Athens/Nicosia - Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed to hold weekly peace talks on Friday in an effort to find a formula and keep the momentum going to reunite the divided Mediterranean island.
It was the fourth meeting between Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehemt Ali Talat since they launched a new round of peace talks on September 3.
Both sides are hoping to end a conflict that has dragged on for decades and which trheatens Turkey's aspirations of joining the European Union. The two leaders are scheduled to meet again on October 13.
Athens/Nicosia - Former US President Jimmy Carter, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi on Thursday urged leaders of the divided island of Cyprus to end its decades-old division.
Carter, Tutu and Brahimi arrived on Cyprus late Wednesday as part of a meeting of the organization The Elders, a group of 12 Nobel laureates and human activists who try to help resolve global crisis.
Washington, Oct 8 : A new research has suggested that the soil under the ancient Greek buildings like temples, which honored specific gods and goddesses, held spiritual significance.
According to a report in Discovery News, the finding could help explain why writers like Homer and Plato wrote of “divine soil” and soil that can affect a person’s soul. It may also explain how the ancients selected locations for their sacred buildings.
Athens - Greek state carrier Olympic Airlines cancelled more than 100 domestic and international flights on Wednesday as air- traffic controllers and crews joined a nationwide 24-hour strike against government plans to privatize the airline.
The cancellations will affect flights to European destinations such as London, Rome, Paris and Frankfurt as well as some domestic flights.
Athens/Luxemburg - Greece's finance ministry on Tuesday said that it will guarantee all bank deposits up to 100,000 euros (135,000 dollars), assuring nervous savers across the southern Mediterranean country that their banks were safe.
"We intend to submit the relevant amendment to Parliament really soon and raise the limit from 20,000 to 100,000 euros," National Economy and Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis said following a meeting of EU finance ministers in Luxemburg.
Athens - Greek state carrier Olympic Airlines will cancel more than 100 domestic and international flights on Wednesday as air- traffic controllers and crews join a nationwide 24-hour strike against government plans to privatize the airline.
Athens/Nicosia - Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed to hold weekly peace talks on Friday in an effort to find a formula and keep the momentum going to reunite the divided Mediterranean island.
Athens/Nicosia - Former US President Jimmy Carter, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi on Thursday urged leaders of the divided island of Cyprus to end its decades-old division.
Washington, Oct 8 : A new research has suggested that the soil under the ancient Greek buildings like temples, which honored specific gods and goddesses, held spiritual significance.
Athens - Greek state carrier Olympic Airlines cancelled more than 100 domestic and international flights on Wednesday as air- traffic controllers and crews joined a nationwide 24-hour strike against government plans to privatize the airline.
Athens/Luxemburg - Greece's finance ministry on Tuesday said that it will guarantee all bank deposits up to 100,000 euros (135,000 dollars), assuring nervous savers across the southern Mediterranean country that their banks were safe.
Athens - Greek state carrier Olympic Airlines will cancel more than 100 domestic and international flights on Wednesday as air- traffic controllers and crews join a nationwide 24-hour strike against government plans to privatize the airline.
