Nikos Christodoulides

The European Union won't serve its own best interests if it doesn't consider designating some parts of Syria as safe zones so refugees and migrants can return there, the president of Cyprus said Monday.

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.

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.

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

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.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday named a former Colombian foreign minister as his personal envoy to scope out the chances of reviving talks to resolve Cyprus' ethnic divide, an issue that has defied international diplomacy for nearly five decades.

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) had quite a satisfactory year in 2023 with the CSE General Index marking an annual growth of 52%, Marinos Christodoulides, chairman of the CSE Council, said in a statement regarding the Cypriot stock market's annual performance.

He noted that last year's growth followed the year-on-year rise of 2022, which had amounted to 30.42%.

Qatar emerged as a key coordinator in the international effort to extend the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and release as many Israeli prisoners as possible, without ruling out a long-term ceasefire.

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.

BELGRADE - Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday in Belgrade Cyprus's position on respect of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia was clear and unchangeable.

After a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Christodoulides said they had discussed the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.