EU member Cyprus wants Brussels to offer financial and technical aid to Lebanon to help it cope with an influx of Syrian refugees and keep them from reaching the island. Interior Minister
Cypriot authorities said Tuesday they have information that around 500 irregular Syrian migrants are preparing to depart on boats from nearby Lebanon to the island. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou has instructed the
Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Wednesday met the Kuwaiti ambassador to condemn the attack on tourists from his country during an anti-migrant rally in the island’s second city, Limassol. He met
Cyprus will stand by Lebanon to combat wildfires and vice versa, pledged the Defence, Agriculture and Justice ministers. They gathered in Larnaca to thank the neighbouring country for its air assistance during
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir meeting with Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou in Limassol at the site of a devasting fire sparked a heated debate back home. Ben-Gvir and Koukkides-Procopiou met
The Cyprus issue, the Middle East peace process, bilateral relations and regional developments were discussed by President Nikos Christodoulides Wednesday with the President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas. A statement by the Presidency
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis has heralded a Cyprus – Jordan initiative to set up a regional centre to combat wildfires, announced during President Nikos Christodoulides’ visit to Amman. Letympiotis said the talks
President Nikos Christodoulides is in Amman Tuesday to hold talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan before travelling to Palestine. Bilateral cooperation, the Cyprus issue, migration, and firefighting will be on the agenda. President
Cyprus and Lebanon agreed on more effective measures to manage irregular migration across the Eastern Mediterranean. The agreement was reached during Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou’s visit to the neighbouring country. According to
Israel intelligence services (Mossad) said they had captured the man behind the thwarted terrorist attack against Israeli targets in Cyprus. Israel said on Thursday its Mossad intelligence service carried out an operation
