Cyprus

Cyprus' unemployment rate for 2014 amounted to 16.1% of the labour force (males 17.0% and females 15.1%) in comparison to 15.9% (males 16.5% and females 15.2%) in 2013, according to the revised figures of the Labour Force Survey released...

U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus John M. Koenig said that he personally does not regard the Cyprus problem as essentially a matter of invasion and occupation, noting that it is up to the Cypriots to reclaim the Cyprus Dream. Koenig was speaking at an...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias met with the governing board of the Diaspora organization American Hellenic Institute (AHI) in order to discuss the coordination of joint actions to strengthen national efforts in every field. AHI president and executive director Nick Larigakis...

New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyiannis said she fears that Greece may be forced to enforce capital controls if no deal is reached by the coming three-day Pentecost weekend. Speaking on Greek national television on Monday, the New Democracy lawmaker said the Greek...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci send a message of peace hoping that a solution will emerge in the Cyprus problem. The two leaders made statements to the press on Saturday after they walked the streets of old Nicosia, across...

Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot party representatives will visit monuments of high historical importance in Turkish-occupied Famagusta on June 17 to demonstrate their public support for the conservation of cultural heritage in Cyprus. The visit in Famagusta is organized by the Embassy of Slovakia...

Cypriot singer John Karayiannis competed in the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals with “One Thing I Should Have Done” and passed to Saturday's finals along with Lithuania, Montenegro, Norway, Israel, Latvia, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Slovenia and Poland. A total of 17 countries...

The United States has hailed the resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus problem, reaffirming its readiness to help the process. A US State Department official, responding to a question, said the US welcomed the start of talks between the Greek-Cypriot...

By Costa Carras* Few international journalists anticipated the 60% vote for a new and very different Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci. For Turkey, the only UN member state to recognize the state which declared independence in 1983, he is now...

UN-led talks aiming to find a political settlement to reunite Cyprus, divided since the 1974 Turkish invasion, resumed this morning in the UN protected area, at the now defunct Nicosia International Airport. This is the first meeting between Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades...