Foreign ministry tight-lipped on diplomatic hacking report
The foreign ministry neither confirmed nor denied a New York Times report claiming hackers had targeted Cyprus’ diplomats and exposed thousands of EU diplomatic cables...
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Cypriot diplomats targeted by hackers in EU diplomatic cables leak
HACKERS targeted Cyprus’ diplomats in exposing thousands of EU diplomatic cables, by using a ‘run-of-the-mill’ phishing campaign the New York Times has reported, as details...
Greece to expel two Russian envoys, Moscow to respond in kind (updt)
Russia will expel two Greek diplomats in response to Athens’ decision to throw out two of Moscow’s envoys, Russian news agency RIA reported on Wednesday,...
Foreign minister ‘will sort out diplomatic note that angered some embassies’
By Peter Michael Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Saturday he would take the initiative to find a solution after his ministry sent out a...
US says diplomats in China hit by mystery illness
The US State Department has brought a group of diplomats home from Guangzhou, China, over concern they were suffering from a mysterious malady that resembles a brain...
Europeans eye Russian expulsions over UK spy attack
Several European governments moved closer on Friday to expelling Russian diplomats in a show of support for Britain, which ordered out 23 “undeclared intelligence agents” after...
Foreign minister opposes cuts to diplomats’ pay
Foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Thursday he is opposed to any cuts in the allowances paid to members of diplomatic missions. He was responding...
Audit chief wants to slash ‘excessive’ allowance for diplomats
THE Audit Office has once again recommended to the foreign ministry to revise and reduce the “excessive” General Overseas Allowance (GOA) paid to ambassadors or...
Turkey seeks 32 fugitive diplomats in post-coup inquiry
Turkey is seeking the extradition of 32 diplomats who went on the run after they were recalled by Ankara as part of investigations into last...
UK court unfreezes Turkish diplomats’ accounts
A British court has lifted an order to freeze the accounts of Turkish diplomats in the UK following a property ruling made in Cyprus, reports...
Exhuming the diplomats’ graveyard
By Jean Christou ‘THE diplomats’ graveyard’ is a term often used to describe the effect the intractable Cyprus issue has had on the parade of...
