Famagusta Gazette

• Cyprus gears up for bumper tourism year

  12-4-2018 FamagustaGazette

  TRAVEL GAZETTE – Cyprus is gearing up for another bumper holiday season, with earnings from the travel  industry shooting up by...

• Cyprus satisfied with EU solidarity on its standoff with Turkey over gas exploration

  26-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  A spokesman with the Cypriot government has said that Cyprus is fully satisfied with a European Union (EU) Summit decision on denouncing Turkey...

• Cyprus confirms postponement of natural gas drilling by ENI

  24-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus confirmed on Friday that Italian ENI energy company has postponed a planned drilling for natural gas after a Turkish warship...

• Greek Orthodox Christians celebrate start of lent

  19-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Families across Greece and Cyprus celebrated the end of the carnival season and the start of Lent on Monday, exchanging wishes for health and...

• Cyprus economy grows 3.9 pct in 2017

  14-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus’ economy growth rate reached 3.9 percent on an annual basis in 2017, a statement of Eurostat made available in Nicosia said on...

• ENI says Cyprus “Calypso” field find may contain up to 8 tcf of natural gas

  14-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Italian ENI company has said that a newly discovered field off the southwestern shores of Cyprus may contain over 8 trillion cubic feet (226.5...

• Gas standoff with Turkey being handled through diplomacy: Cyprus President

  14-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday sought to diffuse tensions after Turkey issued a stern warning to the eastern Mediterranean...

• Cyprus accuses Turkey of violating international law by blocking drillship

  12-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Cyprus on Sunday accused Turkey of violating international law by blocking a drillship heading to a Cypriot offshore target to start...

• Warning as dust storm blankets Cyprus

  11-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  In Cyprus,the government has warned of the health implications of a dust cloud, currently blanketing the island. The Department of...

• Media in Cyprus report Turkish vessels harass drillship

  10-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Cypriot state television reported on Saturday that Turkish vessels had â

• Limassol Carnival underway

  10-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Limassol, the carnival city of Cyprus, kicked off 11 days of festivities this week, ahead of the big carnival procession on Feb. 18....

• Cyprus announces discovery of “extensive strain” of natural gas in new field

  8-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  An "extensive strain" of natural gas has been discovered by Italian ENI and French Total consortium during a drilling in Cyprus’ exclusive...

• Europe’s biggest low-cost airline to open new routes to Jordan in March

  6-2-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Jordan announced Sunday that Europe’s biggest low-cost air carrier Ryanair will start flights to the Arab kingdom in March. The airline...

• Changes to our online platform and content

  31-1-2018 FamagustaGazette

  We are making some exciting changes, as we develop our ever-expanding Travel Gazette which will absorb the Famagusta Gazette website next...

• Spotlight: Supporters of Cyprus peace have upper hand after elections

  31-1-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Supporters of peace negotiations on both sides of the dividing line which separates Turkish and Greek Cypriots have the upper hand after separate...

• UN extends mandate of peacekeeping force in Cyprus for 6 months

  31-1-2018 FamagustaGazette

  The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for six months and endorsed...

• Trump to keep open detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay

  31-1-2018 FamagustaGazette

  U.S. President Donald Trump said in his first State of the Union address on Tuesday that he had signed an order to reexamine the U.S....

• Moscow lashes at Washington for potential sanction list

  31-1-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Russian lawmakers and officials Tuesday slammed the United States for publishing the so-called "Kremlin report" listing 210 Russian politicians and...

• Spain PM insists "rule of law" over Catalan investiture debate

  31-1-2018 FamagustaGazette

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Tuesday that the rule of law must be obeyed in the investiture debate to be held in the Catalan...

• Russian biker completes round Cyprus trip in 3 days

  30-1-2018 FamagustaGazette

  A RUSSIAN ATHLETE has completed a round Cyprus bike-ride in just three and a half days, covering 600 kilometres. Sergey Severin started...