#Gaza humanitarian aid

An aid ship pegged to leave almost three days ago for Gaza from Cyprus was delayed again on Monday, due to ‘technical difficulties’ in unloading the relief. The ship had ...

The head of the European Commission said on Friday a maritime aid corridor could start operating between Cyprus and Gaza this weekend, part of accelerating Western efforts to relieve the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday the “ultimate goal” of delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza is to allow Palestinians to remain there. Speaking at Epiphany celebrations in Larnaca, Christodoulides said “...

The first shipment of humanitarian aid from Cyprus and the UK containing almost 90 tonnes of assistance has arrived to Egypt’s Port Said and is being transported to the Rafah ...

Immediately after the Hamas attack on October 7, Limassol port became a haven for fleeing Israelis, welcoming the first passengers arriving from Haifa on October 12. And Cyprus was not left unscathed ...

Israel is prepared to let ships deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip “immediately” as part of a proposed sea corridor from Cyprus, the Israeli foreign minister said on Sunday, ...

The first humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Gaza is expected within hours on Friday to arrive in Egypt, in the form of pharmaceuticals and medical kits. “The aid consists of 10 ...

Security and logistical issues appeared to be at the forefront of ongoing delays in delivering the humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Gaza, it emerged on Thursday, as the government continued ...

The UK has 82 tonnes of humanitarian supplies in Cyprus “ready to go”, along with five tonnes of medical equipment, Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Andrew ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Jordanian King Abdullah II on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing situation in Gaza. His first port of call was ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos travelled to Barcelona on Sunday to take part in the Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean. The forum’s focus will be on developments in ...

It is the collective responsibility of the 27 EU member states to turn their strong concern about the Gaza Strip into concrete actions by finding effective solutions, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will take part on Thursday in an atypical international humanitarian conference in Paris on means of providing aid to civilians in Gaza. He is expected to present ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday spoke with King Abdallah II of Jordan over the developments in the Middle East, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said, and later with US top diplomat ...

President Nikos Christodoulides spoke at length with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and details are being hammered out so that Cyprus can be ready “when the time comes” to ...

The Citizen’s Commissioner Panayiotis Senontas has thanked the Cyprus Red Cross for its contribution to two major humanitarian aid missions in Ukraine. Speaking on Monday at the Red Cross ...

A World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Friday that food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with key infrastructure such as bridges and trains destroyed by bombs and many ...

Cyprus has sent some 150 tonnes of goods as humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. This first dispatch took place on Tuesday, a statement ...