New record tourist arrivals in September, and for first nine months
Tourist arrivals in Cyprus reached a new record in September, with 524,707 travellers compared with 520,138 in September 2018. According to the statistical service, arrivals...
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Johnson expresses disapproval of Turkish actions in Cyprus’ EEZ
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed his full support to Cyprus and his disapproval of Turkish actions in the island’s EEZ during a phone...
Suspect in gold robbery fraud remanded in Limassol
A 43-year-old man from Limassol was remanded for five days on Friday by the Limassol court on suspicion of stealing nine kilos of gold in...
Ten flights to repatriate stranded Thomas Cook passengers to be operated by Wednesday
Repatriation flights for passengers stranded by the collapse of Thomas Cook were due to begin Tuesday evening, mainly to the UK. This week, there were...
UK ‘grateful for strong bilateral relationship’ with Cyprus
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday met at the Presidential Palace, the UK’s Minister for Brexit Stephen Barclay. After the meeting, Barclay told reporters it was...
August sets new record in tourist arrivals
Tourist arrivals reached a new record in August 2019 with an increase of 3.6 per cent compared with August 2018. According to the statistical service,...
UK’s Brexit Secretary Barclay in Cyprus Wednesday
Steve Barclay, the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, will be in Cyprus for a working visit on Wednesday to discuss Brexit with the...
British opposition parties unite to try to force PM to seek Brexit delay
Opposition parties said they would try to pass a law which would force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek a delay to Britain’s departure from...
Rejuvenation of Nicosia such a good idea
I am a regular reader of Cyprus Mail Here in the rainy UK, this morning I have read about the regeneration of a shopping street...
Royal Peculiar to rescue queen from her government
By Alper Ali Riza Time was when British prime ministers drove across to Buckingham Palace to ask the queen to dissolve parliament and call a...
Top recipients of Cypriot citizenship in 2017 were Russian
The top recipients of Cyprus citizenship in 2017 were Russians some 1,315 of whom received naturalisation, a Eurostat report published on Tuesday revealed. Number two...
Britain and Sweden agree to co-operate on fighter plans
Britain and Sweden agreed on Friday to study air combat co-operation over the next decade and opened the door to other potential partners in a...
Challenges mount for Johnson as ministers signal no-confidence vote
Challenges to Boris Johnson’s desire to lead the country through Brexit were further laid bare when a minister suggested he could vote to pull down...
UK’s most advanced fighter jets complete missions from Akrotiri
The UK’s newest and most advanced generation of fighter jet, the Lightning F-35B, has successfully completed its first operational missions from Akrotiri, the British forces...
Horse trading democracies: the next unelected British prime minister
By Andonis Vassiliades The EU, after the recent elections, is appointing aspiring candidates to its top Commission and Council posts. For these ‘top cats’ there...
Tourist arrivals down 3.5 per cent in May
Tourist arrivals reached 434,578 in May 2019 compared with 450,495 in May 2018, a decrease of 3.5 per cent, the statistical services reported on Tuesday....
UK Cypriot jailed for defrauding £1.4m after mother was murdered
UK-based Cypriot Marios Demetriou, 50, was jailed for six years earlier this week for deceiving people into giving him £1.4m under the pretence that he...
Tourist arrivals expected to drop slightly over last year
Tourist arrivals for summer 2019 are expected to record a slight decrease, remaining however around the same levels as last year, according to the president...
Why I can no longer attend the Queen’s birthday party
Letter to the British High Commissioner, Stephen Lillie I was invited and accepted your kind invitation to participate in the annual celebration for Her Majesty...
Nicosia says Cavusoglu letter ‘will not go unanswered’ (Updated)
A letter from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to the international community, including the UN and EU on its stance vis-à-vis Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone...
