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Panagia Angeloktisti, a Byzantine church located in the village of Kiti, has submitted an application to become an Unesco monument of cultural heritage. President of the Kiti Community Council Savvas ...

Seventeen years after the crash of Helios Airways Flight 522, which claimed the lives of 121 passengers and crew, Akrivos Tsolakis, the expert who carried out the investigation into the cause of ...

Cyprus’ public debt declined to €24.18 billion at the end of June 2022, marking a 3.1 per cent reduction compared with the respective period of last year, according to the latest available data. ...

Commercial flights within the European Union decreased by 15 per cent in July 2022 compared with July 2019, the summer before the pandemic, according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will address the 77th UN General Assembly on September 23, it was announced on Friday. Cyprus’ permanent representative at the UN, Andreas Hadjichrysanthou, in a post on Twitter ...

More than 2,000 sea turtle nests were located in Cyprus in 2021, Simos Demetropoulos, a biologist-environmentalist, told CNA. Demetropoulos and Italian Angela Mastrogiacomo, the biologists of the Mediterranean Turtle Research and Conservation ...

Almost 1.2 million passengers travelled to and from Larnaca and Paphos airports in July, 82 per cent of the traffic for the corresponding month in 2019. “August is considered peak season and there ...

By Gregoris Savva Debt restructurings in Cyprus declined to €545 million in the first half of 2022, with loan renegotiations slowing down following a record 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and as ...

The only way forward in Cyprus is dialogue and there is no alternative, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has said. Addressing an annual event on Saturday night in the Famagusta region, ...

The European Commission has been promoting the idea of creating a bicommunal solar power plant that would “contribute to meet the energy needs of both communities”, European Commission President Ursula ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) has signed the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) equality, diversity, and inclusion Charter. The aim of the Charter, according to a press release ...

The impressive displays by the Cyprus Gymnastics team at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have caught the attention of media and fans, including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The ...

Despite the ongoing pandemic and the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cypriot tourism is recording significant gains during the 2022 tourist season, CNA reported, citing the French news agency, ...

Within the next few days the work required by the agriculture ministry for the controversial Akamas local plan is expected to be completed, Minister Costas Kadis said on Sunday. Kadis ...

Cyprus expects the creation of conditions that will allow the UN Secretary-General to activate discussion on “the bold” confidence-building measures (CBMs) it has submitted, but also the resumption of a ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has honoured overseas Cypriots for promoting the Cyprus cause in their home countries. The President hosted a reception on Thursday evening at the Presidential Palace grounds, on ...

The European Commission announced it received on Thursday the first payment request from Cyprus under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for the disbursement of €85 million in financial support (net ...

Expat organisations that participate in the World Conference of Cyprus Diaspora on Thursday referred to the new difficulties they face in promoting aspects of the Cyprus issue because of changing ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos is in Israel for specialised medical examinations it was announced on Thursday. The Bishop of Karpasia, following speculative media reports told CNA that the health of the Church ...

Economic sentiment improved in July, the University of Cyprus’ Economic Research Centre said on Wednesday. In its monthly bulletin, the research centre says that in July 2022, economic sentiment in Cyprus ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has received the Great Place to Work® certificate. CySEC is the second public authority that has successfully completed the Great Place to Work® assessment, ...

The world conference of overseas Cypriots continues its work on Wednesday, in Limassol, with addresses by Greek officials. The conference, held by the World Federation of Overseas Cypriots (Pomak), the ...

Health Minister of Lithuania Arunas Dulkys begins a two day official visit to Cyprus on Tuesday. According to a press release by the Cyprus health ministry, the visit aims to ...

The world conference of overseas Cypriots begins on Tuesday evening in Nicosia, with the physical presence of delegates. Among the topics of discussion will be the Cyprus problem, energy, security, ...