Nicos Anastasiades

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades reshuffled his cabinet yesterday, replacing three ministers and handing one a different portfolio, at the same time unleashing the wrath of his former junior coalition partner. Three ministers appointed by the Democratic Party DIKO – health,...

Central Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades resigned on Monday after two turbulent years in office, which also saw the launch of an investigation into his dealings with a consultancy firm. An official statement said Demetriades’ resignation has been accepted by President...

The entire Cyprus cabinet submitted its resignation on Friday. President Nicos Anastasiades told reporters that he had asked the ministers to remain in their posts until he announces a reshuffle, noting that this would take place by March 15 at...

Cyprus Parliament on Thursday failed to adopt a controversial privatization plan, potentially throwing into disarray an international bailout programme of the island and endangering the next tranche of a €10bn loan. As hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside parliament, the vote...

A junior partner in Cyprus's ruling centre-right coalition (DIKO) voted to leave the government coalition on Wednesday night over disagreements with President Nicos Anastasiades concerning the terms for the resumption of talks on the Cyprus problem. Its central committee voted...

Goverment coalition party DIKO voted to abandon the ruling alliance just after midnight Friday, citing disagreement with the terms for the resumption of negotiations on the Cyprus issue, and accusing President Nicos Anastasiades of violating his pre-election pledges that...

NICOSIA - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said prospects for oil and gas finds off the island's coast could provide an incentive for Turkey, which unlawfully invaded in 1974, to finally settle on a reunification plan and have access to...

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will succeed in his burning desire to reunify the island, whose northern third is still occupied by a standing Turkish army and unlawful invaders, right about the time Greece gets back Istanbul, which it still...

Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu were meeting Tuesday to relaunch talks on ending the island's division after a nearly two-year break. Leaders of ethnically split Cyprus agreed to work towards a new system...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu meet on Tuesday morning, an UNFICYP press release issued here on Saturday says. According to the UNFICYP press release the two leaders will meet in the United Nations Protected Area...