Cyprus says it arrested Kurd facing prosecution for terrorism in Germany
Cyprus said on Saturday it had arrested, on the basis of a European arrest and extradition warrant, a Kurd with Turkish citizenship who faces prosecution...
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Turkish national goes after ex with a knife following Facebook block
By Lizzy Ioannidou A Turkish national was detained by a court in the north on Friday after he admitted to threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend...
Sides missed historic opportunity to resolve division, Guterres says
A historic opportunity was missed in Switzerland to settle the Cyprus problem earlier this year, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, and it would...
Lebanese kite surfer held in north
A man from Lebanon was arrested on Friday by ‘authorities’ in the north while he was kitesurfing over the Kapparis area in Famagusta. It appears...
Five arrested in migrant boat landing (Update 3)
Following a tip-off early Wednesday that a group of migrants in a boat had landed illegally in Cyprus at Pigenia near Kato Pyrgos, police rushed...
Turkish Cypriot police find burnt Gulen books in Famagusta landfill
Police in the north said on Tuesday they were carrying out investigations after they were informed by municipal workers who put out a fire at...
Anastasiades tweets Ramadan message in Turkish
President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday extended his wishes for a happy Ramadan in Turkish through his Twitter account. The tweet said “a Happy Ramadan, with...
Cypriot man makes it into Europe’s newly-launched ‘Most Wanted’ list
A Cypriot man, a convicted rapist and murderer, has been included on the EU’s ‘Most Wanted’ list, launched this weekend. Among the 45 suspects currently...
Hopes high to gauge solution financing interest at Davos
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said the attendance of the two leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in Switzerland would help gauge...
Positive response to Turkish EU language move
By Andria Kades THE news that President Nicos Anastasiades was moving to make Turkish an official language of the European Union has been hailed by...
Could Turkish become an official language of EU?
The government is looking into applying to make Turkish, which is one of the island’s two official languages along with Greek, an official language of...
Nicosia ‘a multinational city’
By Annette Chrysostomou ‘Nicosia: the story of a shared and contested city’ is the subject of a research project by the Association for Historical Dialogue...
Greek, Turkish Cypriot contractors propose joint ventures
Greek and Turkish Cypriot contractors have proposed undertaking joint projects inside the buffer zone involving reconstruction and restoration of historical buildings. The contractors held a...
Teachers discuss role of education in a reunified Cyprus
Access to education in a unified Cyprus was the subject of a conference held on Friday in Nicosia by the All Cyprus Trade Unions Forum....
German court to rule on stolen Cypriot treasures in mid March
On March 16 the German Court of Appeals will issue its final decision on the fate of the remaining 85 treasures stolen by a Turkish...
Bi-communal Famagusta visit postponed
A scheduled visit to Famagusta monuments by delegations of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot parties on Friday has been postponed “due to differing views of...
Ban calls on two sides to show their commitment to peace process
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has ‘strongly encouraged’ both leaders in Cyprus to sustain the current momentum and intensify efforts towards reaching a comprehensive settlement....
Our DNA looks East, not West
By Elias Hazou THE ISLAND’S two communities have a very different genetic profile, while Cypriots in general exhibit diverse hereditary markers, local research has shown....
Turkish frigate harasses research vessel in EEZ (Updated)
By George Psyllides THE GOVERNMENT said on Monday it will complain to the United Nations after the Turkish navy expelled a Norwegian vessel searching for...
Technology breaking down social barriers
By Zoe Christodoulides FROM EASING relations between young Greek and Turkish Cypriots to helping autistic children communicate, an exclusive lab here in Cyprus is paving...