Kyprianou launches anti-smoking campaign

EU Commissioner responsible for Health and Consumer Protection Markos Kyprianou launched the second part of the EU – wide “Help – For a Life Without Tobacco” campaign, targeting young people on Friday.

Cypriot elected to UN anti torture committee

Andreas Mavrommatis, former Cyprus’ permanent representative to the UN, has been elected chairman of the UN committee against torture for a two-year term. The election took place at the start of the

Greek Cypriots to accept Turkey compensation?

Is Varosha lost forever? A handful of Greek Cypriot refugees, thought to be from Varosha, are preparing to accept compensation payments from the Turkish Cypriot compensation commission set up in the north

The Cyprus government’s property liabilities

No money to pay potentially huge claims The government’s decision decades ago to treat Turkish Cypriot properties in the government-controlled areas as effectively having zero value could come back to haunt it

Kasoulides responds to Forbes’ Fantasy Island

Former Foreign Minister and MEP for DISY and the European Popular Party, Ioannis Kasoulides, has issued a statement in reply to a recent Forbes article Fantasy Island (04.04.2006). Kasoulides underlines that, while