President Anastasiades begins official visit to Bahrain
President Nicos Anastasiades is in Bahrain on an official visit during which an MoU on Financial and Technical Cooperation and a Visa Waiver Agreement for...
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Anastasiades to head to Bahrain on Monday
President Nicos Anastasiades will head to Bahrain on Monday for he will meet King Hamad bin Isa Khalifa. He will be accompanied by the ministers...
Coronavirus: Cyprus and Bahrain reach deal on mutual vax recognition
The governments of Bahrain and Cyprus reached an agreement regarding mutual recognition of vaccinations and green passports, the first of its kind between the two...
Verstappen fastest in testing, Mercedes have work to do
Formula One teams wrapped up three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Sunday with Max Verstappen fastest for Red Bull and AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda close behind...
Bahrain police accused of beating up children and threatening them with rape
Bahraini security forces have beaten children and threatened them with rape and electric shocks after detaining them in protest-related cases last month, the anniversary of...
Airport authorities seize two shipments of non-specification halloumi
Larnaca airport authorities on Thursday seized two shipments of non-specification halloumi cheese due to be exported to Romania and Bahrain, reports said on Thursday. The...
Cyprus and Bahrain set to sign cooperation agreements in FM visit
Cyprus and Bahrain are set to sign a number of agreements, including a Memorandum of Understanding on the field of energy during an official visit...
UN rights experts tell Bahrain to release jailed activists
United Nations human rights experts called on Bahrain on Thursday to release detained activists, end restrictions on freedom of expression, and end discrimination against women. Bahrain, where...
Bahrain orders 17,000 textbooks reprinted over ‘Persian Gulf’ gaffe
Bahrain has ordered 17,000 English school textbooks reprinted for labelling the body of water surrounding the Arab island kingdom as the “Persian Gulf”, a political...
Difficult to see room for compromise in Qatar dispute
By Farid Mirbagheri As expected Qatar rejected the 13 demands of the group of Arab states (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain) for them to...
Saudi Arabia, allies give Qatar two more days to accept demands
Four Arab states which accuse Qatar of supporting terrorism agreed to extend until late on Tuesday a deadline for Doha to comply with a list...
Bahrain sentences opposition leader to four years in jail
By Noah Browning Bahrain sentenced opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman to four years in jail on Tuesday on charges of inciting unrest, his supporters and...
Cyprus and Bahrain sign bilateral agreements (Update 2)
By Jean Christou CYPRUS and Bahrain on Monday signed a series of agreements, including deals on tax issues, terrorism and crime. Bahrain will also for...
President heading to Bahrain
President Nicos Anastasiades departs on Sunday for Manama, Bahrain, for an official visit. He will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides and Government Spokesman...
Bahrain sentences three men to death for killing policeman
Three Shi’ite Muslim men were sentenced to death by a Bahrain court on Thursday and seven others were given a life term for killing three...
Around 30 companies to accompany President on Bahrain visit
Approximately 30 companies from Cyprus will accompany President Nicos Anastasiades, during his state visit to Bahrain, on January 27-29 when will take part at a...
Bahrain blast kills three policemen
An explosion killed three policemen in Bahrain on Monday during a protest in a village near the capital Manama, the Interior Ministry said, in one...
Cyprus Airways’ customers have voted with their feet
By Nathan Morley So far, out of a desire not to spoil anyone’s Sunday, this column has avoided the subject of Cyprus Airways. However, as...