Cypriot Adali re-elected as Besiktas chairman
Turkish sporting giants Besiktas JK on Sunday night re-elected Cypriot businessman Serdal Adali as the club’s chairman.
Adali received a total of 4,648 votes from club members at the club’...
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Cyprus’ leaders ‘must be encouraged’ to achieve Cyprus problem solution
Cyprus’ leaders “must be encouraged” to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem, former Greek foreign minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Monday.
Writing in newspaper Politis, he said a “sustainable ...
Admie denies plans to build interconnector to Dodecanese instead of Cyprus
Greece’s independent transmission system operator Admie on Sunday denied that it has plans to build an electricity interconnector to the country’s Dodecanese islands rather than to Cyprus.
The ...
250 mothers honoured for Mother’s Day
A total of 250 mothers who gave birth to multiple children were honoured at an event to mark Mother’s Day on Sunday.
The women had either given birth to five ...
Palmas: We will not withdraw from the fight until justice and freedom are restored
Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Sunday declared that Greek Cypriots will “not withdraw from the fight we are waging until justice and freedom are restored in our homeland”.
Addressing an ...
Christodoulides to meet Holguin before month’s end
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that he is to meet United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin before the end of May.
In statements to journalists, he said Holguin’s ...
‘We will join the Schengen zone in 2026’
Cyprus will join the Schengen zone in 2026, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday.
“We will join the Schengen zone in 2026. A huge effort is being made by the end of 2025 ...
Coral Bay officially becomes a plastic-free beach
Coral Bay has officially been designated a plastic-free beach, becoming the ninth beach in Cyprus and the first within the boundaries of the Akamas municipality to receive the designation.
A ...
Police fire shots in arrest of two wanted men
The police fired shots during the arrest of two men who were wanted in connection with two separate crimes in Paphos on Saturday.
Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis ...
Fake news scam poses as Cyprus Mail, Sir Stelios
A fake news scam which has circulated on social media in recent days has posed as the Cyprus Mail and Cypriot businessman Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
The website, hosted at “limass....
Disy offices vandalised, front door smashed
The central offices of Disy in Nicosia were vandalised on Saturday morning, with the building’s front door being smashed.
Party leader Annita Demetriou was seen evaluating the scene outside ...
Dutch police release photo of Cemil Onal murder suspect
The Dutch police have made public a photograph of the man they suspect of having murdered Cemil Onal, the man who made allegations of a deep money-laundering and smuggling network ...
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Metsola’s Cyprus visit ‘a message of commitment to this country’
European parliament President Roberta Metsola on Saturday described her visit to Cyprus as “a message of our commitment to this country”.
Speaking upon her visit to the presidential palace, she ...
Trump urged to ‘bring up’ Cyprus with Erdogan by US congressmen
A group of 22 United States congressmen have urged the country’s President Donald Trump to “bring up” Cyprus during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which is ...
Erdogan’s former PM: ‘The quagmire of Cyprus is a mirror’ of Turkish govt
Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who served under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, decried the “quagmire” of corruption, money laundering, and mafia activities in northern Cyprus, describing that quagmire as “...
Michaelidou lays foundation stone for new nursery school
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Friday laid the foundation stone for what will become the Lycabettus nursery school in Nicosia.
She said the foundation stone “marks the beginning of a ...
Ozersay ally arrested amid fake diploma row
A political ally of former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Kudret Ozersay was arrested on Thursday night, amid a deepening row between Ozersay and the north’s ruling coalition over the ...
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Two women jailed for usurping Greek Cypriot property in north
Two Hungarian nationals were on Friday handed jail sentences for having usurped Greek Cypriot property in the north.
One of the two women was sentenced to two and a half ...
Funeral held for Polis woman missing since 1974
A funeral was held on Friday for a woman from Polis Chrysochous who had been missing since 1974, and whose remains were unearthed by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP).
Ayse ...
EU membership ‘undoubtedly Cyprus’ greatest success’
Membership of the European Union has “undoubtedly been our greatest success”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday.
Speaking at an event in Nicosia to mark Europe Day, he said Cyprus’ ...
‘EU working towards ensuring Turkey accepts resumption of federal negotiations’
The European Union is working towards ensuring that Turkey accepts the resumption of negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem from where they left off in Crans Montana in 2017, with the ...
Anger in north over refusal to lift ‘MP’s’ immunity over alleged fake degree
The opposition in the north has expressed anger over the decision of ‘MPs’ from ruling coalition party the UBP to refuse to lift the ‘parliamentary’ immunity of one of their ...
Nicosia’s Selimiye mosque reopens after restoration work
Nicosia’s central Selimiye mosque reopened on Thursday after five years of renovations.
The reopening ceremony was attended by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal ...
Expert tells court Yiannaki’s high school diploma was tampered with
A handwriting expert testified in court on Thursday that former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki’s high school diploma was tempered with, with the case against him regarding the alleged forgery ...