The European Court of Human Rights dismissed as “manifestly ill-founded” an application against Cyprus, lodged by a Swedish national who was convicted in 2013 after admitting he belonged to Hezbollah. The applicant
A partial emergency exercise was successfully completed on Friday at Larnaca International Airport with the participation of various government and non-governmental departments and services. According to the exercise scenario, during landing on
United Nations Secretary-General spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said the UN is not aware of Nicosia’s intention to conduct new gas drills in the Cyprus Republic’s exclusive economic zone. He said the body
Cyprus has sent two fire-fighting airplanes to help battle the hundreds of blazes raging across Israel. The Cyprus News Agency said the two Forestry Department airplanes, with two officers aboard each, took-off
As European parliament elections kicked off on Thursday with polls in the UK and the Netherlands, rating agency DBRS said that we “are likely to see a more fragmented Parliament with mainstream
Cyprus firm and Egypt sign an estimated 2 billion euro deal to lay a 310-kilometre subsea electricity cable that will be the first interconnector between Africa and Europe. Nicosia-based EuroAfrica
Cyprus and its Eurovision entry ‘Replay’ by Greek singer Tamta benefited by two places after a recount of the final results of the song contest held in Israel’s Tel Aviv. Cyprus initially
US Democrats and Republicans have introduced a bipartisan, bicameral Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act of 2019 to highlight the growing regional partnership between Israel, Greece, and Cyprus. Senator Bob Menendez
The acquittal of Turkish Cypriot daily newspaper Afrika publisher Sener Levent and colleague Ali Osman Tabak in the Erdogan slander case is hailed as a victory for free speech in the Turkish-held
US House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel will be in Nicosia on Monday, to discuss energy issues, Turkey’s incursion of Cyprus’ EEZ, bilateral relations and lifting a US arms embargo. CNA
