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By Sarah Ktisti The government will take all necessary measures to protect Cyprus’ name as a reliable business and investment centre President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Speaking at the ‘...

Men who served the army in Greece are discriminated against in Cyprus where public service promotions are concerned, a report by Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides revealed on Thursday. Poeple working ...

The current improvement in Greek-Turkish relations can have both a positive impact both on the security and stability in the region as well as on efforts to resume talks on ...

It really is impossible to answer ‘who do we think we are?’ By Gavin Jones Before formulating my take on one of the most intractable and long-running disputes on the ...

The European Union must play a decisive role in the Cyprus problem, Defence Minister Michalis Georgallas said on Sunday. The minister was speaking at a service marking the anniversaries of ...

Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Sunday that Nicosia is not bound in any way by Greece’s decision to support the Turkish candidacy for the General Secretariat of the ...

Cyprus is seeking to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Greece, particularly where defence policy issues are concerned, Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas said on Friday during his first official visit to ...

Cyprus and Israel have signed a bilateral defence cooperation programme between the national guard and the armed forces of Israel (IDF) in Tel Aviv, as well as a corresponding tripartite ...

About 30 flights to and from Cyprus will be hit by a 24-hour nationwide strike in Greece, estimated to impact almost 3,000 travellers. Flights to and from Greek airports will be grounded ...

A new body that would facilitate coordination of actions between Greece and Cyprus was announced during President Nikos Christodoulides’ visit to Athens, his first as head of state. The supreme ...

There is ‘no time to lose’ in the effort to resume Cyprus problem negotiations, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday as he continued his contacts in Greece. Speaking after meeting ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis announced on Monday that their governments will institutionalise a coordination body, as a new chapter in Athens and Nicosia relations. “This ...

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis was attacked outside a restaurant in Athens on Friday night, suffering a broken nose, cuts and bruises. According to the Greek Reporter website, the ...

Greece on Thursday reiterated its “unequivocal support” to efforts for a just and viable settlement to the Cyprus problem, while Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos stressed that Nicosia will never ...

Larnaca will in August and September become part of the Cyprus-Greece ferry service as the city’s port will share the timetable with Limassol. Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras explained that ...

A large crowd gathered at the church in Avgorou, Famagusta on Monday morning as the funeral was held for one of the Cypriot victims of the fatal train crash in ...

The bodies of two Cypriot students killed in the fatal train collision near Larissa, Greece will be repatriated on Sunday, the foreign ministry announced on Saturday. According to the permanent ...

Families and friends, dressed in black, clung to each other, in tears, as the coffin of a 34-year-old mother killed in Greece’s deadliest train crash was lifted up the ...

A three-day mourning period was announced on Friday after the bodies of the two missing Cypriots aboard a train that crashed in Tempi, Greece were identified. 23-year-old student Kyprianos Papaioannou ...

The resumption of the negotiations on the Cyprus problem remains a priority for Athens, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview on Saturday. Athens is expecting the new ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for projects to be built in Mati, near Athens, where severe and repeated wildfires in 2018 left hundreds of people homeless. The ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday will lay the foundation stone for projects to be built in the area of Mati, located in Greece’s region of Attica, near Athens. Anastasiades ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou and Greek Minister for Climate Change and Civil Protection Christos Stylianides on Monday signed an agreement for further cooperation between the two countries’ fire services. The ...

Greek lender Eurobank Ergasias on Friday announced a new acquisition of shares in Hellenic Bank, further increasing its stake in Cyprus’ second largest lender. Eurobank S.A., a subsidiary of “...