The economy of Cyprus is a high-income economy as classified by the World Bank,and was included by the International Monetary Fund in its list of advanced economies in 2001. Cyprus adopted the euro as its official currency on 1 January 2008,replacing the Cypriot pound at an irrevocable fixed exchange rate of CYP 0.585274 per €1.
The Cyprus problem,also known as the Cyprus conflict,Cyprus issue,Cyprus dispute,or Cyprus question,is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot community which runs the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot community in the north of the island,where troops of the Republic of Turkey are deployed. This dispute is an example of a protracted social conflict. The Cyprus dispute's causes stem from ethnic Greek nationalist ideology,Greek-Cypriot sentiment,the Megali Idea and Enosis,and some of the ethnic Turkish peoples' desire for the partition of the island of Cyprus through Taksim as a means of protection of their people by what they considered to be the threat of Greek-Cypriots.
The euro area,commonly called the eurozone (EZ),is a currency union of 20 member states of the European Union (EU) that have adopted the euro (€) as their primary currency and sole legal tender,and have thus fully implemented EMU policies.
The Democratic Party is a Greek-Cypriot nationalist,centrist political party in Cyprus founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou.
The Annan Plan,also known as the Cyprus reunification plan,was a United Nations proposal to resolve the Cyprus dispute. The different parts of the proposal were based on the argumentation put forward by each party in meetings held under the auspices of the UN. The proposal was to restructure the Republic of Cyprus to become the "United Republic of Cyprus",a federation of two states. It was revised a number of times before it was put to the people of Cyprus in a 2004 referendum,and was supported by 65% of Turkish Cypriots,but only 24% of Greek Cypriots.
The United Democrats is a liberal political party in Cyprus. The party was founded by former President of Cyprus George Vasiliou in 1993 as Kinima Eleftheron Dimokraton. The party later merged with ADISOK to form United Democrats. The party is a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and an observer member of the Liberal International.
Turkey is negotiating its accession to the European Union (EU) as a member state,following its application to become a full member of the European Economic Community (EEC),the predecessor of the EU,on 14 April 1987.
Cyprus was part of the British Empire,under military occupation from 1914 to 1925,and a Crown colony from 1925 to 1960. Cyprus became an independent nation in 1960.
Hannes Swoboda is an Austrian social democratic politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1996 until 2014. Within the Parliament,he represents the Social Democratic Party of Austria and from January 2012 to June 2014,he was also the President of the group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
Pan-European liberalism has been a political force since the establishment of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party in 1976.
Cypriot refugees are the Cypriot nationals or Cyprus residents who had their main residence in an area forcibly evacuated during the Cyprus conflict. The government of Cyprus also recognizes as refugees the descendants of the original refugees in the male line regardless of place of birth.
Roberta Alma Anastase is a Romanian politician and former first female President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania between 19 December 2008 and 3 July 2012.
Cypriot–British relations are foreign relations between Cyprus and the United Kingdom. Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1960,after 82 years of British control. The two countries now enjoy warm relations;however,the continuing British sovereignty of the Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas has continued to divide Cypriots. The two countries share membership of the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations.
Cypriot women were greatly affected by changes in the wake of World War II,as they received expanded access to education and increased participation in the national workforce. Cyprus women have made great advancements in their society not just pertaining to education and the workplace,but also more women are beginning to hold political offices as well.
NATO is a military alliance of thirty-one European and North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense. The process of joining the alliance is governed by Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty,which allows for the invitation of "other European States" only and by subsequent agreements. Countries wishing to join must meet certain requirements and complete a multi-step process involving political dialog and military integration. The accession process is overseen by the North Atlantic Council,NATO's governing body. NATO was formed in 1949 with twelve founding members and has added new members nine times. The first additions were Greece and Turkey in 1952. In May 1955,West Germany joined NATO,which was one of the conditions agreed to as part of the end of the country's occupation by France,the United Kingdom,and the United States,prompting the Soviet Union to form its own collective security alliance later that month. Following the end of the Franco regime,newly democratic Spain chose to join NATO in 1982.
Fatmir Besimi is a Macedonian politician and economist of Albanian ethnicity. He currently served for Minister of Finance in North Macedonia,He also served twice as Minister of Economy then Minister of Defence and after that he was Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia in charge of European Affairs. In 2010 he was selected as one of the top European Ministers in the group of Young Global Leaders by World Economic Forum.
Christos Stylianides is a Greek Cypriot politician who since September 13,2023 serves as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy of Greece. From September 2021 to May 2023 served as Greece's first Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection. On June 26 he was elected Member of the Hellenic Parliament with the governing New Democracy Party (ND). He has previously served as the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management from 2014 until 2019. In 2014,he was also appointed by the European Council as the European Union's Ebola Coordinator. He was also elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the May 2014 European elections where he served until 31 October 2014.
Cypriot nationalism,also known as Cypriotism,refers to one of the nationalisms of Cyprus. It focuses on the shared identity of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots regarding their "Cypriotness",highlighting their common Cypriot culture,heritage,traditions,and economic,political,and social rights. Cypriot nationalism supports the peaceful reunification of Cyprus and the end of interference of external powers in its domestic affairs. Some Cypriotists advocate a confederal or federal state,while others express a preference for a unitary state instead. Cypriot nationalists consider Cypriots as one nationality and even ethnicity,referring to linguistic distinction between Cypriots as "Greek"-speaking Cypriots and "Turkish"-speaking Cypriots,rather than two separate ethnic groups.
Northern Cyprus and the United States do not have official diplomatic relations as the United States does not recognize Northern Cyprus as a sovereign nation and instead recognizes the region of Northern Cyprus as part of Cyprus. Despite no formal relations between the two nations,Northern Cyprus has appointed Ambassadors to the United States and has a representative office in Washington,D.C. which serves as its de facto embassy. Northern Cyprus also maintains a Representative office in New York City serving as a de facto consulate-general and as a de facto Permanent Mission to the United Nations. The United States on the other hand has a diplomatic office in North Nicosia as part of its embassy in Nicosia to Cyprus.
Katherine Clerides,also Keti Clerides is an activist for the peaceful reunification of Cyprus. She is Honorary President of the Board of the Glafcos Clerides Institute in Cyprus and a former MP in the House of Representatives,Cyprus. She was the first woman to be elected as vice-president of the Democratic Rally party (2003–2007) and the first Secretary of the Women's Organization of her party. She has been a member of the Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group which is thought to have helped to start the peace movement in Cyprus. She is known for her decades of work on the rights of women and girls in Cyprus and for her inter-community and reconciliation work on the divided island. She is a barrister-at-law and a citizen peace-builder. In 2016 she became a JAMS Weinstein Senior Fellow in recognition of her contribution to the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR),having participated in conflict resolution workshops,organized by the Fulbright Commission,for Greek and Turkish Cypriots working for the reconciliation and reunification of the island. She is married to Costas Shammas,an accountant and peace activist.
