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| 1988, Feb. 21 |
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| Independent leftist Georgios Vassiliou became president of Greek Cyprus. | 1 |
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| 1993, Feb. 15 |
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| Glavkos Clerides, an opponent of the UN plan to unify Cyprus, was elected president of the Greek government. | 2 |
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| 1997, Nov |
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| Greek premier Costas Simitis and Turkish premier Mesut Yilmaz signed a pact aimed at improving Turkish–Greek relations on the island of Cyprus. | 3 |
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| 1998, Feb. 15 |
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| Pres. Glafcos Clerides was reelected to his second five-year term. | 4 |
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| June 16–18 |
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| Both Greece and Turkey sent aircraft to Cyprus when the island nation attempted to purchase S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia. Through the influence of Greek premier Simitis, deployment of the weapons was canceled on Dec. 29. | 5 |
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| Dec |
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| The EU decided to invite Cyprus to apply for membership after it had rejected Turkey earlier in the year. This heightened international tensions between Turkey and Cyprus. | 6 |
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