2007 In Cyprus
Events in the year 2007 in Cyprus. Incumbents * President of Cyprus, President: Demetris Christofias * House of Representatives (Cyprus), President of the Parliament: Yiannakis Omirou Events Ongoing – Cyprus dispute * 18 August – An Atlas Jet plane en route from Nicosia to Istanbul was Aircraft hijacking, hijacked. Some passengers were freed while the plane refueled in Antalya, southern Turkey, and all 142 people on board escape unhurt after the hijackers surrendered. Deaths References

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Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geographically in Western Asia, its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southern European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located north of Egypt, east of Greece, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is ''de facto'' governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which was established after the 1974 invasion and which is recognised as a country only by Turkey. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains include the well-preserved ruins from the Hellenistic period such as Salamis and Kourion, and Cypr ...
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