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 carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid is expected to set sail this weekend, bound for Gaza.
The Spanish vessel, Open Arms, is scheduled to depart from Cyprus — the closest EU country to Gaza — and hopes to use a newly opened shipping (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan redoubled his call here Monday for the international recognition of northern Cyprus, in his first port of call since his re-election.
In Turkey-occupied north Cyprus Erdogan met the north's leader Ersin Tatar, (...)
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine in full swing, the geopolitical landscape has completely changed, as have the priorities of the European Union, and its relations with other countries.
To discuss all this, and the new initiatives on the ongoing (...)
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades received at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia Sunday the Minister of Investment, Eng. Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih.
At the outset of the meeting, Eng. Al-Falih conveyed to the president, the government and the (...)
President Nicos Anastasiades of the Republic of Cyprus received at the Presidential palace in Nicosia today the Saudi Minister of Investment, Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih.
At the outset of the meeting, Eng. Al-Falih conveyed to the President, (...)
The Saudi-Cyprus roundtable meeting was held on Saturday in Nicosia with the attendance of the Saudi Minister of Investment Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih and Cypriot Minister of Finance, Makis Keravnos.
The meeting, which brought together (...)
Nikos Christodoulides became Cyprus' newest president after he defeated the communist-backed career diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis in the country's presidential elections on Sunday.
With 100% of ballots counted, Christodoulides had 51.9% of the vote (...)
Brussels on Monday announced that it would issue a temporary waiver to allow citizens and businesses in Northern Ireland, Ireland, Cyprus and Malta to import veterinary medicines from Britain.
Brexit meant that Dublin, Nicosia and Valletta — whose (...)
Three pregnant women and 55 children, including a one-month-old baby, were among those rescued by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) this week.
The organization says some 371 people could have drowned if it wasn't for its five missions that helped lift (...)
A 5-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale hit Cyprus, on Friday, according to The Jordan Seismological Observatory (JSO), Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported.
JSO Director Ghassan Sweidan said the earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km and 15 (...)
A top UN-appointed human rights panel issued an appeal on Tuesday for faster progress toward finding the remains of those who disappeared during deadly violence that split the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, decades ago.
The UN Working Group on (...)
NICOSIA — Houthis continuous targeting of Saudi Arabia with cowardly drone attacks threaten the stability of the entire region, Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said here on Sunday.
The Cypriot foreign minister's statement came during a (...)
The Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Fayyad Bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, arrived in Nicosia. This visit came in response to the invitation by the Chief of Staff of the Cypriot National Guard and the Armed Forces.
At the outset of the visit, Gen. (...)
The Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, arrived yesterday in Nicosia.
This visit came in response to the invitation by the Chief of Staff of the Cypriot National Guard and the Armed Forces.
At the outset of (...)
Cyprus' foreign minister announced his resignation on Sunday amid swirling speculation over his intention to run for president of the east Mediterranean island nation next year that he said undermined the work of his ministry and that of the (...)
Around one in five European Union (EU) citizens have received a third COVID-19 vaccine dose, European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides has said.
Kyriakides, a Cypriot psychologist and politician, said that the ratio now stands at 19 percent (...)
Cyprus is further tightening checks on all incoming passengers over the age of 12, requiring a mandatory PCR test on arrival, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Thursday.
Hadjipantelas said the new measures were aimed at preventing (...)
Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), affirmed that the GCC will work to strengthen the close partnership between the GCC and the Republic of Cyprus.
This came during a meeting held here today (...)
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, currently on a visit to Republic of Cyprus, stressed the importance of the GCC-Cypriot relations which enable achieving the common goals.
This came during a (...)
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf met here today with the GCC Ambassadors accredited to the Republic of Cyprus.
The meeting came within the framework of the GCC Secretary General's visit to the (...)
Foreign Minister of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides met here today with the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, currently on a visit to the Republic of Cyprus.
During the meeting, (...)
Four people were found dead as a huge fire raged for a second day in Cyprus, razing tracts of forest in a blaze one official called the worst on record.
The blaze, fanned by strong winds, affected at least 10 communities over an area of 50 square (...)
A weaving project is helping to close the decades-long divide between the two communities in Cyprus, with assistance from the UN mission in the country, UNFICYP.
Hande Toycan, who is Turkish-Cypriot, and Flora Hadjigeorgiou, a Greek-Cypriot, are (...)
Cyprus search crews discovered the bodies of four people outside a fire-swept mountain village on Sunday in what a government minister called the "most destructive" blaze in the east Mediterranean island nation's history.
Nicos Nouris said that (...)
