#Konstantinos Letymbiotis

The National Security Council is coordinating actions around the clock, and President Nikos Christodoulides participates in person whenever necessary, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday. He added that the ...

The buildup of foreign military forces in and around Cyprus in recent days is “necessary”, after the island was hit by a drone, but the Republic of Cyprus itself is ...

The Republic of Cyprus is monitoring developments and evaluating every statement made and any information received, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday evening, following a National Security Council meeting. ...

Cyprus is operating under full operational readiness after two unmanned aerial drones heading towards the British bases at Akrotiri were intercepted, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday, stressing that ...

The government publicly expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United Kingdom on Monday over the absence of what it described as “clear and timely assurances” that the British bases on the ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Monday denounced opposition party Akel’s criticism over the Republic’s participation at US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace meeting as an observer, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides spoke by telephone with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday as Athens and Nicosia step up coordination on the Cyprus issue ahead of Mitsotakis’ meeting with ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will travel to New York for a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to a statement from the north said. The two are ...

Commitment to freedom of the press and freedom of expression is not a priority of any single administration but an obligation of every government, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

Cyprus’ potential participation in the US-led Peace Council for Gaza does not entail any financial commitments or payments by the Republic, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. In a statement to ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Wednesday said there “cannot be any conditions” placed on negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem, “if what we are really interested in is progress”. He ...

Cyprus is becoming an attractive destination for international tech companies and its performance creates the conditions for substantive collaborations, as well as further strengthening Amazon’s presence in the region, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s rhetoric “will intensify even more” as October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election draws closer, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. His comments come ...

Amid calls for the resignations of the justice and agriculture ministers, the government on Monday continued dodging questions as to whether any senior officials would or should quit over last ...

It was at the beginning of June that government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis, speaking about the country’s firefighting capability, boasted that the government was “at absolute operational readiness with strengthened ...

A video circulating on social media of President Nikos Christodoulides speaking to RIK journalist Stavros Kyprianou is fake, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday, adding that it had been ...

The resumption of Cyprus talks from where they left off in Crans-Montana “remains our primary objective”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday evening, pointing out that any discussion of ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis, it seems, cannot issue a statement about the president’s activities or statements without inflating its importance. Everything has to be significant, important, unprecedented, historic, emblematic ...

Cyprus’ strategic aim to turn the country into ‘a hub for innovation and financial services is being enhanced with tangible results’, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday of the ...

The goal is for the informal enlarged meeting in Geneva to be “a step towards restarting negotiations from where they had been interrupted in the summer of 2017,” government spokesman Konstantinos ...

Akel and government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis were on Saturday engaged in a running battle of press releases denouncing one another, with seven statements flying back and forth, and opposing each ...

Foreign experts have concluded their report on Prometheas, a milestone in slashing electricity prices in Cyprus, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. “The inspection and report by foreign experts ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday emphasised that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s remarks on a two-state solution convey a message of intransigence and disdain for UN resolutions. During ...

Greek Cypriot violations of the United Nations buffer zone are “acts of self-defence”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Speaking to public broadcaster CyBC as draft copies of UN ...