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Saturday marks 16 years since Cyprus’ Helios Airways Boeing 737 crashed on a hillside near Athens on August 14, 2005, killing all 115 passengers and six crew on board, making it the worst air tragedy ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday said that unity is key to preventing Turkey’s provocations in Cyprus so that the island can become a modern European country without an occupation ...

Building permits increased by 30.3 per cent in the first five months of the year, compared with the same period of 2020, the Statistical Service announced on Friday. “During the period January – ...

The UN Security Council’s resolution renewing the mandate of the Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until January 31, 2022, which was unanimously adopted on July 29, has circulated as an official Security ...

The bicommunal technical committee on health convened recently and discussed issues related to the EU digital covid certificate and how the Turkish Cypriots could issue it. Greek Cypriot co-chair Leonidas ...

Turkey is not cooperating, nor implementing UN resolutions, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday adding that Ankara was trying to create new faits accomplis in Cyprus. Addressing a group of ...

The preparedness of the Forestry department prevented a serious fire in difficult to reach terrain from developing into a serious incident on Saturday, director of the department Charalambos Alexandrou said ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published the results of the 2021 stress tests, which show that the euro area banking system is resilient to adverse economic developments. The 89 banks covered ...

The ministers of defence of Cyprus and Slovakia met on Thursday in Nicosia to discuss bilateral relations, the continuing tension in the Eastern Mediterranean region as well as the recent ...

The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution that will renew the mandate of Unficyp for another six months, until January 31, 2022. The final text, which was tacitly accepted and ...

The Council of Europe has called for the reversal of a Turkish decision to further re-open the fenced-off area of Varosha and hopes for renewed settlement talks in Cyprus, while ...

Pressure from all other members of the Security Council forced Britain to accept the requested amendments to the draft resolution renewing the Unficyp’s mandate, expected to be put to ...

All members of the UN Security Council asked Britain for a clear reference to the basis for a Cyprus solution during discussions on Tuesday on the second draft of the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on Tuesday after which there will be extended talks between the delegations of Greece and Cyprus as part ...

A total of 202,781 adult persons remain unvaccinated against Covid-19, the ministry of health said in a press release. According to data released by the ministry, 71.7% of the adult population has ...

The European Finance Ministers will approve Cyprus €1.2 billion Recovery and Resilience Plan in a scheduled videoconference to be held on Monday. The Cypriot plan is included in the second batch ...

The international community, the UN and the EU cannot keep on showing tolerance towards Turkey, said Commissioner Photis Photiou, in a memorial service held Saturday for the heroes and missing ...

Τhe prerequisite for the creation of prospects for a resumption of the UN talks on the Cyprus problem is for Turkey to end its provocative actions that violate Cyprus` sovereign ...

The Cyprus meteorological service issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms on Sunday, valid from 1-5pm. Isolated heavy thunderstorms may affect mountainous and inland areas and shower rates will range ...

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Israel on Sunday for a two-day working visit following an invitation from his counterpart Yair Lapid. Christodoulides will hold consultations with Lapid, the ...

A new draft UN Security Council Presidential Statement about the Turkish announcements regarding the fenced off city of Famagusta (Varosha) has been presented by the UK. The draft statement, which ...

History cannot be erased, co-president of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Culture, Androulla Vasiliou told CNA, commenting on the Turkish occupation authorities’ move to cover the inscription “Greek Gymnasium” from ...

The municipality of Turkish-occupied Famagusta is launching an international campaign to persuade foreign countries to exert pressure on Turkey as regards its stance in the fenced off town of Varosha. ...

Cyprus pays tribute on Tuesday to all those killed during the Turkish invasion in 1974 which resulted in the occupation of 37 per cent of the Mediterranean island’s territory, an EU ...