In a show of military cooperation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus took part in joint manoeuvres with the Israel navy, Greece, the US and France, practising anti-submarine warfare, search-and-rescue operations. The
Nicosia has welcomed Washington’s positive stance on the Cyprus problem, hoping the personal friendship between President Nicos Anastasiades and US President Joe Biden will pay dividends. The government welcomed statements by the
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said American diplomacy under new President Joe Biden will be “fully engaged” in the Cyprus issue while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Responding to
Washington is looking at ways of speeding up procedures to supply Cyprus with non-lethal weapons after the lifting of a US arms embargo last year. Cyprus Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides and US
A young hacker who became the first-ever Cypriot citizen to be extradited to the US has pleaded guilty to committing cyber-crimes before a US court in Georgia. Joshua Pelloso Epifaniou, now 21,
Amid the gloom of coronavirus, Trump denying he lost the election and a world in financial chaos, Joe Biden stepped up to become the 46th President of the United States. At 78
The UK expects Turkey, as a NATO ally, to refrain from buying or operating Russian military equipment, such as the S-400 air defence system, a British Defence Minister has reiterated. The comments
Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony of US-funded CYCLOPS, the Cyprus Centre for Land, Open-Seas and Port Security is the realisation of stronger bilateral relations between Nicosia and Washington. Cyprus Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides and
US President-Elect Joe Biden’s top priority will be dealing with the pandemic at home, tensions over trade wars with China and the EU coming second but Cyprus will also be somewhere in
Moscow has criticised the US for trying to arm-twist Nicosia into denying Russian warships access to Cyprus ports. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said such a move “runs contrary to the
