Enlarged meeting planned for July or August, Holguin says
The next enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem will take place in either July or August, United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin said on Monday after holding a meeting with ...
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Christodoulides ‘moderately optimistic’ after Holguin meeting
President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday expressed optimism regarding the next steps to be taken on the Cyprus problem after meeting United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin, saying, like Holguin, that ...
Govt to report ‘interference’ with ministerial aircraft by Turkish Cypriots
The government plans to report what it described as “interference” with communications between air traffic control and aircraft carrying ministers from Greece, France and the Netherlands by the Turkish Cypriot ...
Kyrgyzstan warns Cyprus that EU sanctions may harm country
Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev on Monday warned his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos that the European Union’s “intensification” of its sanctions on Russia may harm the central Asian country, ...
Holguin ‘preparing’ for enlarged Cyprus meeting
United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Monday said that the groundwork is being laid for an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held, involving the island’s ...
North denies ‘harassing’ Dendias’ aircraft
Reports that Turkish Cypriot air traffic controllers “harassed” the aircraft on which Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias was flying to Cyprus overnight are “misrepresentations” of the truth, Turkish Cypriot air ...
Pickup truck collides with stationary car on motorway hard shoulder
A pickup truck collided with a car which was stationary on the hard shoulder of the motorway connecting Larnaca and the island’s east on Monday morning.
According to the ...
Fire breaks out in car near Paphos
A fire broke out in a car in the Paphos district village of Tremithousa during the early hours of Monday morning.
According to the police, the fire broke out at ...
Today’s weather: Largely clear, clouds possible later
Monday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across most of the island, though clouds may gather later in the day, with rain and even the odd storm possible ...
State lab confirms chicken à la crème was behind wedding mass food poisoning
The state laboratory on Sunday confirmed that an incident which saw more than 70 people develop symptoms of food poisoning and 21 people hospitalised was caused by salmonella bacteria found in a ...
Edek refuses to accept leader’s resignation
Edek on Sunday refused to accept party leader Nikos Anastasiou’s resignation after he had attempted to leave the post in light of the party losing all its seats at ...
Four terror suspects have remands renewed
Four men who stand accused of terror-related offences were all handed renewed remands by the Larnaca district court during behind-closed-doors hearings on Sunday.
Two of the four, aged 38 years old ...
Christodoulides offers ‘no comment’ over prospect of cabinet reshuffle
President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday refused to be drawn into discussions over whether he will perform a cabinet reshuffle in the aftermath of last month’s parliamentary elections, which saw ...
Guterres has ‘very specific plan’ for Cyprus problem, Christodoulides says
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has a “very specific plan” for the next steps to be taken in efforts to resume talks geared towards a solution to the Cyprus problem, ...
France expected to sign deal to station troops in Cyprus on Monday
The French government is on Monday expected to sign a status of forces agreement on Monday, allowing it to station troops in Cyprus, according to reports published on Sunday.
The ...
Kombos pledges to ‘expand’ relations with Uzbekistan
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos pledged to deepen relations between Cyprus and Uzbekistan, as he met his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov in the country’s capital, Tashkent, marking the third leg ...
Today’s weather: Sunny and warm
Sunday’s weather will be mostly clear across most of the island, though clouds are expected to gather in parts during the afternoon.
Those clouds may produce rain and even ...
‘More overlap than expected’ in public’s opinions on Cyprus problem
A study conducted into public opinion on the Cyprus problem and what needs to be done to resolve it found what the British high commission’s political section’s head ...
Almost all pending foot and mouth animal culling complete
Almost all pending culling of animals from farms on which foot and mouth disease was detected has been completed, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday.
It said that around 6,650 animals ...
Disy says agreement with Fidias had ‘no connection’ to presidential elections
Disy on Saturday insisted that the deal it struck with social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou and his political party, Direct Democracy Cyprus, which saw him and his party support Disy ...
Deposed bishop Tychikos plans to take case to European court
Deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos’ legal representatives on Saturday said that he plans to take the case against his dismissal to the European Court of Human Rights once all legal avenues ...
Erdogan green-lights ‘new initiative’ on Cyprus problem – sources
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given the go-ahead for a “new initiative” to be undertaken by the United Nations with the aim of bringing about a resumption of formal ...
Three escape burning car after motorway crash
Three people managed to escape from a burning car on the motorway connecting Limassol and Nicosia after their car collided with another vehicle and then with railings on the outside ...
Fidias declares end to ‘throwing eggs and rocks’ in justifying Annita vote
Direct Democracy Cyprus leader Fidias Panayiotou on Friday moved to justify his party’s decision to vote for Disy leader Annita Demetriou as House president, declaring that his party’s “...