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Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides has made good on his promise to seek help in "practical ways" from his EU counterparts on the migration issue and redistribution of asylees.

Greece is hosting officials from Cyprus, Israel and the United States at a ministerial meeting on energy issues on Wednesday.

A Turkish cultural association said on Aug. 5 that almost all mosques and graveyards on Greece's Kos (Istankoy) island were "ruined" and closed to worship.

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades is meeting with party leaders on Monday at his residence in Troodos, ahead of a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on August 9.

Grapes, cherries, apricots and chestnuts have flourished on the once desolate islet in Keban Dam Lake thanks to the 14-year-long efforts of a retired old man.

Over the past 24 hours, two distress calls have been received at the Mountain Rescue Service, rescuers told Focus News Agency. Yesterday, an operation took place near the Malyovitsa hut. The rescue team helped a person with a broken leg. Another accident involved a bad fall of a paraglider near Sopot.

An official says the Cyprus government is "greatly troubled and dismayed" by an Orthodox Christian bishop's comments on homosexuality, which he said were needlessly stirring up social tensions on the Mediterranean island nation.

Were the ancient Egyptians able to use reed boats to travel as far as the Black Sea thousands of years ago? A group of adventurers believe so, and will try to prove their theory by embarking on a similar journey in reverse.

Turkey is determined to protect its interests in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean, the country's National Security Council has said.

The active political dialogue and the cooperation in the sphere of tourism were among the main topics discussed at the meeting between the President of the National Assembly, Tsveta Karayancheva, and the President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus, Demetris Syllouris, said the press office of the National Assembly.