Cyprus

Cyprus will make the necessary representations and protests towards every direction against the construction and operation of the nuclear power plant in Akkuyu, in southern Turkey, Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). Prodromou said that...

An upcoming informal dinner between Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will see if there are grounds for more talks on the island's future, it has been claimed. Cypriot government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou was reported as saying by...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said the country will "never tolerate certain circles which violate our sovereignty in the Mediterranean and Aegean" -- a thinly veiled reference to Greece and Cyprus. Yildirim also referred to "pirates" in the Aegean...

Cyprus needs to make reforms to cut the number of bad loans in the island's troubled economy, the IMF has said. A post-bailout monitoring team from the IMF was in Cyprus for the second half of March and recently filed...

It has emerged that a Turkish drone being used by the country's armed forces in Syria will fly spy missions in the Aegean -- a development likely to alarm a Greek government already warning international partners about Turkey's activities...

Music is being used on Cyprus to help, heal and empower young women separated and alone having fled war in their home countries. Twenty-five girls from Somalia and Cameroon who fled to Cyprus to get away from conflict and persecution...

The suicide death of Elena Frantzi has shaken the Holy Synod of Cyprus to its core. 29-year-old Elena Frantzi was found dead in her Nicosia home on Friday. According to sources familiar with the case, Frantzi had levied accusations of...

Turkey will not back down from its rights and interests said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a meeting of Turkey's Security Council on Wednesday. After a four-and-a-half hour session in Ankara, the country's Security Council decided to not heed...

Exxon Mobil’s Ocean Investigator research vessel has sailed from the port of Limassol into block 10 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to carry out hydrocarbon explorations for the U.S. oil giant. Reports earlier in March that U.S. naval forces had...

If Turkey really wishes to continue its EU accession course, it must comply with European principles, respect European law and the Law of the Sea, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday. Asked on the sidelines of the 9th Mediterranean...