Nicosia

For the second consecutive year and with a cultural program even richer than last year, the ''Weeks of the German Language'' kicks off on October 21 in Cyprus. The activities will include festivals, German cinema (with subtitles in English), concerts,...

A request from Nicosia asking the UN to renew its peacekeeping mandate on the divided island has sparked a response from Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci. It is reported that Akinci, who recently received a visit from newly re-elected Turkish...

Cyprus should not be able to undertake natural gas exploration without the support of Turkish Cypriots, it was claimed on Monday. Kudret Ozersay, a minister in the northern Cyprus administration, said "unilateral" activities in the Mediterranean could not go on...

Cyprus has expressed its concern over freedom of the press in the areas under Turkish military occupation, following the ransacking of the offices of a newspaper critical of Turkey’s president. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its...

Cyprus hosted the leaders of Greece and Jordan in Nicosia on Tuesday, in a three-way meeting aimed at strengthening ties in the volatile Mediterranean region on a host of issues, from water management to the protection of artefacts. Jordan and...

Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said on Saturday that despite the obstacles raised by the Turkish side, we continue and will continue to do everything possible to ascertain the fate of every missing person. Addressing an event to mark the decoration...

Cyprus Police have secured an arrest warrant for a Norwegian national, 49, father of a 4-year-old girl kidnapped early on Thursday morning in front of her Cypriot mother, outside a kindergarten in Nicosia, Police spokesman Andreas Angelides has said. In...

The Greek Defense Ministry in an announcement earlier, predicted that there will be a "hot situation" with Turkey in the territorial waters of Cyprus in June when French gas company Total begins extracting natural gas. Sources of the Pentagon...

In a press release, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has announced the launch of the 9th Stelios Bi-communal Awards in Cyprus that will pay tribute to the on-going peace talks in Cyprus. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is the founder of Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, easyJet and easyGroup, and...

Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades reiterated their countries common position for a solution without guarantees and Turkish troops on the island during their meeting on Thursday in Nicosia. Welcoming Pavlopoulos to the presidential mansion, Anastasiades referred...