Cyprus

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said his official visit to Tehran aims at establishing economic, trade and energy ties between Iran and Greece, and subsequently with the European Union. Greece can act as a conduit for establishing economic, trade and...

There is euphoria in the air on resolving the Cyprus issue this year; come rain or shine there will be a solution – so insist all the major players including a Nobel Prize winner! What kind of a solution?...

A project to upgrade the Kyrenia Shipwreck Gallery, located within the castle of the Turkish-occupied town of Kyrenia, has been launched by the bi-communal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, a move with wider symbolic meaning both for Kyrenian refugees,...

The meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, scheduled to take place on Monday, 8 February, has been postponed, government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides said. Replying to CNA questions, the spokesman said that the leaders’ meeting was...

The Euro area unemployment rate fell to 10.4% in December 2015, down from 10.5% in November 2015, and from 11.4% in December 2014. This is the lowest rate recorded in the Euro area since September 2011, according to figures...

The Cypriot Government has expressed “deep disappointment” over the leak of a document on the Cyprus peace talks, which had been given by the President to the parties which participated on Monday morning in the National Council meeting, the...

US Vice President Joe Biden pledged continued support to help both sides reach a successful agreement on the Cyprus issue. Vice President Biden called President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades on Friday to follow up on their meeting on...

The methodology to be followed in the UN-led talks on the Cyprus problem, during the next months, was agreed at the meeting on Friday between Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot Mustafa Akinci in the framework of the...

The Executive Board of the IMF completed the ninth review of Cyprus’ economic adjustment program supported by the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and approved 126.3 million euros disbursement, according to a press release. One more review remains for the three-year EFF...

The tripartite Greece - Cyprus - Israel agreement is considered of special economic and geopolitical importance by government sources. This agreement, which is the result of increasingly frequent contacts last year, is the second, after the tripartite agreement of...