Cyprus

A decision by the US Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to prohibit US financial institutions from opening or maintaining a correspondent account for, or on behalf of, the Federal Bank of the Middle East (FBME) has become final,...

The Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that Turkey's statement on the new process regarding hydrocarbons' exploration within the Republic's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is an expression of Ankara`s provocative and destabilizing attitude. Furthermore, it stresses that the process...

The list of people implicated in the scandal of overcharges and bribery at the Marathounda, Paphos, and Koshi, Larnaca, waste-management plants further increased on Saturday with the addition of two Greek suspects. According to a Cyprus Mail report, Cypriot police issued warrants...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades expressed on Friday Cyprus' support of Greece's efforts to exit the deep economic crisis and address the refugee crisis. Addressing a reception hosted by the Greek Ambassador Elias Photopoulos, in his residence in Nicosia, on the...

The Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has formally challenged the legality of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in a formal letter submitted to the United Nations and published as a formal document of the General Assembly of the...

The Right to Vote constitutes the backbone of democracy for it is the people that are meant to govern; so the myth goes! In the real world however, voting has become the ticket to power that only a select few...

After communicating with the appropriate authorities in Brussels, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus announced that there were two Cypriots among the injured in the fatal terrorist attacks on Tuesday morning. One of the injured in...

A total of 145 UN member states and observers, including four Security Council permanent members, have signed a joint statement on the protection of cultural heritage, put forward by a cross-regional group of countries. The statement is considered to...

A Turkish observer arrived on Chios island on Sunday night holding a passport from Turkish-occupied Cyprus; Greek authorities are to decide whether he will be accepted in the country. The Turkish official is part of the observers' team from the neighboring...

Stratfor, a geopolitical intelligence firm, has provided its own analysis of the EU-Turkey immigration agreement and the overall one of the analysis is one of doubt and skepticism over the ability and commitment of the signatories to enforce the...