Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s has placed the economy of Cyprus as being ‘positive,’ it had formally been ‘stable’. The agency said 10 years after the financial crisis on the island, the local economy is [Read More]
Israeli tycoon Beny Steinmetz has been arrested in Cyprus, according to the Times of Israel. An article posted on the news site on Sunday says the businessman is wanted in Romania where he and political [Read More]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Cyprus to meet with President Nikos Christodouides. The two leaders will discuss developments in Cyprus-Israel bilateral relations, energy issues, and Europe-Israeli relations. The meeting on Sunday will be [Read More]
At least 13 people were detained following an anti-immigrant riot in the southern city of Limassol overnight on Friday, in which five people were injured in clashes with anti-riot squads, Cyprus police said on Saturday. [Read More]
In Egypt’s northern coastal city of Ezbet al-Borg, where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea, dozens of workers were busy putting the final touches on a luxurious tourist boat before exporting it to Cyprus. [Read More]
A technical problem caused to 170 passengers to spend the night in Italy after a Cyprus Airways flight from Fiumicino Airport in Rome to Larnaca was put out of service. The flight that was supposed [Read More]
A well-known British diver has been remembered with a special plaque at the Zenobia wreck site off the coast of Larnaca in Cyprus. Raymond Woolley, who died in November last year, would have marked his [Read More]
Protestors have returned to the streets of Chlorakas, near Paphos in western Cyprus, in a fresh attack against migrants living in the area. In disturbing scenes on Monday evening, groups were seen marching – some [Read More]
A high-ranking UN official has met separately with Cyprus’ President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in a bid to restart the stalled Cyprus peace negotiations. Miroslav Jenca, UN assistant secretary-general for Europe, [Read More]
The UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has said that the situation near a village of the island’s buffer zone has calmed after an eruption of violence last week, but there were mixed reactions [Read More]
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