Cyprus

Archaeologists and restoration experts have completed the first phase of the restoration of the Church of Apostolos Andreas in the Karpasia peninsula in the north of Cyprus. Last Monday the church was handed over to the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage after...

In preparation for this week’s visit to Mont Pelerin resort in Switzerland for a bit of “horse-trading” the President spoke on national television station RIK 1 on November 4, in an attempt to “inform” his people on the progress...

The Greek Council of Appeals Court on Tuesday reached a verdict concerning the extradition of Greek businessman Michael Zolotas to Cyprus. Zolotas is allegedly connected to a bribe paid by his company to former Cypriot Central Bank governor Christodoulos...

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders are holding U.N.-mediated talks in an effort to end the four-decade-long stalemate that has kept their island divided. U.N. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon opened the week long talks with words of encouragement for the task...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon looks forward to offering his personal support to both Turkish leader of Cyprus; Mustafa Akinci and President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus. The two are set to enter into a crucial phase of negotiations, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in New York....

Real estate sales marked a significant increase of 37% in October 2016 compared to the same month the previous year, continuing an upward trend that began last February. An indication of growing real estate sales is that during the first 10...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated the good prospects for the Greece-Russia cooperation in the energy sector during his meeting in Athens with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday morning. Lavrov also referred to problems existing in bilateral trade and the...

The solution to the Cyprus problem will be the biggest step or the most significant reform to the country's economic growth for the coming decades, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday, addressing the 12th Cyprus Summit entitled "Europe in...

Greece can borrow from the markets in 2017, provided that it continues implementing economic reforms, said the President of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Klaus Regling on Tuesday. Regling spoke at the 12th Economist Conference in Nicosia, Cyprus, and referred...

The Cyprus negotiations underway are purported to “resolve the Cyprus issue” this year and one may wonder why the urgency? The consequence of making a wrong agreement has hardly been debated and citizens have also been kept in the dark....