#Cyprus-Israel

The Euroleague has approved the Spyros Kyprianou arena in Limassol as the home venue for Maccabi Tel Aviv’s games this season. Maccabi will play there from the 11th matchday, ...

Closer cooperation between Cyprus and Israel should strengthen the Republic’s security and economic independence without limiting its foreign policy or creating new dependencies, Israeli strategic analyst Shay Gal has ...

Cyprus is increasingly being chosen by Israelis as a destination for live music, with tourism firms reporting on Friday that the lack of international artists performing in Israel is driving ...

Maccabi Tel Aviv are due to play their EuroLeague home games at the Spyros Kyprianou arena in Limassol, starting with the Tel Aviv derby against Hapoel on November 12. The move ...

We asked people on the streets of Nicosia for their take on the increasingly close relations between Cyprus and Israel.

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris conceded to the House finance committee on Monday that he was not informed over the closure of an entire city block around the synagogue in Larnaca, ...

The defence ministries of Cyprus and Israel signed an agreement on Monday for a new offshore patrol vessel. Israel Shipyards will build the new ship and Rafael Advanced Defence Systems ...

Given the ever-growing ties between Nicosia and Tel Aviv, it was likely only a matter of time before the Israel lobby began making advances to Cypriot politicians, culminating in the ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas has confirmed that Cyprus will purchase a second offshore patrol vessel from Israel, with the contract expected to be signed next week. Speaking to state broadcaster ...

Hadassah Medical Centre Limassol said on Thursday that it operates legally with the required licences and has never performed plasmapheresis on a patient. In a statement, the centre said an ...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is expected to visit Cyprus on October 29, barring unforeseen circumstances. Talks are expected to cover bilateral relations, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and developments in the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides received a delegation from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) at the presidential palace on Wednesday, with both sides pledging to strengthen relations between Cyprus, the ...

Israel Shipyards and Rafael are reportedly close to securing a €150 million agreement to supply Cyprus with naval vessels and weapons systems, in what would mark another significant step in the ...

Akel asked House president Annita Demetriou on Monday to explain how a parliamentary hall came to host the launch of a cross-party group of MPs working with the Israel Allies ...

The apparent inroads made by the broader Israel lobby into Cypriot political life erupted into a full-blown row between Akel and Disy on Thursday, after the launch of the Cyprus ...

Disy has asked whether Akel wants to be “on the same side as Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and Turkey”, in a retort to the party’s criticism of a new pro-Israel ...

Akel has accused Disy, Diko and Elam of turning the House into a lobby for Israel, after the three parties launched a parliamentary group with the Israel Allies Foundation. In ...

Diko MP Chrysis Pantelides said on Thursday that members of the new parliamentary group at the Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) are covering their own expenses, and that the group has ...

Turkey is a “common adversary” of Cyprus and Israel, the president of the Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) Josh Reinstein said on Wednesday as six MPs from Disy, Elam and Diko ...

Challenges in the wider region and the promotion of cooperation will be the central aims of a joint group of some MPs and the Israel Allies Foundation (IAF), Diko MP ...

Cyprus and Israel will hold a new round of online talks next week to reach an agreement on the cross-border gas reservoir between Cyprus’s Aphrodite field and Israel’s ...

A second Israeli basketball club has made contact about relocating its home games to Cyprus, club owner Matan Adelson confirmed on Friday, days after a similar request from Maccabi Tel ...

Israel sees Cyprus as an increasingly important defence partner and believes there is clear potential for the two countries to deepen cooperation between their defence industries, including through joint projects ...

Akel accused the state of a “scandal of multiple coverups” on Monday, after the anti-corruption authority announced it had ended its investigation into the spy van affair without publishing its ...