Turkey has renewed its defense of its 1974 invasion of Cyprus in a document circulated at the UN rejecting the internationally recognized terms “invasion” and “occupation” while again calling for a two-state settlement.
Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ahmet...
Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence of wine-making, pottery production and textile-related activities at the ancient settlement of Erimi–Pitharka in Cyprus, revealing that the site was a major workshop more than 3,000 years ago.
The 2026 excavation season also expanded the...
Average gross monthly earnings in Cyprus increased by 3.7 percent during the first quarter of 2026, reaching €2,601 (about $2,960), according to provisional figures released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (CYSTAT).
The increase marks continued wage growth across the Cypriot...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced Wednesday that he will convene a new expanded 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus issue after sufficient preparation on confidence-building measures, methodology, and the substance of the negotiations, signaling a renewed effort to restart...
On Tuesday, Eni announced that it has reached the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the development of the Cronos gas field in Cyprus’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), aiming to bring the country’s first natural gas to market in 2028.
According...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Cyprus this week for high-stakes diplomatic talks, marking the first visit by a sitting UN chief to the divided island in more than sixteen years. His arrival signals a renewed attempt to...
Hebrew-language billboards promoting real estate have become increasingly visible in parts of Cyprus, particularly around coastal areas where developers are targeting buyers from Israel.
The advertisements point to a general trend in the property market of Cyprus. Foreign purchasers have...
A 3,000-year-old limestone anchor carved with a Cypro-Minoan inscription, CM 102 Variant 7, has recently been uncovered from the seabed at Tel Dor, a coastal site on Israel’s Carmel Coast. The artifact, discovered in a shallow lagoon, provides new...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is set to visit Cyprus from July 27 to 29 in an effort to inject new momentum into long-running peace talks between the island’s Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities.
The visit will mark the...
Greece and Cyprus are moving forward with plans to jointly develop and produce an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) under a European Union defense initiative aimed at strengthening the continent's military industrial base.
According to reports, Athens and Nicosia intend...
On July 15, 1974, a military coup, instigated by the junta in Athens, took place in Cyprus, giving Turkey a pretext to invade five days later.
The plotters overthrew the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, and installed...
Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of ancient Bronze Age gold ornaments in Cyprus that reveal how people exchanged goods, ideas and artistic treasures across the Mediterranean more than 3,400 years ago.
The discovery comes from tombs outside the ancient harbor...
Aphrodite’s worship began in ancient fertility cults on the island of Cyprus, long before she entered the Greek pantheon as the final Olympian deity. Goddess of love, beauty and fertility, she has endured through the ages as a timeless...
A group of Greek Cypriot motorcyclists is traveling across Greece this summer to honor the memory of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, whose deaths during anti-occupation demonstrations in Cyprus in August 1996 became defining moments in the island's modern...
