The Latest Breaking News from Cyprus

Paphos bishop elected as new leader of Cyprus Church

Cyprus' Orthodox Church has elected Paphos Bishop Georgios as its new leader

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2022

Cyprus Church picks theologian and chemistry teacher as new leader

The Church of Cyprus's ruling body on Saturday elected Georgios, a theologian and former chemistry teacher, as Archbishop of the centuries-old Church, replacing the late Chrysostomos II.

Reuters · Dec 24, 2022

Turkey accuses Cyprus of increasing tension in east Med over gas exploration

Turkey on Friday accused Cyprus of increasing tension in the Eastern Mediterranean after a consortium of Italian and French energy companies found more natural gas off the island earlier this week.

Reuters · Dec 23, 2022

Vote for me! Cyprus clerics scramble to get public vote

Greek Cypriots went to the polls on Sunday in an electoral process for a new Archbishop to head an ancient church with modern interests from property management to breweries.

Reuters · Dec 18, 2022

‘It could all have been so different’: how support offered by a hospice in Cyprus came too late for one British couple

A year after he helped his terminally ill wife die, David Hunter is still in jail

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022

Cyprus court again adjourns trial of Briton who killed terminally ill wife

Prosecutors request more time to study case of David Hunter, who admits smothering his partner to end her pain

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

Hearing for Briton accused of killing wife pushed to Dec. 20

The defense team of a British man accused of killing his wife in Cyprus last year says a hearing in the case has been adjourned until next week following a prosecution request

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

Rare Apollo mission moon rock back in Cyprus after 50 years

Half a century after U.S. astronauts brought it back from the moon’s surface, a minute piece of extraterrestrial rock has finally reached its intended destination, the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Best European cities for winter sun including Barcelona, Seville and Marseille

Historical cities in Spain, Cyprus and Malta are good sunny bets for those looking to get away from the UK and its increasingly short and chilly days ahead of Christmas

Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

UK man to plead guilty to manslaughter in wife's death

Defense lawyers for a British man on trial for causing the death of his sick wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos say they’re hopeful the court will suspend any sentence it hands down to their client after he pleads guilty to manslaughter next week

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022