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• Turkish Cypriot poised to win seat in European parliament elections

  1 hour ago TheGuardian

  ‘Watershed’ moment for island as Niyazi Kızılyürek campaigns on reunification ticket A Turkish Cypriot candidate is set for the first time to win...

• ND Leader Mitsotakis Met with Cyprus President Anastasiades

  19 hours ago The National Herald

  NICOSIA – Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a meeting with the Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades in...

• Mitsotakis on Cyprus for Talks with President Anastasiades

  2 days ago The National Herald

  Leading in polls and hoping to take power this year in elections, Greece’s major opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in...

• Cyprus Mulls Selling Bond to Pay Russian Loan Off Early

  3 days ago The National Herald

  Eight years after Cyprus – then shut out of the markets and two years later getting a 10-billion euro ($11.31 billion) international bailout –...

• In Cyprus, Sen. Menendez Sees Tighter Ties with U.S., West

  3 days ago The National Herald

  With Turkey stepping up aggressive talk  in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean and trying to keep foreign energy companies from drilling for oil...

• When will the banks be closed over Easter?

  3 days ago NewsInCyprus

  According to the Central Bank of Cyprus all banks in Cyprus will be closed for an extended period covering Easter this year. Banks will close on...

• Heading for Cyprus, US Sen. Menendez Fires at Turkey

  5 days ago The National Herald

  Due on the divided island of Cyprus on April 15 for an unofficial visit. New Jersey Democratic US Senator Robert Menendez said America won’t...

• Cyprus Luring Film Stars, Movies With Big Cash Incentives

  5 days ago The National Herald

  As Greece is trying to shed its image of being unfriendly to filmmakers, Cyprus is using a cash incentive scheme to attract them, including from...

• New generation of Cypriots seek to end island’s division in Nicosia’s ‘dead zone’

  1 week ago TheGuardian

  Greeks and Turks who grew up after the 1974 split have found common ground to plan a united future There are few places more frozen in time than...

• easyJet launch winter sale on flights and holidays

  1 week ago NewsInCyprus

  Budget airline easyJet have recently launched their 2019/2020 winter sale on flights and holidays covering travel up to 28th March 2020. A quick...

• Pushing US Arms Embargo End, Sen. Menendez Due On Cyprus

  1 week ago The National Herald

  New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, a key backer of hopes to end a United States arms embargo on Cyprus, where Turkey keeps a...

• No Surprise: Cyprus Unity Talks Restart Hopes Dim

  1 week ago The National Herald

  NICOSIA – American diplomat Jane Holl Lute, the latest United Nations envoy sent to Cyprus to try to get the squabbling Cypriot and Turkish...

• Cyprus’ British Military Bases “Eradicate” Illegal Gambling

  1 week ago The National Herald

  EPISKOPI, Cyprus — Police at a British military base in Cyprus say they have successfully wrapped up a four-year campaign against illegal gambling...

• Turkish MoD Akar threatens Greece and Cyprus again

  1 week ago ThemaNews

  The Turkish Minister of Defence, Hulusi Akar launched a series of new threats against Greece and Cyprus saying his country would respond to any...

• US Diplomat – UN’s Envoy – Trying to Reboot Cyprus Unity Talks

  1 week ago The National Herald

  No one’s been able to do it for four decades by US diplomat Jane Holl Lute, sent to Cyprus as the United Nation’s latest envoy to what...

• Sci-Fi Movie Starring Nick Cage Coming to Cyprus

  1 week ago The National Herald

  His career on a rebound, Academy Award winning actor Nicolas Cage will star in the $24.6 million science fiction film Jiu Jitsu that will be...

• FM Katrougalos Meets with UN Envoy on Cyprus

  2 weeks ago The National Herald

  WASHINGTON (ANA/P. Kasfikis) – Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos met with Jane Holl Lute, UN special envoy on the Cyprus issue, on...

• Cyprus Aims to Enforce Civil Servant Pay Cut from Crisis Era

  2 weeks ago The National Herald

  NICOSIA (AP) — Cyprus’ attorney general says he will appeal a court decision that judged as unconstitutional cuts to civil servants’...

• Analysis: NATO Membership for Cyprus. Yes, Cyprus

  2 weeks ago ThemaNews

  Fifteen years ago, NATO welcomed seven new members into the Alliance, expanding its borders eastward from the Baltic to Black Seas. As NATO...

• Suggestion Box Open: Turkey Wants Ideas to End Cyprus Unity Impasse

  2 weeks ago The National Herald

  No one’s come close for more than four decades to Turkey said it’s open to ideas about how to reunify Cyprus after occupying the northern third in...