Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades (Source: EPA) The official final result after a second round run-off put the conservative incumbent with 55.99% percent of the vote, ahead of Communist-backed Stavros Malas, at 44%. “My dear friends, I want to thank you from the depths of my heart for the trust and the clear mandate,” Mr. Anastasiades told hundreds of supporters who had gathered outside his election campaign headquarters in the center of the capital, Nicosia. “A new era begins tomorrow,” he said from the building’s balcony. “People demand cooperation and unity because this is the only way to solve the problems we’re facing.” Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and many other foreign leaders have congratulated the 72-year-old politician from Limassol on his victory. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker congratulated Anastasiades and said he hoped the victor would “continue to pursue…the policies that have steered Cyprus on the path of economic growth.”/. Compiled by BTA
President Triet re-elected in National Assembly vote (25-07-2007) HA NOI — Nguyen Minh Triet was re-elected as President of Viet Nam with 98.78 per cent of the votes cast by National Assembly deputies yesterday morning. Triet was immediately sworn in to his new term, after which he addressed the deputies, speaking of his major goals for the new term with an emphasis on building a socialist state, governed by law, of the people, by the people and for the people. "Our State must function as the main tool to implement the people's democratic rights under Party leadership," said Triet. He…... [read more]
NICOSIA, March 24 - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, seeking a last-minute reprieve from financial meltdown at talks in Brussels on Sunday, has a "very difficult task" ahead of him if he is to save the island's economy, a government spokesman said. With Cyprus facing a Monday deadline to avert a collapse of its banking system and potential exit from the euro, late night talks in Nicosia to seal a bailout from the EU and International Monetary Fund broke up without result. Anastasiades then headed to Brussels in a private jet sent by the European Commission to continue the talks ahead…... [read more]
Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders meet Tuesday to relaunch talks on ending the island's division after a nearly two-year break, with optimism that the energy card could provide a breakthrough. NICOSIA: Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders meet Tuesday to relaunch talks on ending the island's division after a nearly two-year break, with optimism that the energy card could provide a breakthrough. Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek-Cypriot leader, and his Turkish-Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu are to unveil a roadmap for the renewed UN-brokered talks, finally agreed last week after protracted haggling over the text delayed a relaunch originally earmarked for November. The talks, starting…... [read more]
The new finance minister of cash-strapped Cyprus vowed on Wednesday to do "whatever it takes" to sort out the EU country's teetering finances and put the economy back on track for growth. Haris Georgiades was speaking hours after President Nicos Anastasiades swore him in, warning of "difficult days ahead" for an island struggling to recover from a near financial meltdown and the need for a crippling eurozone bailout. Anastasiades said this would entail "firstly, collectivity and, secondly, consistency and fiscal discipline and all those measures that will contribute to kick-starting the economy as soon as possible." The new minister, a…... [read more]
NICOSIA — Rival Cypriot leaders have agreed to resume UN-brokered peace talks on May 15 in a fresh bid to reunify Cyprus after four decades of division, the United Nations announced. UN envoy Espen Barth Eide made the announcement after hosting a dinner for President Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot leader, and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart, the newly-elected Mustafa Akinci. The meeting, held in the UN-patrolled buffer zone of Nicosia, was held in a "positive atmosphere", the envoy said on Monday. The two leaders had agreed it was "important to use the momentum created and this new opportunity to move…... [read more]
