Cyprus

Princess Zena Kanther De Tyras, the woman who was born into poverty in a Paphos village, and rescued by an American millionaire after working as a cabaret dancer in Nicosia, died yesterday at the age of 90. Kanther, who later...

While shooting a film in Cyprus, Indian actress Neetu Chandra has made headlines in her country's newspapers and she has not held back from expressing her enjoyment of the Mediterranean. Starring as an Indian girl in the Greek-English film "Home...

Cyprus says it has begun talks with officials from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to gauge how much money it needs from the EU bailout fund for its troubled banks. The Finance Ministry said in a statement...

Cyprus took over the European Union presidency Sunday for the next six months. The island's own financial difficulties and its location in the eastern Mediterranean are expected to sharpen the bloc's focus on the eurozone debt crisis and on...

Cyprus takes over the European Union presidency Sunday for the next six months. The island's own financial difficulties and its location in the eastern Mediterranean are expected to sharpen the bloc's focus on the eurozone debt crisis and on...

The financial rescue package for Cyprus will involve the International Monetary Fund and will be tied to strict conditions of fiscal policy, bank deleveraging and structural reforms, euro zone finance ministers said in a statement Wednesday. The involvement of the...

Cyprus formally requested aid from Europe's bailout fund Monday as it scrambles to shore up its banking system that has been hurt by Greece's debt crisis. "The government of the Republic of Cyprus has today informed the appropriate European authorities...

Five people, two Greeks, two Cypriots and a Russian with a Greek passport, were apprehended for eight days yesterday by Larnaca district court in connection with the alleged importation of drugs, and possession as such. They were arrested on Thursday...

A new report from the human rights group Amnesty International claims that hundreds of migrants fleeing persecution and conflict who arrive in Cyprus are locked up by authorities in violation of international law. The report says the government in Nicosia...

Cyprus still has options open to find urgently needed funds to recapitalise its banks, either through the EU rescue fund or through a bilateral loan, its finance minister said on Tuesday, Reuters reported. "We are optimistic we will get the...