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Cyprus became the latest euro zone domino to teeter in 2012 just when the worst of the crisis appeared to be over. In March 2013, a compromise rescue plan backed by euro zone finance ministers called for Cyprus to wind down one largely state-owned bank, Popular Bank. The raid on Popular Bank was intended to raise most of the 5.8 billion euros that Cyprus was required to raise as part of the bailout.
Capital
Nicosia
Head of State
President Nikos Christodoulides
Head of Government
President Nikos Christodoulides
last updated:
29 November, 2024
A woman, one of the 229 Australian nationals, arrives at Cyprus’ main airport of Larnaca after a chartered flight evacuated them from Lebanon, in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Saturday. Photo: AP
Israel-Gaza war

Australians evacuate from Lebanon via Cyprus

The evacuation is the first large-scale operation to get citizens out of the country amid the Israeli onslaught on Hezbollah.

China-EU relations

China EV tariff vote leaves EU relieved yet wary of retaliation

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Israel-Gaza war

Lebanon works to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus after Hezbollah threats

Israel-Gaza war

Ships with second round of Gaza aid depart Cyprus as hunger concerns soar

World Central Kitchen said ships carried enough to prepare more than 1 million meals Also on board were dates, eaten to break the daily Ramadan fast.

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A cargo ship, left, one of three ships loaded with tinned food destined for Gaza, sails from the port in Larnaca, Cyprus on Saturday. Photo: AP
Tourism

The best things to do in Paphos, Cyprus, reputed birthplace of Aphrodite

The ancient and modern cities of Paphos, Cyprus, have something for every traveller – from temple ruins to mosaics, wineries, gorgeous places to swim, and modern-day relics in the form of shipwrecks.

Israel-Gaza war

First aid boat unloads as Israel-Gaza war drags into Ramadan

The vessel was seen towing a barge loaded with 200 tonnes of food for Palestinians threatened with famine after more than five months of war.

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Israel-Gaza war

Ship loaded with aid for Gaza ready to set sail from Cyprus

Ship belonging to Spanish aid group Open Arms is loaded with 200 tonnes of aid.

The Open Arms rescue boat in Cyprus on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Racism and other prejudice

As Greece legalises same-sex unions, will other Orthodox nations join them?

Eastern Orthodox leadership has been united in opposing recognition of same-sex relationships, but there are signs of change with small majority-Orthodox countries of Montenegro and Cyprus authorising same-sex unions in recent years, as did Greece in 2015.

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Ukraine war

Opinion | Ukraine war stalemate makes ceasefire the only realistic option

While Russia has proved it has the capacity to keep fighting, Ukraine must depend on support from its Western allies that is ultimately unsustainable. When economic sanctions don’t work and military operations go nowhere, a ceasefire must be considered.

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Israel-Gaza war

Iran warns of ‘pre-emptive action’ as Israel readies Gaza ground offensive

Iran has repeatedly warned that a ground invasion of Gaza would be met with a response from other fronts – prompting fears of a wider conflict.

Rockets being fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Monday. Photo: AP
Singapore

Singapore’s US$1.3 billion probe exposes Chinese criminals’ paid-for passports

Seven of the 10 Chinese suspects arrested in Singapore’s massive money-laundering probe held foreign passports from the likes of Cambodia and Vanuatu, where citizenship can be bought for as little as US$130,000.

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A courtroom sketch of the 10 foreigners accused of being involved in a major money laundering operation in Singapore (clockwise from top left) Su Baolin, Su Haijin, Chen Qingyuan, Su Wenqiang, Lin Baoying, Zhang Ruijin, Wang Dehai, Su Jianfeng, Vang Shuiming and Wang Baosen. Photo: The Straits Times Illustrations via Reuters
Israel

Israeli PM pitches fibre optic cable linking Asia and Middle East to Europe

Benjamin Netanyahu said he is ‘quite confident’ such an infrastructure ‘corridor’ linking Asia to Europe through Israel and Cyprus is feasible.

Cyprus police make more arrests as racism-fuelled violence spreads

Shops belonging to migrants in the island’s second city Limassol were smashed and Asian delivery drivers assaulted in a string of violent incidents which started on Friday night.

