Cyprus and Greece conduct joint search and rescue drill (with video)
Cyprus and Greece held a joint Search and Rescue drill on Friday, called Salamis 04/21 within the search and rescue area under Cyprus’ responsibility. The...
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Aid shipped to Greece by ports authority
Twelve tonnes of food, water and other basic goods are on their way to the victims of Greece’s devastating fires after an islandwide collection spearheaded...
Donated items for Greek fire victims to be shipped out Friday
The Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) announced it would be sending the essential items collected for people affected by fires in Greece this Friday. The items...
Cyprus, Greece and Israel FMs meeting to focus on enhancing regional cooperation
Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides visits Israel on Sunday for a trilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel. Their agenda includes...
Ports authority extends deadline for Greece donations
The Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) announced it would extend its campaign for the collection of essential items for the people affected by the wildfires in...
British-flagged vessel sinks in Greece, all 17 passengers rescued (updated)
All 17 people aboard a vessel that sank on Thursday off the Greek island of Milos have been rescued, the coast guard said on Thursday....
Cyprus firefighters returning from Greece on Friday (update 2)
The remaining 35 members of the Cypriot firefighting mission sent to Greece to help battle the wildfires are expected to return to the island on...
At least 65 killed in Algerian wildfires, Greece and Italy burn
Exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth day on Wednesday amid sweltering temperatures that also helped stoke wildfires in Algeria, where at least 65...
Salamis offers three cargo ships to transport donations to Greece
The Salamis Organisation announced on Wednesday it will offer all three of its cargo ships for the free transport of humanitarian aid to Greece for...
Cypriot firefighter slightly injured in Greece fire, several prepare to return (Update 2)
Several members of a Cypriot firefighting unit in Greece, including one who was slightly injured on Tuesday, will be returning to the island after seven...
Disoriented by wildfires, migrating storks die crossing Greece
Migrating storks crossing through Greece on their way to Africa have fallen victim to the wildfires raging across the country for the past week, becoming...
Greece battles wildfires for fifth day in ‘nightmarish summer’ (Updated)
By Stamos Prousalis and Costa Baltas Flames swept through a town near Athens overnight and hundreds of people were evacuated by ferry from the island...
Athenians told to stay inside as wildfires cloud city skies (Updated)
Greek authorities told people in Athens to stay indoors on Wednesday as a wildfire raging uncontrolled north of the city covered the sky in a...
Turkey trying to create new faits accomplis, Anastasiades says
Turkey is not cooperating, nor implementing UN resolutions, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday adding that Ankara was trying to create new faits accomplis in...
Trilateral summit praises strengthened Greece-Cyprus-Jordan ties (Updated)
The further expansion and deepening of ties between Cyprus, Greece and Jordan were the focus of the trilateral meeting between the leaders of the three...
Upgrade for ancient Idalion
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Wednesday presented a €1.65m project to fund the construction of an archaeological park at the ancient administrative acropolis of Idalion,...
Golden Dawn and the rise of its ‘sibling’ Elam
Dr Natalie Alkiviadou In this year’s parliamentary elections ruling Disy secured a percentage of 27.77 per cent of the vote, Akel 22.34 per cent, Diko...
Mitsotakis, Sisi discuss Cyprus during Cairo meeting
The Cyprus issue, Turkey’s stance on the Eastern Mediterranean, gas cooperation and the situation in Libya dominated Monday’s meeting between Greek PM Kyriacos Mitsotakis and...
‘Turkish aggression undermines stability of region’ Christodoulides says
Turkey`s aggressive rhetoric undermines stability and cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday after the conclusion of the Ministerial Summit...
Coronavirus: Church of Greece calls on Cypriot counterpart to rein in Morphou bishop
The Church of Greece has called on their Cypriot counterparts to ask the outspoken Morphou Bishop to tone down his anti-vaccine rhetoric and criticism which...