#Cyprus

In December 1982, ambassador Andrew Jacovides signed the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) for the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) at Montego Bay, Jamaica. It crowned years ...

Only 26 per cent of young Cypriots say that they have taken part in at least one initiative to bring about social change in the past year, ranking the Republic lowest ...

The future of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), which, if completed, will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece, and Israel, is “being handled away from the public eye”, President ...

The whole Avakoum monastery scandal was conjured to cover up an unpaid loan Tamasos Bishop Isaias took from the monastery and only partially paid back, defence lawyer Kostis Efstathiou argued ...

Ninety-five years ago in October 1931, Britain deployed some 150 troops to Cyprus from Cairo and sent warships to Limassol and Paphos after a crowd burned down government house in Nicosia. The ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday condemned the terrorist attack on St George’s Greek Orthodox Church in the Karak region of Jordan, expressing Cyprus’ solidarity with the country during a ...

The transport ministry is planning to install 94 new fast charging points for electric vehicles over the next couple of years, at a total cost of €10 million, Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday confirmed that he has been invited to next month’s Cop31 climate summit, which will take place in the Turkish Mediterranean coastal city ...

Cyprus has reportedly received a letter inviting it to the UN climate summit in Antalya, a government source informed the Cyprus News Agency on Sunday. The source was responding to ...

Cypriot members of the European Parliament on Thursday took to the Strasbourg chamber’s floor to offer terse criticism for Turkey’s actions in the eastern Mediterranean, with Diko’s ...

European Commission Cyprus problem envoy Raffaele Fitto on Thursday said that the European Union attaches “particular importance” to efforts to bring about a solution to the Cyprus problem, as he ...

Members of the European Parliament will on Thursday morning debate the matter of “persistent Turkish provocations” in both the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean seas, as well as related “escalations”, with ...

Oil prices above $100 a barrel are keeping pressure on fuel and electricity costs in Cyprus, with further increases at the pumps increasingly likely as global supply concerns persist. According to ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) this week ruled in favour of a Moroccan national, an asylum seeker who sued Cyprus for his prolonged detention on national security grounds. ...

The operation of the “Russian House” in Cyprus should be examined as part of Europe’s response to Russian hybrid threats, Lithuanian MEP and former defence minister Rasa Juknevičienė ...

The interests and objectives of the United States and Cyprus are closely aligned, US ambassador John Breslow said on Wednesday, describing the current period as potentially the best in the ...

Cyprus and Israel will continue negotiations in the first half of October aimed at reaching an agreement over the cross-border gas reservoir between Cyprus’ Aphrodite field and Israel’s Ishai ...

A man was charged in a Scotland court on Thursday in connection with a disturbance he caused a day earlier during a Jet2 flight from Edinburgh to Cyprus. According to ...

Two Cypriot members of the European Parliament reacted to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union address by demanding that the bloc take more ...

Seven people were arrested for various offences including car theft, illegal possession of property, illegal stay in the Republic and drink driving on Monday night. As part of the operations, ...

A fire that broke out in the basement of a hotel in the Pernara area of Protaras has prompted the precautionary evacuation of hotel guests on Friday night. According to ...

The former teacher of Stylianos Constantinou, the 14-year-old boy who died by suicide in 2019, told Nicosia district court on Friday that she had reported everything the child told her about ...

The transport ministry on Thursday announced a €68 million tender for the new Legal Service building, with construction scheduled to begin in April 2027. According to the ministry, the project covers the ...

Israeli defence companies are interested in establishing operations in Cyprus to potentially benefit from the European Union’s SAFE defence financing programme, as President Isaac Herzog held talks with President ...