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Biologists defy Cyprus' ethnic divide to protect environment

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s something regal in the sprightly step and curious gaze of the long-horn sheep that roam the hills near Varisia, an abandoned village inside a U.N. buffer zone that cuts across ethnically divided Cyprus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Biologists defy Cyprus' ethnic divide to protect environment

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s something regal in the sprightly step and curious gaze of the long-horn sheep that roam the hills near Varisia, an abandoned village inside a U.N. buffer zone that cuts across ethnically divided Cyprus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Biologists defy Cyprus' ethnic divide to protect environment

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s something regal in the sprightly step and curious gaze of the long-horn sheep that roam the hills near Varisia, an abandoned village inside a U.N. buffer zone that cuts across ethnically divided Cyprus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Cyprus activists: Hunters' lead pellets threaten flamingos

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Conservationists in Cyprus are urging authorities to expand a hunting ban throughout a coastal salt lake network amid concerns that migrating flamingos could potentially swallow lethal quantities of lead shotgun pellets.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Asylum-seekers stuck in Cyprus' cramped camp want out

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Emmanuel Conteh negotiates the muddy, rutted pathways in shorts and torn plastic flip-flops and says he can’t sleep in his heavy canvas tent at night because of the cold.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Asylum-seekers stuck in Cyprus' cramped camp want out

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Emmanuel Conteh negotiates the muddy, rutted pathways in shorts and torn plastic flip-flops and says he can’t sleep in his heavy canvas tent at night because of the cold.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Asylum-seekers stuck in Cyprus' cramped camp want out

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Emmanuel Conteh negotiates the muddy, rutted pathways in shorts and torn plastic flip-flops and says he can’t sleep in his heavy canvas tent at night because of the cold.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Greek FM: Turkey's moves to ease tensions 'unconvincing'

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkey’s recent moves to de-escalate a clash with Greece and Cyprus over east Mediterranean energy reserves are “unconvincing” and European Union leaders need to take action that will prompt Ankara to heed international law, Greece’s foreign minister said on Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Erdogan backs two-state Cyprus deal, puts talks in doubt

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to throw into doubt a new bid to restart dormant Cyprus reunification talks, saying Sunday that a two-state deal rather than the long-established federal formula is the way forward.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Erdogan backs two-state Cyprus deal, puts talks in doubt

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to throw into doubt a new bid to restart dormant Cyprus reunification talks, saying Sunday that a two-state deal rather than the long-established federal formula is the way forward.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Greece imposes lockdown to avoid worst at hospitals

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — With a surge in coronavirus cases straining health systems in many European countries, Greece announced a nationwide lockdown Thursday in the hopes of stemming a rising tide of patients before its hospitals come under “unbearable” pressure.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Greece imposes lockdown to avoid worst at hospitals

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — With a surge in coronavirus cases straining health systems in many European countries, Greece announced a nationwide lockdown Thursday in the hopes of stemming a rising tide of patients before its hospitals come under “unbearable” pressure.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Rival leaders back UN bid to relaunch Cyprus peace talks

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have signaled their willingness to support a request from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to explore the possibility of reviving dormant reunification talks, the U.N. said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

UK sends flagship for joint naval drills with Cyprus, France

LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AP) — Britain flexed its naval muscles in its largest deployment off Cyprus in decades, to make its presence felt in the volatile region and underscore what officials said was the country’s post-Brexit commitment to buttressing Europe’s security.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Cyprus, Greece, Egypt to Turkey: drop the rancor, join us

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The leaders of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece on Wednesday renewed an invitation to Turkey to become a partner in reaping the potential benefits of offshore gas deposits, while urging Ankara to end its “aggressive” actions in the eastern Mediterranean.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

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