Cyprus

A request from Nicosia asking the UN to renew its peacekeeping mandate on the divided island has sparked a response from Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci. It is reported that Akinci, who recently received a visit from newly re-elected Turkish...

Canada's High Commissioner, Keith Morrill, visited the anthropological laboratory of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP), on July 4. This is a bi-communal initiative founded by the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities with the participation...

The Cypriot Community of Australia, along with the Justice for Cyprus Coordination Committee (SEKA), are to hold a number of events to commemorate 44 years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Starting on Sunday, SEKA has organized a memorial service...

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara won't allow Turkish Cypriots to become victims of failed attempts at a peace deal or to be reduced to a minority in a Greek Cypriot-dominated state. Erdogan was in Cyprus on Tuesday to...

Greece and Turkey need to hammer out assurances on security before new talks on Cyprus can go ahead, Athens' foreign minister has said. Nikos Kotzias, speaking to the Sto Kokkinio radio station, said Greece had previously stressed the need for...

Turkish media are reporting that Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit northern Cyprus next week shortly after being inaugurated as president. His visit on Monday to occupied Cyprus will see him oversee the opening of a new huge mosque north of...

Greece's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Terens Quick is in Cyprus for the preparation of "Nostos - The Return 2", a tripartite roots revival conference between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt. Quick will meet with Egypt's Minister of Immigration and Expatriate...

Turkish Cypriots reacted angrily to Nicosia's move to introduce fuel checks at the crossing points dividing the Mediterranean island. “The Greek side is openly threatening consumers with new criminal measures that have been introduced to prevent shopping from the North....

A young Cypriot who works to help disadvantaged people in the U.K., received the Queen’s Young Leaders Award at a ceremony held in Buckingham Palace earlier this week. The award recognizes and celebrates exceptional people aged 18-29 from across the...

Reports from Cyprus say five Greek troops were hurt on Saturday morning in a tank accident. The soldiers were taking part in a military exercise in Nicosia when the armored vehicle overturned. It happened at 8.50 a.m. local time (0550GMT) at...