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The UN Security Council on Tuesday welcomed the UN Secretary General’s latest report as well as his decision to continue efforts towards reigniting negotiations between the two communities through his envoy Jane Holl Lute. Lute is to meet President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in separate meetings on Wednesday, in the framework […]

Competent authorities are to meet on Thursday to discuss where things stand regarding mobile phone interoperability across the island, one of the confidence-building measures agreed by the two leaders in 2015. The meeting was scheduled after President Nicos Anastasiades announced last week after a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci they would meet again […]

Stronger links are to be forged between American doctors and the ministry of health following the signing of an agreement on Tuesday. The memorandum of understanding was signed by the Ministry of Health, the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children and the George and Thelma Paraskevaides Foundation and provides for expanding their cooperation in the fields of […]

The head of the veterinary services assured on Tuesday inspections carried out by his department in farms and slaughterhouses were adequate despite personnel shortages. Christodoulos Pipis said there might be staff shortages but that did not automatically mean the inspections were substandard or deficient. “The products on the market are duly inspected and certified by […]

Foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides conceded on Tuesday that American helicopters were in fact operating out of the island but insisted there was no United States airbase per se in Cyprus. The American helicopters were used exclusively for humanitarian reasons, Christodoulides told reporters after attending a closed-doors session of the House foreign affairs committee. “I have […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will not seek re-election as leader of the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) at a congress in December. Merkel, 64, also ruled out running for a fifth term as chancellor in 2021. Several CDU politicians have announced bids to succeed Merkel as party leader. Here are some facts about […]

Primary teachers’ union Poed warned on Tuesday they would take legal action against pay cuts levied against them for striking last month, arguing they were forced to take action by the government. Union head Filios Fylaktou said they have sent a letter to the education ministry asking whether it would be legal to suffer pay […]

Irrespective of the number of remains found, the efforts of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) should not cease until the fate of every missing person has been determined, its Greek Cypriot member Nestoras Nestoros said on Tuesday. Responding to statements made on Monday evening by Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou warning that the CMP faces […]

Wealthy space buffs will have the chance to own three small particles of lunar matter when what Sotheby’s describes as the only known documented “moonrocks” to be legally available for private ownership hit the auction block in November. Sotheby’s said on Tuesday it expects the fragments, retrieved from the moon by a Soviet space mission in 1970, […]

President Nicos Anastasiades attributes ‘special importance’ to his scheduled meeting on Wednesday with a United Nations envoy, the government said on Tuesday. The UN Secretary-General’s envoy Jane Holl Lute is to meet the island’s two leaders as part of a fact-finding mission. Lute will be on the island at the request of UNSG Antonio Guterres […]

The artist Spyros Demetriades returns to Nicosia after eight years with a completely new array of works inspired by the ‘Giclee’ method of drawing – the process of creating fine art digital prints using a modified Iris printer, a process invented in the late 1980s. This is the third time in his long career that […]

Prominent businessman and former minister Michalakis Michaelides had died, his family said on Tuesday. He was 87. Michaelides was the owner of the MPM Group, a company founded in 1928 initially trading in pharmaceuticals. It became one of the biggest trading, distribution, and retail company in Cyprus, representing numerous brands. Michaelides had also served as […]

The number of visitors to the north rose to around 1.4m in the first nine months of the year, a 3.5 per cent annual rise, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Tuesday. The figures concern people who travel to the north either by air directly or by ship, daily Kibris said. The majority of visitors, 77.4 […]

Proposal for cultural development of Paphos by Neapolis University and Strategico The Neapolis University in collaboration with Strategico Consulting Group had the honour to participate in the sessions of the International Conference on Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism 2018 (ICSIMAT 2018), which took place in Greece, in Vouliagmeni, Attica and the island of Kea from […]

Primary education teachers’ union Poed on Tuesday urged the education ministry to carry out an “objective” probe into the alleged marginalisation of an eight-year-old girl with Down’s syndrome at her school’s celebration of the Ochi anniversary. Things may not exactly be as they were presented, head of the union Filios Fylactou said. The education ministry […]

Entrepreneurship has been the core of the American dream since day one. It is a beautiful thing to aspire to start your own company and while many people find success and achieve longevity, others don’t always have such a great experience. Some may say it’s all about timing or luck. And while both play a […]

The Unite Cyprus Now (UCN) initiative released a video on Tuesday, entitled “We are UCN”, promoting the multi-communal dimension of the reunification project. “We are a multi-communal, grassroots, non-partisan initiative,” begins UCN’s video, which features individuals from the communities that make up the diverse Cypriot demographic, and the initiative’s own reunification project. “Some of us […]

Greek and Turkish Cypriot archaeologists have finished cleaning and stabilising the ancient mosaics adorning the floor of the ancient Ayia Triada Basilica in the Karpas peninsula, it emerged on Tuesday. The announcement was made by the co-chairmen of the technical committee on cultural heritage Ali Tuncay and Takis Hadjidemetriou on social media. “The Ayia Triada […]

Klay Thompson set an NBA record with 14 3-pointers as part of an NBA-season-high 52-point performance, and the visiting Golden State Warriors stormed to a 149-124 win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night. The Warriors scored 92 points in the first half — the most ever by a road team and the second most […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Tuesday to crush Kurdish fighters east of the Euphrates river in Syria, announcing a major military operation against US allies in an area where Washington supports them with troops on the ground. Syria’s YPG Kurdish militia are the core of a force that has fought against Islamic State with […]

US President Donald Trump plans to push an executive order to end the right of US citizenship to children born in the United States to non-citizens and immigrants in the country illegally, he told Axios in an interview published on Tuesday, a move that would prompt a constitutional fight. It was unclear what specific action […]

Nine people have been killed in Italy as violent storms batter the country for a third day, with several regions on high alert. The breakwater walls in the chic seaside resort of Rapallo, in northeast Italy, were destroyed by fierce winds overnight, allowing in a surge of water that toppled yachts over and inflicted heavy […]

A Turkish ship will start drilling for oil and gas in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said, a move that could create tensions with neighbouring Cyprus and Greece over jurisdiction. Attempts to tap gas and oil in the eastern Mediterranean, along with a dispute over Greece’s maritime borders, have recently caused friction between Athens […]

Fringe arts festivals around the world are known for bringing something a little different to audiences and the upcoming Buffer Fringe event promises to do just that, bringing new and experimental work by local and international artists in Cyprus to locations around the capital. Organised by the research centre Home for Cooperation, the festival gives […]

Dele Alli has committed his long-term future to Tottenham Hotspur by signing a new six-year contract until 2024, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The 22-year-old, who arrived from Milton Keynes Dons in 2015, made an instant impact on his arrival, winning Professional Footballers’ Association Young Player of the Year award and earning a […]