Cypriot antiquity repatriated from UK
A Cypriot antiquity has been returned from the United Kingdom after being identified in an online auction, the Department of Antiquities said on Tuesday.
The item, a pitcher dating to ...
HMS Dragon reaches Gibraltar en route to Cyprus
The United Kingdom’s Type 45 destroyer the HMS Dragon reached Gibraltar on Tuesday, crossing into the Mediterranean as it makes its way from the UK to Cyprus.
The ship had ...
‘We have an aircraft carrier – it’s called Cyprus’
British chief of the defence staff Sir Richard Knighton was on Thursday accused of leaving the country’s assets in the Middle East underprepared for a war in the region, ...
UK ‘mulls sending aircraft carrier’ towards Cyprus
The United Kingdom is considering sending an aircraft carrier in Cyprus’ direction, with the conflict in the Middle East continuing into its second full week, according to reports on Sunday.
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Arrival of British warship delayed due to navy union shift plan
The arrival in Cyprus of the British warship Dragon, scheduled next week, has been delayed as the personnel responsible for its preparation are subject to cost cutting by the British ...
First UK repatriation flight from Middle East delayed to Thursday, Sky News reports
A British flight to repatriate UK nationals after the outbreak of war in the Middle East did not take off as scheduled from Oman on Wednesday night and has been ...
Starmer insists UK was not unprepared after Cyprus drone strike
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday insisted that the United Kingdom had not been left unprepared for the possibility of a conflict in the Middle East or attacks ...
Dual British Cypriot nationals must now use UK passport to enter Britain
Dual British Cypriot citizens are required as of Wednesday, February 25 to use a valid British passport when entering the United Kingdom according to an announcement by the Cypriot high commission ...
UK’s Reform promises ICE-style deportation agency to halt migrants
Britain’s populist Reform UK party unveiled “radical” plans on Monday to stop what it called an immigration “invasion”, promising to create an agency to deport thousands of illegal migrants ...
Cypriot couple killed in London house fire sparked by candle
A Cypriot couple died in a house fire in north London, after a memorial candle ignited nearby materials in their home during the early hours of January 16.
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Corbyn says British Cyprus base is used to deliver weapons to Israel
The United Kingdom’s Labour Party’s former leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday said that his country’s base in Akrotiri is being used as “a way station for the ...
Starmer leadership rival Burnham blocked from seeking UK parliamentary return
British Labour Party politician Andy Burnham, regarded as a potential leadership rival to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, was on Sunday blocked from trying to return to parliament by Labour’s ...
Daughters of King Charles’ brother Andrew join royals for Christmas service
Britain’s Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie attended the royal family’s traditional Christmas Day church service on Thursday, while their father Andrew, recently stripped of his titles over ties to ...
Chris Rea, singer of ‘Driving Home for Christmas’, dies at 74
Chris Rea, an English singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for his festive hit “Driving Home For Christmas”, has died aged 74 following a short illness, his family said on Monday.
Hailing ...
Myths of Cyprus go to Cambridge
By George Christou
The Myths and Tales of Cyprus series, the Press and Information Office (PIO) production, which brings to life mythical figures of Cyprus folklore, was screened at Jesus ...
UK children’s author David Walliams dropped by publisher after harassment allegations
David Walliams, a bestselling British children’s author, was dropped by HarperCollins UK on Friday after the Daily Telegraph reported the publisher had investigated claims he had harassed some of ...
Hundreds of ‘high-value’ artefacts stolen from UK museum
More than 600 high-value artefacts were stolen from a building in the English city of Bristol where items from a museum collection were being stored, police said on Thursday.
Avon and ...
British MP given honorary doctorate by university in north
A British member of parliament from the country’s ruling Labour Party has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Girne American University in Kyrenia, the university announced on Sunday.
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UK budget watchdog head quits over early release of Reeves’ budget
The head of Britain’s fiscal watchdog resigned on Monday after the agency last week inadvertently released key details of the government’s annual tax and spending budget before finance ...
British pensioner who died in Paralimni reportedly repatriated without heart
The body of a 76-year-old British pensioner who died while on holiday in Paralimni was reportedly returned to the UK without his heart, British media reported on Monday.
Michael Graley, ...
BBC board member Banerji resigns after Trump documentary edit
An independent director on the BBC’s board, Shumeet Banerji, has quit on Friday in the wake of what the public broadcaster said was an incorrect edit of a speech ...
Britain and Eoka: time to see both sides
As calls were growing in the UK in the mid-20th century to bring back troops from the then British colonies in Cyprus, Kenya and Malaya, local uprisings were brewing, ...
Starmer, Trump hail renewal of ‘special relationship’, skirt difficult issues
Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed the renewal of their nations’ “special relationship” on Thursday, drawing the U.S leader’s unprecedented second state visit to a ...
Over 100,000 anti-immigration protesters march in London
More than 100,000 protesters marched through central London on Saturday, carrying flags of England and Britain, in one of the biggest right-wing demonstrations of modern times in the UK, organised by ...