Nikos Christodoulides

A week before Greece's May 21 general election, communications consultant Stavros Kontaxis carried out an experiment. Using ChatGPT he designed a model for a poll of polls, inputting all the available survey results to see what kind of conclusion it would yield.

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) agrees with Nicosia's priority to bring natural gas το Cyprus, in order to produce cheap electricity, said CCCI President Christodoulos Angastiniotis, after a meeting held between the CCCI and the country's President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday. 

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday extended his congratulations to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his re-election and emphasized Cyprus' preparedness to resume discussions on the Cyprus issue, picking up from where they left off in Crans-Montana in 2017.

Cyprus said on Thursday it was committed to upholding European Union sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and urged the bloc to support sectors, such as shipping, that have felt the impact of EU decisions. 

Cyprus wants more direct involvement of the European Union in attempts to end the decades-old division of the island, its president Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday.

Cyprus' president Nikos Christodoulides has congratulated Kyriakos Mitsotakis on winning Sunday's general election.

In a tweet, the director of the Cypriot presidency's press office, Victor Papadopoulos, said that Christodoulides called the New Democracy leader to congratulate him on his and his party's victory. [AMNA]

Energean announced on Thursday that by September 2023 it will submit a comprehensive program for the exploitation of the deposits of the "Olympus Area" of the Israeli exclusive economic zone to the Israeli government for approval, so as to begin its implementation in early 2024.

The recent announcements in Israel by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a pipeline that will transport natural gas from Israel's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to Cyprus for liquefaction (LNG) and export to European markets have, analysts say, all the makings of a new energy reality in the region.

Prof. Gabriel Haritos joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the significance of President Nikos Christodoulides' recent trip to Israel and message it sends about the importance of this bilateral relationship, and look at the issues discussed - from energy to the question of Israeli investments and tourists in the occupied northern part of Cyprus.

"We will not let anyone smear Cyprus' reputation," said President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday, following a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on the issue of sanctions imposed by the US and the UK on individuals and legal entities in Cyprus in connection with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.