{"id":50485,"date":"2025-06-16T14:52:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=50485"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T10:42:19","slug":"cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Cyprus Latest News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prime Minister recently began his five-day, three-nation visit with a stop in Cyprus, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the island nation in over two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Cyprus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyprus is a <\/span><b>Eurasian island country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the extreme north<\/span><b>eastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea,<\/b> <b>south of the Anatolian peninsula<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Asia Minor) or modern-day <\/span><b>Turkey<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With an area of 9,251 sq. km, Cyprus is the <\/span><b>third largest Mediterranean island <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after Sicily and Sardinia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Capital: Nicosia\u202f\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Major Cities: Limassol, Larnaca, Famagusta, and Paphos.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyprus <\/span><b>belongs geographically to Western Asia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Middle East) and<\/span><b> politically to Europe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyprus is positioned <\/span><b>both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the earth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across the sea, it is located to the <\/span><b>southeast of Greece,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the <\/span><b>south of Turkey,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the <\/span><b>west of Lebanon and Syria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and to the <\/span><b>north of Egypt, Israel, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>Palestinian Gaza Strip.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>culture <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Cyprus is <\/span><b>divided between the northern Turkish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>southern Greek <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sections of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate: <\/span><b>Temperate and Mediterranean <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with dry summers and variably rainy winters.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Highest Point: Mount Olympus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1,952 m)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>In 1960<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cyprus <\/span><b>became independent of Britain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as the Republic of Cyprus.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyprus has been <\/span><b>divided since 1974,<\/b> <b>when Turkey invaded the north<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in response to a military coup on the island which was backed by the Greek government.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island was <\/span><b>effectively partitioned, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the <\/span><b>northern third run by a Turkish Cypriot government<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>southern two-thirds by <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>internationally recognised government led by Greek Cypriots.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The status of Northern Cyprus as a separate political entity is recognised only by Turkey.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>United Nations troops patrol the &#8220;Green Line&#8221; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dividing the two parts, and reunification talks have made slow progress.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Political System: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyprus is a <\/span><b>presidential republic. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The president is both head of state and government.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Official languages: Greek and Turkish.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>It is a developed country and a <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">member of the European Union<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since May 1, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/pm-modi-in-cyprus-india-eu-committed-free-trade-agreement-by-year-end-2741219-2025-06-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyprus is a Eurasian island nation in the northeastern Mediterranean Sea, known for its rich history, cultural diversity, and strategic location. 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