Government of 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.

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides axed his health, justice, defense and agriculture ministers on Monday in a widely expected reshuffle almost a year into his term.

The key posts of foreign affairs, finance, energy and interior were unchanged.

BELGRADE - The governments of Serbia and Cyprus signed on Thursday in Belgrade three memorandums on cooperation at a ceremony also attended by Presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Nikos Christodoulides.

Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic and Cypriot FM Constantinos Kombos signed a MoU on cooperation between the diplomatic academies of the foreign ministries of the two countries.

After jointly attending the humanitarian conference convened by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides returned to Athens for the inaugural Greece-Cyprus High-Level Cooperation Council. The Council is scheduled to commence at 12 p.m., with joint press statements to follow.

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, center, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu join hands, after their meeting at the presidential palace, in Nicosia, Monday.

Cyprus' Finance Ministry fended off accusations fired by the opposition that government policy has taken its toll on the economy.

"The Cypriot economy continues its upward trend and, unlike other European countries which are entering a recession, Cyprus recorded the second highest GDP growth rate in the eurozone, after Spain, during the first half of the year," the ministry said.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday received the President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus and President of the Democratic Rally (DISY) party, Annita Demetriou, at the Maximos Mansion in Athens.

The latest developments in the Cyprus issue, the common challenges faced by Greece and Cyprus and security in the Eastern Mediterranean dominated the meeting.

Prime Minter Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit Cyprus Monday.

The visit had been postponed amid the wildfires crisis.

His first stop will be the military cemetery in the district of Makedonitissa, where the tombs of the Greek and Cypriot soldiers killed during the Turkish invasion of July 1974 are located.

The Cyprus Parliament voted against two non-government bills about borrowers' rights last Thursday, which disregarded warnings from the government and the Central Bank about potential threats to the stability of the financial sector.

Defence Minister Nikos Dendias will make an official visit to Cyprus on Thursday to meet with country officials.

He will first be received by Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Mansion and will later have a private meeting with the Defence Minister Michalis Georgallas. After the talks the two ministers will make statements to the press.