#Cyprus-Lebanon

A planned undersea electricity interconnection cable linking Cyprus and Lebanon is “not possible without Turkey’s permission”, Turkish Cypriot ‘energy minister’ Hasan Tacoy said on Wednesday. “If there are plans ...

A planned undersea electrical interconnection cable linking Cyprus and Lebanon would allow the island to send energy there that it generates through renewable sources, which at present goes to waste, ...

Cyprus and Lebanon will on Wednesday hold their first technical meeting on a feasibility study for a proposed subsea electricity interconnection, with the participation of the World Bank, according to ...

Lebanese authorities have stopped a boat carrying some 25 Syrian migrants from departing for Cyprus and arrested a Syrian national suspected of organising the journey on Monday. Lebanon’s state security ...

A proposed electricity interconnection between Cyprus and Lebanon could become a strategically important energy project for the Levant, with both countries asking the World Bank to assess the scheme’s ...

The governments of Cyprus and Lebanon, as well as the World Bank, on Thursday agreed to prepare a preliminary feasibility study regarding the possibility of the connection of the two ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday reaffirmed Cyprus’ commitment to strengthening bilateral relations with Lebanon, stressing that the neighbouring country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity remain a priority for the Republic. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday that ensuring the implementation of the recently reached agreement between the United States and Iran is now the key priority, following a telephone conversation ...

A regular passenger ferry service between Cyprus and Lebanon will begin operating on June 9, marking the return of scheduled international passenger ferry services from Lebanon after almost two decades of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides expressed “deep concern” over what he described as “indiscriminate strikes against civilians and critical infrastructure” by Israel on Lebanon during a telephone call with Lebanese President Joseph ...

Cyprus reaffirmed its support for Lebanon’s sovereignty on Wednesday during a UN security council discussion on the deteriorating situation in the country, stressing that developments there directly affect Nicosia ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Jerusalem on Monday to take part in the tenth trilateral summit between Cyprus, Greece and Israel, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Saturday. “The ...

An agreement between Cyprus and Lebanon delineating their exclusive economic zones (EEZs) is proof of Cyprus’ role in the region’s shifting geopolitical landscape and strengthens legality in the eastern ...

Cyprus and Lebanon on Wednesday signed an agreement on the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between the two countries and agreed to explore the idea of a Cyprus-Lebanon ...

The European Union must “actively and systematically support” Lebanon’s new President Joseph Aoun, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Christodoulides was the first foreign leader to meet Aoun ...

Almost three tonnes of medicines and consumables have been gathered for Lebanon and the dispatch of aid to Beirut will begin on Friday, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. The ...

Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah did not “threaten Cypriots but rather, warned them,” Lebanese journalist and political analyst Salem Zahran said on Friday. Speaking to MTV Lebanon news outlet, Zahran ...

President Nikos Christodoulides can always be relied on to present events in the most positive way imaginable. Describing Thursday’s visit to Lebanon with the President of the European Commission ...

Larnaca on Friday signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Lebanese city of Jounieh. The memorandum pertains to cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, and investment, and was signed ...

The foreign ministry has advised against unnecessary travel to certain areas of southern Lebanon due to security issues “which may worsen without warning”. The ministry said on Saturday that it ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday suggested the possibility of ramping up cooperation with Lebanon, including by providing boats, in efforts to prevent an ongoing surge of Syrian refugees arriving ...

Cyprus and Lebanon stand by each other in fighting forest fires, officials of the two countries said during a ceremony held on Thursday. Cypriot authorities organised the ceremony at the ...

Cyprus and Lebanon have set up a working group to better coordinate, share information and take measures to reduce illegal migration flows across the Eastern Mediterranean. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou ...

Cyprus-Lebanon relations, developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and the broader region, the situation in Ukraine in view of Russia’s invasion, as well as current regional and international issues of ...