A popular YouTuber from Cyprus has been elected as an independent MEP to the European Parliament.
Fidias Panayiotou has previously described himself as a "professional mistake maker" and some of his online hijinks include trying to hug 100 (...)
A ship taking almost 200 tonnes of food to Gaza left a port in Cyprus early on Tuesday, in a pilot project to open a new sea route of aid to a population on the brink of famine.
The charity ship Open Arms was seen sailing out of Larnaca port in (...)
"Wanted", says the poster of a lionfish on the quay side in Larnaca marina. Dead, or fried.
Or even grilled, filleted or in a risotto. An EU-funded project has placed Cyprus on the frontline to deal with an invasion of marauding lionfish which have (...)
An Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane during a routine domestic flight to Cairo and forced it to land on the island of Cyprus on Tuesday has surrendered and was taken into custody after he released all the passengers and crew.
His surrender (...)
Pro-Palestinian activists said that they are organizing a new flotilla to try to break Israel's blockade of Gaza in early fall, AP reported.
Free Gaza Movement spokeswoman Greta Berlin said Thursday her group is working with the European Campaign (...)
An international flotilla carrying
pro-Palestinian activists and 10,000 tones of humanitarian aid left
Cyprus Sunday, on what organizers hope will be the last stage of
their attempt to break Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip.
"The flotilla plans (...)
Cyprus has destroyed 324 expired, Soviet-era anti-aircraft missiles in line with a pledge to
the Organization for Security in Europe to eliminate
weapons posing a potential terrorist threat, according to AP.
Defense Minister Costas Papacostas (...)
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FLEEING ISRAEL'S 12 DAYS OF BOMBING IN LEBANON POURED INTO CYPRUS AND TURKEY ON SUNDAY AS THE UNITED NATIONS APPEALED FOR AID FOR THE MANY MORE STAYING BEHIND, REUTERS REPORTED.
ABOUT 15 SHIPS WERE EXPECTED AT CYPRIOT PORTS (...)
SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT SCOOPED MORE EXHAUSTED PEOPLE FLEEING THE FIGHTING IN LEBANON TO SAFETY IN CYPRUS ON SATURDAY IN A MASS INTERNATIONAL EFFORT THAT HAS SO FAR EVACUATED MORE THAN 25,000 PEOPLE, REUTERS REPORTED.
THE EUROPEAN UNION DISPATCHED A (...)
THE UNITED NATION'S HUMANITARIAN
CHIEF SAID SATURDAY IT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN US$100 MILLION
(¤79 MILLION) TO HELP THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LEBANESE
WHO HAVE BEEN HURT OR DISPLACED SINCE THE ISRAELI BOMBINGS
BEGAN MORE THAN A WEEK AGO, AP (...)
