Cyprus, Greece and Jordan underline close co-operation
Cyprus, Greece and Jordan on Tuesday signed agreements to cooperate in areas such as renewable energy, the maritime sector and the fight against the illicit...
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New maritime and cultural agreements with Greece
Greece and Cyprus will sign three separate agreements for stronger cooperation in maritime, cultural and environmental issues in Nicosia next week, it was announced on...
Jordan Ahli Bank fined for anti-money laundering shortcomings
The Central Bank of Cyprus said that it fined the Cyprus branch of Jordan Ahli Bank €352,980 for the bank’s failure to comply with the...
New trilateral meetings in Nicosia in January
New trilateral meetings will be held in Nicosia in January, government sources told CNA on Sunday, the news agency said. Specifically, the leaders of Cyprus,...
Jordan border crossing with Iraq to reopen in major boost to ties
Jordan will open its main border crossing with Iraq on Wednesday for the first time since 2015, now that Iraqi forces have gained control of...
Jordanian women imprisoned in name of family honour
An estimated 65 percent of more than 1,700 female inmates in Jordan’s prisons are held under the 60-year-old law By Rosie-Lyse Thompson IN A secret...
Two Jordanians die in shooting at Israeli embassy in Amman
Two Jordanians died from wounds inflicted during a shooting on Sunday in the compound of the heavily-guarded Israeli embassy that also wounded an Israeli, police...
Anastasiades explains his proposal to Mogherini
President Nicos Anastasiades has explained his proposal aiming at returning to Geneva for peace talks that would create the preconditions for a political settlement to...
President Anastasiades meets King Abdullah in Jordan (update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades met on Saturday King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman where the two men agreed on a trilateral meeting with Greece in...
Israel’s Leviathan gas to supply Jordan in $10bn deal
Backers of Israel’s massive Leviathan natural gas field signed a $10 billion deal on Monday to supply 1.6 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas to...
Jordanian writer shot dead outside court before trial over cartoon (Updated)
A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges of contempt of religion...
Jordan king’s visit another ‘crucial milestone’ in relations, Anastasiades says (Update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday said the visit by Jordan’s King Abdullah II marked another “crucial milestone” in bilateral relations and created a strong momentum...
Push for a Jordan-Cyprus-Greece trilateral meeting, Anastasiades off to Athens
Cyprus and Jordan expect to sign a number of agreements before the end of the year, Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Thursday following the...
Jordan’s king due in Cyprus on Thursday
Jordan’s King Abdullah II, along with the Jordanian prime minister and foreign minister will be in Cyprus on Thursday on a one-day visit. Abdullah II...
Germany looking into move from Incirlik (Updated)
GERMANY said on Thursday it was looking into moving fighter jets from Turkey, with reports suggesting Cyprus or Jordan, amid souring relations with Ankara over...
Tobacco smugglers fined
TWO Brits traveling from Jordan to the United Kingdom through Larnaca were fined €1,600 each on Tuesday by the Larnaca District Court, after admitting to...
Cyprus and Jordan FMs urge patience in trilateral cooperation with Greece
The foreign ministers of Cyprus and Jordan on Friday expressed their preference for a results-oriented approach when it comes to the trilateral cooperation scheme with Greece,...
Car bomb kills Jordanian troops at Syria border
A car bomb attack killed a number of Jordanian border guards in a remote area of the border with Syria on Tuesday in an assault...
Attack kills 3 Jordanian intelligence officers at Palestinian camp (Updated)
Three Jordanian intelligence officers and two other security personnel were killed in an attack on a security office in a Palestinian refugee camp outside the...
Jordan’s King Abdullah dissolves parliament, names caretaker PM
Jordan’s King Abdullah appointed veteran politician Hani Mulqi as prime minister after dissolving parliament by royal decree on Sunday, following the end of its four-year...