The Latest Breaking News from Cyprus

Cyprus travel warning issued by Foreign Office to UK holidaymakers

Around one million British nationals visit Cyprus every year, however, travellers have now been issued a warning from the UK Foreign Office ahead of this year's holiday season.

Glasgow Live · Feb 21, 2023

Cyprus travel warning issued from UK Foreign Office

Fresh guidance has been issued for people travelling to Cyprus

Liverpool Echo · Feb 20, 2023

A Place In The Sun fans spot concern as couple face common issue in finding dream home

Greg and his partner Tina have been enjoying the sunny island of Cyprus together for more than 40 years, and hoped to find a permanent home in the most recent episode of the Channel 4 show.

Nottingham Post · Feb 19, 2023

Central Bank of Cyprus was to blame for banking crisis, not Demetris Christofias

Letter: Dr George M Georgiou points to poor regulation and supervision as the root cause rather than the former president’s handling of the economy

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023

Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes

The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria is producing more grieving and suffering along with extraordinary rescues and appeals for aid

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Cyprus president-elect ready to meet Turk Cypriot leader-office

Cyprus President-elect Nikos Christodoulides is ready to meet with the head of the estranged Turkish Cypriot community, his office said on Monday, a day after his election.

Reuters · Feb 13, 2023

Who is Cyprus’s president-elect Nikos Christodoulides?

Christodoulides ran as an independent candidate and had the backing of centrists and centre-right parties.

Al Jazeera · Feb 13, 2023

Cyprus' former foreign minister becomes island’s new president

Nicos Christodoulides was elected president of Cyprus on Sunday, securing his bid to oversee the Mediterranean island whose economy was buffeted first by the pandemic and now by Russia’s war in Ukraine and its associated rise in living costs.

Tribune News Service · Feb 12, 2023

Nikos Christodoulides elected Cyprus’s president with 52% of vote

Former foreign minister, who ran as independent, was backed by groups hostile to talks on island’s reunification

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023

Diplomats Battle It Out in Runoff for Cyprus' Presidency

Polls opened Sunday in a runoff to elect ethnically split Cyprus’ new president, pitting a former foreign minister who campaigned as a unifier eschewing ideological and party divisions against a popular veteran diplomat. Some 561,000 citizens are eligible to vote, and both Nikos Christoulides, the ex-foreign minister, and Andreas Mavroyiannis…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 12, 2023