It was a close brush with death but a 40-year-old British tourist bitten by a deadly viper while at a yoga retreat on Cyprus is recovering after getting swift hospitalization to counteract the venom.
NICOSIA - Cyprus - home to United Kingdom military bases where fighter jets were used to help defend Israel from an Iranian attack using missiles and drones - has stepped up security on the island amid fears the Middle East conflict could worsen.
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus said Saturday it’s suspending processing all asylum applications by Syrian nationals because large numbers of refugees from the war-torn country continue to reach the island nation by boat, primarily from Lebanon.
NICOSIA - The Union of Cyprus Journalists (UCJ) is getting backing from the International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) in a campaign highlighting complaints about low salaries and working conditions for them on the island.
NICOSIA - Aided by Turkish drones knocking out Armenian tanks in a war it won, Azerbaijan set up a parliamentary relations group with the self-declared Turkish-Cypriot republic on the northern third of the island seized in unlawful 1974 invasions.
NICOSIA - European Union leaders in an April 17-18 meeting are expected to push for restarting reunification talks on Cyprus, an idea already rejected by Turkish-Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar.
NICOSIA - The Cyprus-Greece ferry link that proved popular when it began again in 2022 after a long hiatus will pick up service again on May 29, backed by subsidies from Cyprus to keep it going, benefiting those afraid to fly or wanting to take a vehicle to Greece.
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese caretaker prime minister and the Cypriot president are calling on the European Union to provide financial support to help cash-strapped Lebanon stop migrants from reaching European shores.
NICOSIA - Turkish-Cypriots demanding recognition for their self-declared republic on the northern third of the island occupied since unlawful 1974 invasions said they are being held back by continued embargoes and sanctions.
NICOSIA - Pointing to Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip in a hunt for Hamas terrorists who killed 1200 Israelis in raids, Turkish-Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he worries that an incident could provoke a war on the island with the Greek-Cypriot side.
ANKARA - With Cyprus off the table during Greece’s detente with Turkey - and reunification talks long stalled - Turkish Defense Ministry representative Zeki Oztur repeated insistence on the United Nations and world recognizing the Turkish-Cypriot occupied side.
NICOSIA - Humanitarian aid being shipped from Cyprus to Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s hunt for Hamas terrorists will pick up again after an airstrike there killed seven workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK.
NICOSIA, Cyprus — World Central Kitchen is calling for an independent investigation into the Israeli strikes that killed seven of its aid workers in Gaza.
NIKOSIA - Leading Cyprus group Thanos Hotels and Resorts announced on Wednesday it is entering the Greek luxury hospitality market with a three-year investment plan aimed at opening 10 new hotels.
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