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Cyprus on Sunday voted Nikos Christodoulides as the eighth President of the Republic, as a declaration ceremony at Eleftheria Stadium rocked to cheers of his...
Mavroyiannis concedes defeat, gives thanks for ‘beautiful journey’ (update 2)
Presidential hopeful Andreas Mavroyiannis conceded defeat on Sunday, an hour after the voting stations closed, thanking all his supporters “for the beautiful journey” they had...
Exit polls give Christodoulides a clear win (updated)
Exit polls indicate Nikos Christodoulides will become the next president of Cyprus, giving him a clear lead over his rival Andreas Mavroyiannis. Christodoulides’ campaign team...
Final count shows 72.2 per cent turn out to vote
Almost 30 per cent of voters abstained in the runoff presidential election on Sunday, with a total of 405,086 people casting a vote. That figure...
Political leaders call for unity as they cast their votes (Update 3)
Party leaders across Cyprus’ political spectrum turned up at polling stations around the country to cast their preference in the runoff of the presidential elections...
Nail-biting end to bitter presidential campaign
Sour Disy split and suprise first-round Mavroyiannis victory set the stage Betrayal, backroom dirty dealing, threats and political upsets – Sunday’s second round of the...
Candidates go head-to-head in final TV debate
The two presidential candidates, independent Nikos Christodoulides and Akel-backed Andreas Mavroyiannis battled it out in a final debate on CyBC TV on Friday night. The...
Election candidates lock horns as second vote approaches (update 2)
Andreas Mavroyiannis and Nikos Christodoulides – the two remaining presidential candidates – sparred on the airwaves on Friday ahead of Sunday’s election. Christodoulides again sought...
Disy to make decision who to back tomorrow (update 5)
Disy leader Averof Neophytou met the two remaining candidates on Monday as the party continued to deliberate on its course in the presidential election following...
Cypriot diaspora in UK vote for change
The Cyprus issue and the economy were at the top of London-based Cypriots’ agendas as they went to the polling stations to vote for the...