Morphou bishop calls new pope a ‘servant of darkness’
Tensions within the Orthodox Church of Cyprus appear far from over, as yet another dispute surfaced on Monday among senior clergy, this time over the election of the new pope.
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Restoration of Terra mosque complete
Restoration works at the mosque in the Paphos district village of Terra have been completed, with a handover ceremony having been attended by dozens of Turkish Cypriots who originated in ...
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President acknowledges civil service’s bad press, focuses on positive
President Nikos Christodoulides acknowledged the civil service’s negative image on Tuesday, saying however that it had been a driver in difficult times, such as after the Turkish invasion in 1974, ...
Russia opposes direct flights to north and region’s militarisation
Russia has expressed its opposition to direct flights to the north of Cyprus and the militarisation of the eastern Mediterranean.
Director of the Fourth European Department at the Russian Foreign ...
Report: Russian diplomatic presence in Cyprus grows despite Ukraine conflict
Russian diplomatic activity on the island has not only not declined since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, but has actually grown, according to a recent report by an ...
Russia bars entry to Cypriot officials over deportation
The Russian Federation on Thursday announced that it is barring entry into its territory to Cypriot officials connected with the deportation from the island of a Russian national last October ...
Our View: We should be wary of Moscow’s interest
The Russian Federation outlined its formula for a settlement of the Cyprus problem in a document that listed 81 positions on a range of issues. There was nothing that had not ...
Wrong article put Baltic states in bad light
I would like to comment on your article of August 30 (Cyprus Mail – Ethnic Russian minorities in Baltic state treated as ‘second class people’, says Moscow).
As a person from Baltic ...
Demonstration in support of Russia in Paphos ended peacefully
An event in support of the Russian Federation was held on Sunday around noon in Paphos.
About 350-400 Russians, Pontian Greeks, Belarusians, and others gathered in Kato Paphos for a ...
Putin says unilateral actions on Varosha ‘unacceptable’
Unilateral actions that violate UN Security Council Resolutions on Varosha are unacceptable, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told President Nicos Anastasiades, the Cyprus presidency said on Monday.
It said that ...