Cyprus

Charity workers loaded relief supplies bound for Gaza on to a barge in Cyprus on Saturday as part of an international effort to launch a maritime corridor to a Palestinian population on the brink of famine.

Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides has expressed his "deep satisfaction" over the Cyprus-initiated joint multinational plan to open up a humanitarian aid corridor for Gaza in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The procedures and decisions related to Cyprus' largest energy project at Vasilikos are gaining significant attention. According to information from the country's Audit Office, a file is being prepared for a complaint with the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO).

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.

The shipping industry pumped a staggering 623 million euros into the real economy of Cyprus last year, solely through ship management.

New lending by Cypriot banks declined significantly in January on a monthly basis, as it amounted to just 462.7 million euros, from €725.4 million in December, according to data released by the Central Bank of Cyprus on Monday. 

Decades on from the ethnic division of Cyprus, tensions persist along the 180-kilometer buffer zone separating breakaway Turkish Cypriots from Greek Cypriots in the internationally recognized south, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping force on the island said Monday.

Northern Cyprus will not sit at any negotiating table unless their sovereignty and equal status is recognized, Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar has told AFP.

Greek-Turkish relations are going through a positive period, but it remains to be seen how long this can last, according to a high-ranking Turkish diplomat who spoke to Kathimerini at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Saturday.

Cyprus' real estate market demonstrated remarkable resilience and flexibility in 2023 and the total value of transactions reached 5.5 billion euros, which appears to be at the same levels as in 2022, according to a recent report.