2016 in Cyprus

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Events in the year 2016 in Cyprus.

Incumbents

• President: Nicos Anastasiades
• President of the Parliament: Yiannakis Omirou (until June 2) Demetris Syllouris (from June 2)

Events

Ongoing – Cyprus dispute

March

• 29 March – EgyptAir Flight 181, a domestic passenger flight from Alexandria to Cairo International Airport, was hijacked and forced to divert to Larnaca International Airport.[1]
• 30 March – A Larnaca court orders that 59-year-old Seif Eddin Mustafa, who was arrested by Cypriot police yesterday, remain in local police custody for eight days to assist Cyprus's own investigation. Mustafa faces charges of hijacking, illegal possession of explosives, kidnapping, and threats to commit violence after he hijacked EgyptAir Flight 181. Egypt General Prosecutor Nabil Sadek formally requests Mustafa's extradition from Cyprus.[2][3]

May

• 23 May – The Democratic Rally wins the legislative election.[4][5][6]

July

• 17 – 24 July – The 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C was held in Nicosia.[7]

August

• 5 – 21 August – Cyprus competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in 7 sports with 16 competitors.[8]

November

• 7 November – The leaders of Northern Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus meet in Switzerland to restart talks about reuniting the island.[9]

References

1. "EgyptAir Plane Hijacked in Blow to Struggling Egypt Tourism". bloomberg.com. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
2. Press, Menelaos Hadjicostis And Sam Magdy The Associated. "Last 5 hostages on hijacked Egypt plane recall fear, photo". Daily Courier. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
3. "Egypt asks Cyprus to extradite EgyptAir hijacker: state TV". Reuters. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
4. "Ultra-right group wins seats in Cyprus". EUobserver. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
5. "Cyprus' elections winning Democratic Rally to have 19 seats in parliament - TV". TASS. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
6. Agency, Anadolu (2016-05-23). "Ruling conservatives win parliamentary elections in Greek Cyprus". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
7. "2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C". FIBA.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
8. "Cyprus sending strong team of 16 athletes to Rio Olympics". Cyprus Mail. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
9. "Cyprus leaders in summit to end conflict". BBC News. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2020-08-10.