Cyprus makes strides in becoming a technology hub
For the first time, a comprehensive effort is underway to make the island a technology hub Cyprus is framing a comprehensive, holistic policy to...
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EU moves forward with Cyprus remake
21CY01 Technical Support for capacity building and methodological support for the effective preparation and implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan 130,000 21CY06...
Turkish naval vessels harass Cypriot ship in international waters
TWO Turkish warships harassed a Cypriot fishing boat belonging to the company ‘Ta Psarokaika’ on Thursday, while the vessel was in international waters, company head...
North accuses Republic of trying to damage economy
Officials in the north on Friday accused the Greek Cypriot side of using fuel checks to try to damage the economy by hiding behind excuses...
President to discuss talks’ prospects with Spehar
President Nicos Anastasiades will meet the Deputy Special Advisor of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar on Thursday morning. Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides, said on Wednesday the president...
George Vassiliou: the years of lost opportunities
Former president George Vassiliou has just published the second volume of his autobiography which covers the years he was in office, 1988-1993. He spoke to...
Two South African politicians speak about the peace experience in their country
In complications, lie solutions, said two South African politicians who discussed recently during their visit on the island lessons learnt from the reconciliation process in...
UN must continue its peacekeeping and peace-making
The Cyprus problem can be solved following UN procedures but Turkey’s stance is key as to why there has been no solution, retired ambassador Andreas...
Anastasiades to visit Moscow next month, Sisi due on Cyprus in November
President Nicos Anastasiades has discussed the need for the continued presence of Unficyp on the island with the foreign ministers of two permanent members of...
Anastasiades will express determination to UN chief for talks to continue
President Nicos Anastasiades, who is in New York for the UN General Assembly, and a meeting with UN chief Antonio Guterres said on arrival that...
President ready to pursue talks, says spokesman
To get a positive result in reunification talks Turkey must drop its insistence on positions that cannot be accepted by the Greek Cypriot side, government...
Power struggle to sack mufti in north
Community leader Mustafa Akinci has challenged the north’s “Prime Minister” Huseyin Ozgurgun to provide legitimate grounds and solid evidence to back up the latter’s demand for the...
Turkish Cypriots need to react to Ankara’s actions, spokesman says
Turkish Cypriots should react to Anakara’s actions in the north by pursuing reunification, Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking to journalist, Christodoulides said...
Anastasiades says no connection between election and Cyprob efforts
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said Saturday there was no connection between next year’s presidential elections and efforts to reunify the island, as he reiterated his readiness...
Poor management of TC land ‘going on for decades’
INTERIOR Minister Constantinos Petrides on Friday announced measures designed to halt the apparent misappropriation of Turkish Cypriot properties that has been going on for decades...
President taken to task for sending private letters on talks
Critics of Nicos Anastasiades on Monday slammed the president over a private and confidential letter he sent to select people, including a number of journalists...
Celik says talks are over, Cavusoglu says Greek Cypriots making excuses
Turkey’s EU Minister, Omer Celik said on Thursday that the Cyprus settlement talks were “not suspended, nor frozen”, but “over”. In his statements following his...
Cyprus marks second wave of 1974 invasion
Cyprus was on Monday marking the 43rd anniversary of when the Turkish military launched its second offensive occupying the best part of Mesaoria, Famagusta, Karpasia and...
Vassiliou: there is no new strategy for talks
By Elias Hazou The longer the current deadlock in the Cyprus peace process drags on, and absent any negotiations, the more detrimental it is to...
Mavroyiannis: conditions for new talks should be created by September
Conditions for a resumption of the Cyprus talks should be created by September to have negotiations back on, well before the presidential elections in February...