Cyprus

Cyprus' Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly is ready to step down if President Demetris Christofias does not sign a memorandum of agreement with international lenders to release a bailout needed to keep the economy from tanking, the newspaper Simerini reported. He...

Cyprus plans to contact international lenders on Monday evening to invite them to the island for final talks on a comprehensive aid package for the Greece-exposed island, officials said. While it was unclear when lenders from the European Central Bank,...

The acclaimed director, Nikos Koundouros, has selected the 7th International Film Festival of Cyprus for the official premiere on Oct. 22 of his latest film, A Ship to Palestine, after the closing and prize award ceremony at the event...

The 10th International Conference on Greek Research and the 2nd International Conference on Ageing in a Foreign Land will be held from June 27-30 at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. The conference is hosted by LOGOS Australian Centre...

Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has called for the sluggish Cyprus talks to be sped up after the elections next year, as Famagusta Gazette reported today. He said that the Cyprus talks could not resume automatically from where they...

Eurozone member Cyprus said Wednesday the troika of international lenders was expected on the island next week to discuss the terms of a bailout to save Greece-exposed banks and the economy. Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said intensive discussions could begin...

A fascinating interactive documentary project serves up 14 video portraits of first and second generation Cypriots (both Greek and Turkish) that live and work in North London. The “Green Line” of the title is the one drawn in dark green...

Cypriot President Demetris Christofias has promised he will not obey orders from international lenders to cut wages in return for a bailout as he prepared to push political leaders to rally behind him before he starts negotiations to get...

Cypriot Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will address the 5th European Heritage Days Forum Oct. 15-16 in Nicosia. Launched in 1985,it has been organized annually every year since 1999 as a joint initiative between...

A week-long retrospective of Greek Cypriot filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis' films began Oct.11 in the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing as part of the celebrative activities for the 40th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Greece and...