Cyprus

The Cypriot Ministry of Finance is ready to meet all goals, and especially those set in the 2024 annual program, Minister Makis Keravnos stressed on Tuesday.

The International Coordinating Committee - Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA) issued a statement on Tuesday, urging the US Senate and House of Representatives to reject the proposed F-16s sale to Turkey. 

A United Nations official said on Tuesday that her experience in negotiating an end to decades of conflict in her native Colombia may help her as she seeks to rekindle talks over Cyprus' ethnic division.

The Republic of Cyprus is poised to enter the shareholding structure of one of the largest energy projects in the Eastern Mediterranean. This decision, expected to be finalized in the coming week, follows a study presented to the president last week, which green-lights Cyprus' participation in the Israel-Cyprus-Crete electric interconnection project.

Cyprus announced a series of gestures to support estranged Turkish Cypriots on Friday, days before the visit of a United Nations envoy who will assess prospects for the resumption of long-stalled peace talks.

One of the five children who were hospitalized in Cyprus after being rescued from a rickety boat along with 55 other Syrian migrants has died, an official said Thursday.

The migrants, who were rescued early Wednesday by Cyprus police, apparently ran out of food and water after sailing on the boat from Lebanon for six days, officials said.

A Cyprus Cup game between perennial Limassol rivals Apollon and AEL was called off Wednesday after some fans ran onto the field and hurled flares at each other before kickoff.

Stewards at Limassol's brand-new Alpha Mega stadium struggled to corral fans ahead of the match, resulting in riot police rushing in to try to restore order.

Cyprus leads all European Union countries in the supply of cross-border investment services, Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) Chairman George Theocharides said during a Parliamentary Finance Commission meeting in Nicosia.

The financial services sector has witnessed 12% growth over the past four years in Cyprus, particularly in investment companies, he said.

The members of the group of ethnic Greeks from countries of the former Soviet Union accused of the murders of three Greek mobsters are reportedly linked to the execution of death contracts abroad as well.

Endy Zemenides, HALC's Executive Director, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the letter leaders of the Hellenic Caucus sent to US President Joe Biden calling on him to invite Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides to the White House to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Turkey's invasion of Cyprus, and provide a look ahead at Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' upcoming visit to New York and Chi