#Cyprus

Israeli peacekeepers should replace United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in Cyprus, an American pro-Israel analyst has suggested. Writing in the National Security Journal, former Pentagon official Michael Rubin advises US ...

The 18 Cypriots, including 14 students and two teachers, who had been volunteering in Tanzania and later got stuck due to political unrest have been brought to Zanzibar on Monday. Foreign Ministry ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos are meeting the leadership of Cyprus’ main trade unions — Sek, Peo, Deok and Pasydy — in Nicosia on Thursday afternoon to discuss ...

Akel member of the European parliament Giorgos Georgiou has called for a “common monument” to honour the people from both the Turkish Cypriot and the Greek Cypriot communities who went ...

Employers’ organisations OEV and Keve came out of a meeting with the ministers of labour and finance on Wednesday “reservedly optimistic”, but cautioning there was still a long way to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday he was ready to meet new Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman as soon as possible, with the latter replying he would be getting back ...

Mismanagement of Turkish Cypriot homes in Pano Lefkara has been highlighted as a long-standing issue, with some houses reportedly used simply for storage, the town’s mayor has said on ...

Daggers have been drawn inside the north’s largest political party the UBP in the aftermath of its former leader Ersin Tatar’s landslide defeat at this month’s Turkish ...

The House legal committee on Wednesday accepted President Nikos Christodoulides’ reasons for sending back to it a series of amendments to the law on public procurements, after the amendments had ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday told new United Nations special representative in Cyprus Khassim Diagne of his “political will” to “create the appropriate conditions for the resumption of talks” to ...

Sila Usar Incirli on Tuesday night became the first person to formally announce her candidacy to lead the north’s largest opposition political party, the centre-left CTP. She made the ...

Doctors have completed their medical examinations of deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos, who was hospitalised last week while attempting to make his way back to Cyprus from Istanbul, where he had ...

Opposition members of the north’s ‘parliament’ on Tuesday expressed their fury at being presented with a deal signed by the ruling coaliton and Turkish telecommunications company Turk Telekom which, ...

A 13-storey commercial development has been approved to be constructed on the site where the Curium Palace Hotel once stood in Limassol, the environment department said on Tuesday. The hotel ...

The final distribution of parliamentary seats and the official date for the 2026 parliamentary elections are expected to be confirmed with the submission of a new bill, House President Annita Demetriou ...

A strategic partnership set to be signed between Cyprus and France will also help “shape a common vision for Europe”, France’s Deputy Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad said ...

Cyprus commemorated the Greek struggle against fascism with the parades held around the island to mark Oxi day, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday following a student parade outside the ...

A 45-year-old man died on Tuesday after his motorcycle collided with a double-cabin vehicle while he was riding on the Karvounas to Troodos road, police said. The motorcyclist was fatally ...

Everyone will be judged at the negotiating table, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday responding to comments by Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s on peace talks. “I have been ...

The union of municipalities on Tuesday called on President Nikos Christodoulides, to clarify the government’s position, threatening “decisive measures” and the suspension of their services if no agreement can ...

Greece and Cyprus face common international challenges today, but the greatest and most enduring remains the Turkish occupation, Greece’s ambassador to Cyprus Konstantinos Kollias said at the official October 28 ...

The occupational therapists association on Tuesday highlighted the need for comprehensive planning for the integration of occupational therapists into the national health scheme (Gesy), warning of persisting “serious shortcomings” with ...

A 41 and a 20 year-old man were on Monday arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into a case of arson at a Paphos parking lot, police said on Tuesday. According ...

A Greek man arrested in connection with the murder of Stavros Demosthenous has been released after investigations determined that he was not involved in the crime, the Cyprus News Agency ...