Cyprus

The song La La Love, sung by Ivi Adamou, will represent Cyprus in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. The song was chosen last night in a special programme called A Song For Ivi by a 50/50 combination...

Greek natural-gas supplier Depa has conducted a preliminary study into building an underwater pipeline between Cyprus and Greece, Environment and Energy Minister George Papaconstantinou stated. The pipeline, which would carry natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean, would run from Cyprus...

High Commissioner of Canada to Cyprus Robert William Peck stressed Friday that his country recognises the Republic of Cyprus` sovereign rights and supports the efforts to reach a solution of the Cyprus problem based on the relevant UN Security...

Greece and Cyprus may agree to link the power grids of Crete, Greece’s largest island, and Cyprus to raise security and increase supplies, the Greek energy minister said. “We will look into the financial and technical aspects of linking Cyprus...

A dinner hosted by Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu for the UN team in Cyprus was concluded late on Thursday evening at the village of Pyla. Cyprus President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis...

Cyprus undertook duties relating to European Security and Defence Policy as of January 1st, 2012, as Denmark took over the EU Presidency. Cyprus Defence Minister Demetris Eliades stated that Denmark is not participating in the running of European Security and...

Attorney-General Petros Clerides lodged on Tuesday an appeal to the Supreme Court against the Assize Court`s majority ruling to acquit the five defendants over a fatal air crash in 2005 in which 121 persons died. According to credible sources the...

According to figures compiled by site monitoring service Pingdom, Facebook is now so popular that over half the total population of some countries are using the service. Countries leading the way with Facebook usage are Cyprus (69 percent), Hong Kong...

The Department of History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki conducted an archaeological project at the pre-Neolithic site of Vretsia-Roudias in the Pafos district of Cyprus. Under the direction of Professor Nikolaos Efstratiou, the team discovered important findings...

The first installment, worth 590 million euros, of a 2.5-billion-euro loan from the Russian Federation was received on Thursday by the Republic of Cyprus, to enhance the public sector`s cash flow and cover the Republic`s financing needs for 2012. According...