EU’s Borrell urged to participate in an informal meeting
President Nicos Anastasiades has told the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell that the EU should participate in the informal meeting on Cyprus, set to be convened by the UN ...
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Christodoulides to pay working visits to UAE and Saudi Arabia
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides will pay consecutive working visits to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, it was announced on Sunday.
According to a press release issued by the ...
Police report 84 individuals and two businesses for violating Covid-19 measures
Eighty-four individuals and two businesses were booked during the past 24 hours for violations of the measures against the spread of coronavirus, police said on Sunday.
In total 5,932 checks were carried ...
Christodoulides speaks with Pompeo
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and Foreign Minister, Nicos Christodoulides had a phone conversation on Friday and agreed that the strength of the US-Cyprus relations were at an all-time ...
CMP made little to no headway in 2020
The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) said their results in 2020 were very disappointing, mainly due to problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the committee’s Greek Cypriot member ...
Banks need to find new business model to adapt to new era, says Central Bank Governor
Banks need to find a new business model to adapt to the new era, Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou has said.
Herodotou, who was addressing the online 8th Banking Forum &...
Cyprus house prices down an annual 1.4% in 3Q 2020
In the third quarter of 2020, house prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 4.9% in the euro area and by 5.2% in the EU compared with the same quarter ...
National Council to discuss developments on the Cyprus issue
A meeting of the National Council, the country`s top advisory body, takes place on Thursday at 11am at the Presidential Palace, to discuss developments on the Cyprus issue, following ...
Coronavirus: First batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrives in Cyprus (updated)
The first batch of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 arrived on Tuesday evening in Cyprus, according to the Ministry of Health.
It includes 1,200 doses of the Μoderna vaccine. In the ...
Licensed companies committed to Cyprus’ EEZ despite pandemic
Licensed energy companies for Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) remain committed to their programme despite the abandonment of many projects worldwide due to the consequences of the pandemic, Energy Minister ...
Spehar to meet leaders separately on Wednesday
The UN Secretary General`s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar will hold separate meetings with President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday, ahead of a ...
EC approves €87m Cypriot guarantee scheme for tourism sector
The European Commission on Tuesday announced that it had approved, under EU State aid rules, “an €86.6 million Cypriot scheme to support companies active in the tourism sector (including organisers of ...
Cyprus and UAE sign defence memorandum of cooperation
Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday signed a Defence and Military Memorandum of Cooperation.
The Memorandum was signed during a teleconference by the defence ministers of the ...
World-renowned Cypriot doctor to be awarded the Grand Cross of Makarios III
World-renowned Cypriot foetal medicine pioneer, Professor Kypros Nicolaides is to receive the Grand Cross of Makarios III, it was reported on Tuesday.
The Cyprus Medical Society UK (CMS UK), under ...
President Anastasiades to hold meeting with UNSG envoy today
President Nicos Anastasiades will meet today the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute in the context of preparations for an informal 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus issue.
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Lute to gauge the temperature on both sides Monday
President Nicos Anastasiades will on Monday morning meet the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute to discuss preparations for an informal five-party meeting on the Cyprus ...
Time working against finding political settlement says UNSG (updated)
While UN secretary general Antonio Guterres intends to invite all sides to a five-plus-one conference to explore if common ground exists to negotiate a solution to the Cyprus problem, in ...
Anastasiades congratulates Biden
President Nicos Anastasiades has sent a message of congratulations to Joe Biden, after the US Congress ratified his election victory on November 3.
In a post on Twitter, Anastasiades wrote: “Congratulations ...
Coronavirus: almost 4,000 got the jab since December 27
A total of 3,901 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 since December 27 the health ministry announced on Wednesday.
These were people included in the first phase of the vaccination plan and comprised ...
UN Security Council expected to renew UNFICYP mandate on January 28
The UN Security Council is expected to hold a meeting to adopt a resolution on the renewal of UNFICYP’s mandate for another six months, on Thursday, January 28, according to ...
Cyprus-China ties discussed in airport meeting
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides on Monday discussed the Cyprus issue and bilateral ties with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, during a short meeting at the Larnaca airport.
The two ministers ...
Foreign Minister to meet acting US Secretary of Homeland Security; Chinese FM
The foundation stone laying ceremony of the Cyprus Centre for Land, Open Seas and Port Security (CYCLOPS) training facility takes place in Larnaca on Monday, in the presence of Cyprus ...