Cyprus

Cyprus President Says He Is Ready for Compromises That Serve Reunification Goal

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has rejected Turkey’s support for a two-state solution in Cyprus, saying reunification remains the sole objective of his government. In a televised address marking the 66th anniversary of the Republic of Cyprus, Christodoulides said his government...

October 1: Cyprus Celebrates 66 Years of Independence

Cyprus celebrates its Independence Day on October 1, with military parades and ceremonies across the island. Yet the Republic of Cyprus was officially established more than a month earlier, on August 16, 1960. The unusual gap between the two dates...

Christodoulides Tells Diaspora Turkish Cypriot Side Rejected UN Push for Cyprus Talks

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides said Friday that the Turkish Cypriot side rejected an effort to bring the island’s two leaders together with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York, dealing a setback to the latest attempt to revive negotiations...

Cyprus Economy Holding Up Despite Iran War, Foreign Minister Kombos Says at UNGA

Cyprus has demonstrated economic resilience despite the war involving the United States and Iran and wider instability across its neighborhood, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told Greek Reporter on Thursday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in...

Ancient Kourion Reveals Clues to Previously Unknown Roman Temple in Cyprus

Archaeologists studying limestone fragments found near the ancient Greek city of Kourion (Greek: Koύριov) in Cyprus say the remains may belong to a previously unknown Roman temple dating to the late first century A.D. The research, published in the...

Cyprus President Accuses Erdogan of ‘Hypocrisy of the Highest Form’ at UN

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of "hypocrisy of the highest form" on Wednesday, saying Turkey's actions in Cyprus contradict the principles of international law Erdogan defended in his speech to the United Nations General...

US Arms Embargo on Cyprus Remains Suspended for Another Year

The US State Department has issued a final rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations to specify that Cyprus’ status as a proscribed destination is suspended from Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2027. This action continues the...

Federation of Cypriot American Organizations to Honor Community Leaders at 2026 Dinner

The Federation of Cypriot American Organizations (FCAO) will honor three prominent members of the Cypriot American community at its 2026 Testimonial Dinner in New York on Friday, September 25. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Terrace on the...

Cyprus and Greece Record Lowest Suicide Rates in the EU, Eurostat Shows

Cyprus and Greece recorded the lowest suicide rates in the European Union in 2023, according to new figures released by Eurostat. The two Mediterranean countries stood far below the EU average, with Cyprus reporting 3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents...

Choirokoitia: Cyprus’ 9,000-Year-Old Neolithic Round-House Settlement

Less than four miles from the sea in the valley of the Maroni River in southern Cyprus lies one of the most significant Neolithic sites in the Mediterranean. Choirokoitia (also Khirokitia, Greek: Χοιροκοιτία) is the best-preserved Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement...

3,000-Year-Old Ship Carvings Reveal Ancient Cyprus’ Seafaring Culture

A new digital study has uncovered previously unknown ancient graffiti depicting ships at the Kition Kathari archaeological site in Larnaka, Cyprus. High-resolution 3D scans also revealed details missed in earlier studies, suggesting people carved images of ships at the...

Bronze Age Complex in Cyprus Reveals Ancient Game Board and Chamber Tombs

Archaeologists in Cyprus have wrapped up a new excavation season at a Bronze Age complex near the village of Erimi, uncovering fresh details about a large central building and a cluster of chamber tombs south of the ancient settlement. Cyprus'...

Captain and Seven Crew Members Arrested After Ferry Tragedy off Cyprus

The captain and seven crew members of the ferry that capsized off Kyrenia, also known as Girne, in the Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus, leaving eight people dead and seventeen passengers missing, have been arrested, the Turkish Cypriot leader Ünal Üstel announced. Üstel...

At Least Eight Dead, 17 Missing After Ferry Carrying 270 Capsizes off Cyprus

At least eight people have died and seventeen people are missing after a ferry from Kyrenia carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus. The occupied territory’s prime minister, Ünal Üstel, told the state-run TRT news...