Nicosia

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 Turkish-Cypriot community objected to halloumi cheese protected designation of origin (PDO) status and claims a separate production control mechanism in the Turkish-occupied territories. Cyprus first made an application to secure PDO status for halloumi cheese in July 2014. Halloumi is...

A man was killed by a rocket fired Tuesday night in the Strovolos suburb of Nicosia in Cyprus. Police say the house the rocket was fired at belongs to an underworld figure and the dead man was a guard. The anti-tank rocket...

Greece's Defense Minister Panos Kammenos concluded his two-day visit to Cyprus on Thursday and returned to Athens. Shortly before his departure, Kammenos and his Cypriot counterpart Christoforos Fokaides had a meeting with the Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian and Overseas Affairs...

Greece "is here" for Cyprus, Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said on Wednesday during joint statements with his Cypriot counterpart Christoforos Fokaides in Nicosia. Kammenos arrived on the island for a two-day official visit earlier the same day. The Greek...

After the barrage of first meetings with European partners' representatives this week, the Greek government is now preparing for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ upcoming visits to Paris and Brussels that will take place next week. In order to evaluate these first...

Moscow’s official intention to reach a potential agreement with Cyprus for a military base on the island was expressed earlier this week via Russia’s Ambassador in Nicosia, Stanislav Osadchiy, according to local media. The issue’s resurgence comes just a month...

Aegean Airlines is stepping in to cover flights to and from Cyprus and link the island with additional cities in Greece and western Europe following the shutdown of Cyprus Airlines, it announced on Tuesday. During a press conference in Nicosia, Aegean...

By racist behavior from a portion of APOEL Nicosia fans was stigmatized the recent football derby between their team and fierce rivals Omonoia last Sunday in Cyprus. The biggest football match in Cyprus ended with an 1-0 narrow win for home...

No one seems to hear the bellowing echoes for justice in Cyprus. Ever since the Turkish military invasion of the island in 1974, trapped citizens keep asking why and what is happening to their country. Why has this elusive...