Cyprus

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrived in Cyprus at 10 a.m. on Monday on his first foreign visit as prime minister. The visit was symbolic as it is a longstanding convention that leaders of each country visit the other...

Unemployment in Cyprus dropped in December 2014 to 16,4%, compared to 16,6% in November 2014. According to Eurostat, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 11.4% in December 2014, down from 11.5% in November 2014. This is the lowest rate...

Nicosia is looking forward to Greece's newly elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' visit, Cypriot government spokesperson Nikos Christodoulides said, expressing at the same time his certainty that the discussions to be held during Tsipras first official visit abroad since elected...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will arrive on an official visit to Cyprus on Monday, following an invitation extended by President Nicos Anastasiades. During his one-day stay, Tsipras will hold talks with Anastasiades and will meet with the leaders of...

The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage and the United Nations Development Programme- Partnership for the Future (UNDP-PF) have launched a tender for conservation works at Agios Panteleimonas Monastery in the Turkish-occupied village of Myrtou in Cyprus. Agios Panteleimonas Monastery is...

A populous delegation representing the Republic of Cyprus contributes and participates in an international initiative to express solidarity, respect and honor the millions of Holocaust victims, condemning anti-Semitism, racism and xenophobia, wherever it comes from, underlined a Foreign Affairs press...

  Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades congratulated Alexis Tsipras in a telegram sent on Monday morning. “I would like to congratulate you for your proud and historic victory, wishing every success to the mandate you have been given by the Greek people,”...

Greek main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, addressing a press conference earlier today, dismissed suggestions that Greece will have to complete its international bailout program review by the end of February, saying that a SYRIZA-led government would have until July to...

Moscow’s official intention to reach a potential agreement with Cyprus for a military base on the island was expressed earlier this week via Russia’s Ambassador in Nicosia, Stanislav Osadchiy, according to local media. The issue’s resurgence comes just a month...

The official position of the Republic of Cyprus that Turkey should get a stronger message in order to change its provocative and illegal attitude that prevents the continuation of the negotiations on the Cyprus problem and destabilizes the entire...