elections in Northern Cyprus; and choosing the World Trade Organization’s new chief.

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The Late Edition, episode 280

23 November 2012

Author Constantine Buhayer talks us through Cyprus' request for a bailout, Joseph Dana reports from Tahrir square, and a profile of Laurent Gbagbo’s wife, Simone.