LONDON - An anonymous Middle East billionaire bought Cyprus’ former London Embassy in an exclusive area for the equivalent of $32 million, who wanted a luxury residence for his family, said the listing agency Wetherell.
NICOSIA – The Church of Cyprus, indeed, the whole country, has been shaken by allegations of financial and moral scandal against two monks of the Monastery of Holy Avvakoum in the village of Fterikoudi.
WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — A ship carrying 200 tons of aid approached the coast of Gaza on Friday in a mission to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the enclave five months into the war between Israel and Hamas.
LARNACA - A ship carrying dozens of tons of food for Palestinians trapped by Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip will head from Cyprus as fighting remained intense and the sea corridor’s safety remained uncertain.
NICOSIA - Repeated attempts to stop the slaughter of songbirds on Cyprus, which are considered delicacy and often sold to restaurants, have failed, a new report finding that more than 435,000 more were killed in the autumn of 2023.
NICOSIA — Cyprus police say a Syrian man admitted to burying one of his four children at sea after the 6-year-old died aboard a boat loaded with migrants that had gone adrift for many days without food or water.
NICOSIA - The trial of a Turkish-Cypriot lawyer, Akan Kursat, accused of brokering deals to sell property still owned by Greek-Cypriots on the occupied side of the island, was suspended after the key witness died, Attorney-General George Savvides defended the move.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The number of asylum seekers in Europe reached a seven-year high last year, with more than 1.
NICOSIA - Cyprus, which holds the record for being in the kitschy Eurovision song contest the most times without ever winning - finishing second in 2018 - is hoping to end the drought with performer Silia Kapsis’ song “Liar” picked for the 2024 contest in Malmo, Sweden.
NICOSIA — A court in Cyprus on Saturday ordered two men to remain in police custody for six days on suspicion of people smuggling.
On Thursday, February 22, the members and escorts of the teenage soccer team of Eleftheria Pancyprian of New York, who are currently being hosted in Cyprus, were guided through the Presidential Palace.
NICOSIA - A Cypriot anti-racist organization, Far Right Watch Cy denounced what it said was an attack against Turkish-Cypriots by a group of Greek-Cypriots and warned it could lead to retaliation and further tension on the island.
NICOSIA - Ten years after Cypriot banks confiscated nearly half the amount of bank accounts over 100,000 euros ($107,990) to prevent collapse, a court on Cyprus rejected six joint lawsuits from companies who lost assets.
NICOSIA - In an operation off the island, United States Navy SEAL teams collaborated with the Cypriot Navy Underwater Demolition Team in three weeks of exercises designed to show a deterrent to threats to maritime security.