Cypriot FM meets Jerusalem Patriarch

Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis referred to the destruction of the island’s religious heritage, in Turkish occupied Cyprus, during a meeting in Jerusalem on Monday with Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos III at the Patriarchate.

Ahmadinejad pledges support for Cyprus solution

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed his country’s support to UN efforts to find a just solution to the Cyprus problem. The Iranian President made the statement during the presentation of the

Cypriot MPs in Paris for official visit

A Cypriot parliamentary delegation will be flying to Paris on Monday for an official visit, at the invitation of the Chairman of the France-Cyprus Friendship Group in the French Senate Andre Rouviere.

Illegal immigration a common problem for Greece and Cyprus

The problem of illegal immigration is a European problem, said here Monday Greece’s Minister for the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation, Prokopis Pavlopoulos noting that Europe should protect EU borders, especially countries

Measles deaths in Africa plunge by 91%

Measles deaths in Africa fell by 91% between 2000 and 2006, from an estimated 396,000 to 36,000, reaching the United Nations 2010 goal to cut measles deaths by 90% four years early.