Cyprus

The Cyprus issue and the re-ignition of the UN-backed peace process dominated a televised debate between the candidates running in the island’s presidential election on Sunday. The five main candidates -- incumbent Nicos Anastasiades; Nicolas Papadopoulos; Stavros Malas; George Lillikas;...

Cyprus has expressed its concern over freedom of the press in the areas under Turkish military occupation, following the ransacking of the offices of a newspaper critical of Turkey’s president. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its...

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan was accused of incitement on Monday, after a mob in northern Cyprus ransacked the offices of a newspaper critical of Ankara's current military offensive in Syria. A flag-waving crowd attacked the first-floor offices of Afrika...

The election campaign for the Cyprus presidency continues complete with bitter accusations and counter-accusations of the worst kind – the knives are out! Personally, I made up my mind long ago and I will join thousands of other citizens...

Talking abstractly about new strategies, a Plan B or the notion of a two-state solution for Cyprus secures neither the conditions for peace, nor the well-being of Greek Cypriots, President Nicos Anastasiades said in an interview with the Athens...

Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades is projected to win a second term in office in the elections of January 28, according to a survey released on Thursday. The final poll commissioned by the CyBC again showed the incumbent comfortably in the...

Greek star Helena Paparizou has reportedly turned down an offer to represent Cyprus in this year's Eurovision, according to the Eurovision Fan Club in Greece (INFE). Earlier this week, Cypriot media reported that national broadcaster RIK was trying to convince...

Reuters has reported that Eurobank will maintain its Balkan footprint in Bulgaria, Serbia and Cyprus after pulling out of Romania, its deputy CEO said on Tuesday, expecting the group's subsidiaries there to double their profitability over the next few...

Cyprus hosted the leaders of Greece and Jordan in Nicosia on Tuesday, in a three-way meeting aimed at strengthening ties in the volatile Mediterranean region on a host of issues, from water management to the protection of artefacts. Jordan and...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed optimism on Tuesday that after elections in Cyprus on Jan. 28, a window will open to resume the efforts for a solution to the Cyprus issue. “We remain firmly committed to the resumption of...