Cyprus

Turkey steps up war of words with UN over latest Cyprus unrest

UN peacekeepers last Friday tried to physically block the Turkish Cypriot administration from constructing a road in the buffer zone splitting the east Mediterranean island, leaving four members of the UN Peacekeeping Force injured

What is the deadly cat virus killing felines in Cyprus? Should we be worried?

Cyprus is witnessing a deadly outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), which has led to deaths of almost 30,000 cats in the country. Mostly spreading through faeces, the disease often leads to diarrhoea in felines, but in extreme cases, it can also be fatal

Head of US think tank charged with acting as Chinese agent

Luft, 57, was arrested in February in Cyprus on U.S. charges, but fled after being released on bail while awaiting extradition, prosecutors said. He is not currently in U.S. custody

UK launches massive evacuation of British nationals from Sudan

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office said that by late afternoon one flight had left with two more expected overnight, adding that UK had the capacity to take over the running of the airfield to allow flights to continue if needed

Children found alive as Turkey, Syria earthquake toll crosses 22,000

Two dozen children aged 11 to 14 from Cyprus, along with 10 parents, four teachers and a volleyball coach, were in Turkey for a school tournament and had been staying in a hotel that was destroyed. Turkish media reporting that 19 children in the group had died

Cypriots go to the polls to elect new president in close contest

A record 14 candidates are standing, with the winner needing 50 percent plus one vote to succeed two-term President Nicos Anastasiades

Erdogan starts speaking tough on Greece as elections approach

Greece and Turkey have come close to war three times in the past half-century. The most recent was in January 1996, when a last-minute US intervention averted an armed conflict over an obscure pair of uninhabited islets named Imia in Greek and Kardak in Turkish

Jaishankar lauds role of Indian peacekeepers under UN during visit to Cyprus

Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides has also praised and thanked India's substantive contribution throughout the years for its participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)

Jaishankar in Cyprus pitches for India as a manufacturing hub; USD 5 trillion economy by 2025

Jaishankar who is on a three-day visit to Cyprus, to celebrate 60 years of bilateral relations between India and Cyprus, said technology and infrastructure progress made in the last few years had created an appetite for global investment in India

Cypriot foreign minister cites partition of India as he rejects two-state solution for Cyprus dispute

The two-state solution refers to the proposed division of Cyrpus into two separate states. The solution calls for the international recognition of Northern Cyprus which came into existence after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974