Cyprus

Following the recent dramatic developments along Greece's eastern borders, one EU member state after the other is announcing additional support for Greece to protect the EU's border with Turkey. EU member states have reached several bilateral agreements with Greek authorities on...

The government of the Republic of Cyprus confirmed the first two positive cases of the coronavirus on the island on Monday. The first case is a 25-year old Greek Cypriot who had traveled recently to Milan, Italy. He is now...

Cyprus' Broadcaster RIK (CyBC) released on Friday the song with which the country will compete in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Europe’s largest annual music and television show. Sandro Nicolas will represent the Mediterranean nation with his ''Running'' song. Nicolas, born...

The European Union announced on Thursday that -- in solidarity with Cyprus -- it will impose sanctions on two Turkish individuals over their role in Turkey's illegal drilling activities inside the island Republic's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The EU did...

France's ''Charles De Gaulle,'' the largest aircraft carrier in Europe, docked at the port of Limassol in Cyprus on Thursday. The photographs of this massive vessel are impressive by any measure and send a message of the strongest possible cooperation between the...

Marriage is a serious, life-long commitment, and thus the decision to get married is never an easy one, right? Well, not necessarily, when we are talking about Cypriots! According to the latest figures published recently by Eurostat, the European Union's statistics...

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will hold bilateral meetings with top EU officials in the coming days where he is expected to raise the matter of the fenced-off part of Turkish-occupied Famagusta, Cyprus' Government Spokesperson Kyriacos Koushos said on Monday. President Anastasiades...

France partnered with the Republic of Cyprus in testing its anti-aircraft defense capabilities in a joint military exercise which was conducted across the free territories of the Republic on Monday. Numerous French ''Rafale'' fighter jets pretended to be trying to...

The Greek authorities have recently given the green light for the reintroduction of a ferry connection between mainland Greece and Cyprus, a line that has stopped operating since 2000. The decision to speed up all necessary measures was taken following...

Michael Eleftheriades is a 17-year old student from Cyprus who aims to break a Guinness World Record for solving the Rubik's cube while being upside down in the fastest time. Eleftheriades has managed to win 40 national records so far...