Cyprus

On Wednesday, President Nicos Anastasiades strongly condemned the unilateral declaration of the Turkish Cypriot breakaway state of the north, 34 years ago. Anastasiades said the action went against everything that had been previously agreed on. Meanwhile in the north, the declaration...

On Monday, Cyprus Defence Minister Christophoros Fokaides suspended the commander of a Limassol-based unit who is being investigated for allegedly beating a soldier. The 18-year old was taken to Limassol general hospital on Monday morning with bruising to his left...

President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades maintains a comfortable lead to win in next year’s presidential election according to a poll presented by Antenna TV on Friday night. The poll was conducted via 1,021 personal interviews with randomly selected subjects by...

Projections of Cyprus's economic growth have been revised sharply upwards, both by European institutions and local analysts, according to documents released on Thursday. The European Commission Autumn forecast said on Thursday that growth in 2017 is forecast to reach 3.5...

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has asked the Greek government to push Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to agree to preparatory meetings on security and guarantees, prior to a potential international summit on the Cyprus issue. Erdogan is scheduled to arrive...

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, launched an anti-western tirade during a speech at the AKP’s party group in parliament. He said that Western powers are deceitful and continually impose obstacles, through embargoes and attempts to trip up Turkey. But these problems,...

The defence ministers of Greece, Israel and Cyprus met in Athens on Tuesday to discuss strengthening cooperation to promote security, stability and peace in the Eastern Mediterranean. It was the first-ever trilateral defense summit between the three countries. Greek defense minister, Panos...

French President, Emmanuel Macron, expressed on Monday his country’s willingness to support any future effort for a Cyprus solution, stressing that France could be more engaged in the efforts if asked to do so. Speaking to the press after a...

President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades reiterated on Sunday the readiness of the Greek Cypriot side to immediately resume negotiations, underlining at the same time the need for the international Conference on Cyprus to be well prepared. He also assured that...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has said that Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots "must abandon all the unacceptable positions "we` ve been hearing during the past several days" and work constructively "to terminate the occupation and reunite our country." Addressing the...