Famagusta

Cypriot police questioned several foreign citizens over the weekend and Monday in the Famagusta area, after they were found selling laughing gas (nitrous oxide). Early Monday morning, one British man, a Hungarian woman and a Romanian man were arrested selling laughing gas, a pharmaceutical product, without...

Greek-Cypriots have organized a rally against the occupation of Famagusta on August 9, according to the city's mayor Alexis Galanos. "The goal is to send a message of unity to carry on the struggle of terminating the Turkish occupation and reunite the country,"...

Sunday July 20, 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the Turkish Invasion to Cyprus that still keeps the island divided. Cypriots still remember the unsettling wail of the sirens in the early morning hours, a stark reminder of the events of...

The castle where Shakespeare set his drama “Othello” in the island of Cyprus is going to be restored, after being abandoned for years. The politics splitting the island for decades, and the fact that it had not been taken care...

Thousands of Greek Cypriots, most refugees, flocked to the Ayios Giorgos Exorinos church in Famagusta where they attended a Good Friday service at their historical place of worship for the first time in decades. The service, the first since 1957...

Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus has spoken out about the route of the revived Good Friday Epitaph liturgy in Turkish-occupied Famagusta, claiming the event has turned into a show that has nothing to do with the Orthodox religion. The original route of the procession...

Restoration work on the Othello Tower in the Turkish-occupied Cypriot city of Famagusta will begin in the next few days, according to Takis Hadjidemetriou, chairman of the Joint Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage. The Othello Tower built by the Venetians...

Mayor of Famagusta, Alexis Galanos stated that a Good Friday service will be held at the church Saint George Eksorinos, for the first time since 1957. The historic service was announced after Mayor Galanos met with the Turkish Cypriot Mayor of...

Under the current political climate, there is a slim possibility that a conciliatory resolution to the Cyprus problem may not be far off. If successful, the island would be administered as a bizonal, bicommunal federation. President of the Republic...

Costas Kounnas, a Cypriot physicist won the Humbolt Research Award and is planning on collaborating on a new research project with string theorist and Professor at Ludwig Maximillians University in Munich, Dieter Lüst. According to the press release: “Professor Costas...