Cyprus

Neighboring countries put Greek bank subsidiaries in quarantine in fear of contagion should there be an economic "accident" in Greece, a "Kathimerini" report said. The central banks of Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and FYROM have all forced the subsidiaries...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has highlighted that the Cyprus problem talks must resume away from any threats and blackmail, Cypriot government spokesperson Nicos Christodoulides said in a written statement issued on Tuesday, just four days ahead of President Nicos Anastasiades' visit to...

A strong 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook Cyprus at 11:25 am (local time). The high-intensity tremor, followed by continuous aftershocks, was felt across the island. The earthquake epicenter was located in the sea area 18 km southwest of Paphos (112 km southwest of Nicosia)...

The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, is scheduled to travel to Athens on Friday, April 17, in order to brief the country's political leadership ahead of the scheduled resumption of the United Nations-Backed bicommunal talks "in one of...

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and outgoing Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who is currently on a private visit to Cyprus, held a meeting earlier, discussing energy cooperation, bilateral relations as well as regional issues. According to...

The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, has once again repeated that a just and viable solution for the island's problem will always be the priority of all Cypriots and that a functional solution will lead the country to a...

CCPA Monitor, an official monthly publication of the Canadian Centre for Policy Research Think Tank, interviewed author, political analyst/social writer and artist Andreas C Chrysafis to assist analyze the results of the Greek election, won by leftist party SYRIZA. Chrysafis - a Greek...

Preparations for the Lemnos-Gallipoli Project: Women in War are finally coming to an end. The international cultural project is organized in commemoration of the 100th anniversary since the Gallipoli campaign, which cost hundreds of thousands of lives. Thousands of...

UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide has said that he had good and forward-looking meetings on Wednesday with the negotiators of the two sides in Cyprus, Greek Cypriot Andreas Mavroyiannis and Turkish Cypriot Olgun Ergun. “Good,...

In the absence of true democracy and justice, the misconception that people elect a government in the interest of the people is a fallacy and more so today than ever before. The ideals of direct democracy were never...