Greece

Turkish Cypriot forces assault UN peacekeepers on buffer zone

They attempted to block construction of a controversial road in the buffer zone – the line that slices between the Greek and Turkish sides of the island.

Members of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus on the roof of the Ledra Palace in the buffer zone separating the divided capital of Nicosia. Photo: AFP
Britain

British man who killed ailing wife cleared of murder

David Hunter made a snap decision to suffocate his 74-year-old wife because he could no longer stand to see her weeping in pain, court said.

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A police officer escorts David Hunter from the courthouse after he was charged with murdering his wife. Photo: AP
European Union

In Cyprus no-man’s-land, owls come to the rescue of farmers

Initiative by BirdLife Cyprus NGO and Cypriot government aims to encourage farmers to abandon poison to deal with the rodent problem and help boost the barn owl population.

Africa

UK has evacuated more than 300 people from Sudan

The British government says the intention is to keep running evacuation flights in the ‘fast-moving situation … time-limited ceasefire’ and estimates there are about 4,000 Britons stuck in Sudan.

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European Union

Cyprus ex-foreign minister becomes new president

Nikos Christodoulides was elected president in a run-off vote, promising a unity government tasked with breaking a deadlock in peace talks with estranged Turkish Cypriots.

Cyprus’ new president-elect Nikos Christodoulides. Photo: AFP
Greece

Cyprus presidential vote goes to second round

Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides or diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis need 50 per cent plus one to succeed President Nicos Anastasiades.

Greece

Greek Cypriots vote for new president in close contest

Three front runners stand among a record 14 candidates, with the winner needing 50 per cent plus one vote to succeed two-term President Nicos Anastasiades.

Central Asia

Swiss court helps UK probe into late Uzbek ruler’s daughter

UK investigators are on the trail of US$48.8 million used to buy property in Britain, which they believe may have been laundered. Gulnara Karimova is in prison on embezzlement and criminal conspiracy charges.

Gulnara Karimova, the eldest daughter of Uzbekistan’s late president Islam Karimov in Chirchik, outside the Uzbek capital near Tashkent in 2012. Photo: AFP
Britain

UK, France seen striking migrant deal to stop illegal Channel crossings

The two countries are set to agree a deal as soon as Monday to ramp up joint efforts to stop illegal migrants from making crossings of the English Channel.

Migrants sit on board the Ocean Viking next to French firefighters, prior to disembarking on Friday after being rescued by European maritime-humanitarian organisation SOS Mediterranee. Photo: AFP
European Union

Greece can defend islands despite Türkiye’s threats: defence minister

Defence Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos said Türkiye’s ‘revisionist and destabilising behaviour’ undermines security in the wider eastern Mediterranean region.

Ukraine war

Letters | Germany’s seizure of Rosneft assets sets a bad war precedent

Readers worry other European countries will also start seizing Russian assets, criticise Nato’s ‘Goldilocks’ approach to supporting Ukraine, and explain why the conflict is nothing like the 1974 Cyprus war

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European Union

Cyprus welcomes ‘landmark’ US lifting of arms embargo, Türkiye condemns move

The lifting of the embargo is conditional on Nicosia continuing to block Russia warships from its ports.

The Mediterranean island has been divided between the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus and a breakaway northern statelet, set up after a Turkish invasion launched in 1974 in response to a coup sponsored by the military junta then ruling Greece. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Opinion | How war in Ukraine could end – with Donbas as the next Northern Cyprus

With Europe braced for a hard winter, support for Ukraine could fall away as Western elites come to realise that frozen conflicts, while unwanted, are still better than a forever war.

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Russian troops guard the Kakhovka hydroelectric station, in Kherson, south Ukraine, on May 20. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow’s forces is all but decided. Photo: AP
Coronavirus pandemic

Scientist defends discovery of new ‘Deltacron’ Covid-19 variant

A scientist in Cyprus has defended his assertion that a new strain of Covid-19 exists that combines characteristics of the Delta and Omicron variants.

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France

France showcases muscle as warship to be deployed in eastern Mediterranean

The Auvergne was commissioned three years ago. It has advanced sonar equipment and specialises in anti-submarine warfare.

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