Cyprus News

House President Yiannakis Omirou expressed in Melbourne Cyprus' appreciation for the continuous support of the government and political parties of Australia to the struggle of the Cypriot people to reach a just Cyprus solution.

The pediatric clinic of the Archbishop Makarios III Hospital in Nicosia and King's College Hospital in London have signed a memorandum of cooperation in the sectors of liver and gastrointestinal diseases.

Israeli and Cypriot officials plan to discuss allowing the Israeli Air Force to station its jets there, during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Nicosia later this month, Israeli officials said Monday, Xinhua reported.

Cyprus' history is one of wars and invasions - a penalty of being in such a strategic location in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has full confidence in his Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, said the UN chief's spokesman Martin Nezirky.

Gay sex may not be a crime in Cyprus or Turkey, but Turkish-controlled North Cyprus is still enforcing an antiquated law dating back to the British colonial era that punishes sodomy with up to five years in prison.

The European Parliament approved today a written declaration calling on Turkey to return the fenced-off city of Famagusta to its lawful inhabitants.

The number of tourists coming to Cyprus will probably rise in 2012, helped by higher visitor numbers from Germany, the UK and Scandinavia, Finance Minister Kikis Kazamias said on Thursday.

Israel has beaten Egypt to the punch in its bid to connect to the European electrical grid, leaving pundits in Cairo gnashing their teeth.

CyprusA's inflation rate fell to 3.1 percent in January from 3.9 percent in December, the Nicosia-based Cyprus Statistical Service said on its website on Thursday.

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The Cyprus parliament on Thursday took the unusual step of rebuking a United Nations envoy over perceived bias that it says is hindering long-running talks to reunify the divided island.

NICOSIA, Cyprus - The Cyprus parliament on Thursday took the unusual step of rebuking a United Nations envoy over perceived bias that it says is hindering long-running talks to reunify the divided island.

NICOSIA The second lowest temperatures this winter were recorded yesterday in Cyprus, falling as low as 10.1 degrees Celsius, according to the Meteorological Service.

Euro MPs have voiced alarm after two men were arrested in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus under a British-era law criminalising gay sex.