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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

Flags flutter in front of the Arrow 3 air defence system in Annaburg, Germany. Photo: Reuters

Israel

Israel’s rising air defence sales become its ‘most potent’ foreign policy weapon

With more countries increasingly turning to Israel for their air defence systems, they cannot afford to isolate the Middle East power.

26 Dec 2025 - 2:34PM

Middle East

Iran and Gaza plan to top agenda for Netanyahu-Trump meeting

23 Dec 2025 - 1:18PM

Turkey

Turkish Cypriots elect pro-talks leader, renewing hope for Cyprus unity

20 Oct 2025 - 11:15AM

Animals

The island of cats has a cat problem as feral felines outnumber people

Officials estimate there is roughly one feral cat for each of Cyprus’ residents, though activists say the actual population is much higher.

16 Oct 2025 - 7:15PM

A woman holds a cat at a park in Nicosia, Cyprus, on October 6, 2025. Cyprus is grappling with soaring stray cat numbers. Photo: AP

China-EU relations

Flagging imbalances in China, EU chamber urges course correction in 5-year plan

Exhorting the need for a ‘new, productive development model’, latest chamber position paper airs members’ grievances.

17 Sep 2025 - 5:01PMvideocam

China's military weapons

Western leaders parse China military parade displaying national pride

US President Donald Trump says America deserves more credit for helping China gain its freedom.

4 Sep 2025 - 10:45PMvideocam

China-EU relations

China’s shipments of hi-tech goods to EU surge as its exports to US plunge

Post’s analysis of Beijing’s trade data for May shows huge amounts of batteries, laptops, smartphones and solar panels going to the bloc.

24 Jun 2025 - 12:16AMvideocam

With many EU markets enduring falling exports to China, the cumulative impact was a 22 per cent increase in the union’s trade deficit with the world’s second-largest economy in May. Photo: Shutterstock

Israel-Iran conflict

Trump’s Iran options: stealth bombers, warships and a ‘bunker buster’

As tensions escalate, the US possesses a unique bomb - the Massive Ordnance Penetrator - capable of striking deeply buried targets.

18 Jun 2025 - 2:38PM

United States

US-Russian citizen released in Moscow-Washington prisoner swap

Ksenia Karelina was convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about US$52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.

10 Apr 2025 - 7:19PMvideocam

Food and Drinks

The wineries hoping to fuel a resurgence of oldest recorded wine

Commandaria has been drunk for thousands of years but is largely unknown outside Cyprus. Micro-wineries there hope to grow its global appeal.

13 Mar 2025 - 3:15PM

Bottles of Commandaria wine at the Karsera Winery in Dhoros, Cyprus. Photo: AP

Tourism

Avoid Cyprus’ crowded south and head to its more peaceful, pristine north

Millions of tourists flock to the Greek-Cypriot south every year but the cheaper Turkish-Cypriot north remains untouched by mass tourism.

14 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM

Wild donkeys stroll on a sandy street in Dipkarpaz, in Northern Cyprus, as tourists walk past fruit market stands. Only a few hundred thousand tourists venture to the Turkish-Cypriot north every year. Photo: Shutterstock

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.

5 Oct 2024 - 11:02PM

China-EU relations

China EV tariff vote leaves EU relieved yet wary of retaliation

Decision to slap duties of up to 35 per cent on mainland imports lays bare divisions in European leadership as complex negotiations continue.

6 Oct 2024 - 6:15AMvideocam

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Israel-Gaza war

Lebanon works to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus after Hezbollah threats

Militant group Hezbollah threatened to attack the Mediterranean island if it allows Israel to use its territories to attack Lebanon.

21 Jun 2024 - 4:40PM

Supporters raise their fists as Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised address on Wednesday. Photo: dpa

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.

31 Mar 2024 - 2:58AMvideocam

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.

26 Mar 2024 - 4:15PM

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.

16 Mar 2024 - 3:43AM

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.

11 Mar 2024 - 10:12AM

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.

18 Feb 2024 - 8:00AMvideocam

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.

29 Oct 2023 - 9:44AMvideocam

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.

17 Oct 2023 - 10:49AM

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.

16 Sep 2023 - 3:11PM

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.

4 Sep 2023 - 11:00AM

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.

4 Sep 2023 - 8:26AM

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.

19 Aug 2023 - 1:09AM

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.

21 Jul 2023 - 11:26PMvideocam

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.

11 Jun 2023 - 1:25PM

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.

26 Apr 2023 - 10:30PMvideocam

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Cyprus

Israel’s rising air defence sales become its ‘most potent’ foreign policy weapon

With more countries increasingly turning to Israel for their air defence systems, they cannot afford to isolate the Middle East power.

Iran and Gaza plan to top agenda for Netanyahu-Trump meeting

Turkish Cypriots elect pro-talks leader, renewing hope for Cyprus unity

The island of cats has a cat problem as feral felines outnumber people

Officials estimate there is roughly one feral cat for each of Cyprus’ residents, though activists say the actual population is much higher.

Flagging imbalances in China, EU chamber urges course correction in 5-year plan

Exhorting the need for a ‘new, productive development model’, latest chamber position paper airs members’ grievances.

Western leaders parse China military parade displaying national pride

US President Donald Trump says America deserves more credit for helping China gain its freedom.

China’s shipments of hi-tech goods to EU surge as its exports to US plunge

Post’s analysis of Beijing’s trade data for May shows huge amounts of batteries, laptops, smartphones and solar panels going to the bloc.

Trump’s Iran options: stealth bombers, warships and a ‘bunker buster’

As tensions escalate, the US possesses a unique bomb - the Massive Ordnance Penetrator - capable of striking deeply buried targets.

US-Russian citizen released in Moscow-Washington prisoner swap

Ksenia Karelina was convicted of treason on charges stemming from a donation of about US$52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.

The wineries hoping to fuel a resurgence of oldest recorded wine

Commandaria has been drunk for thousands of years but is largely unknown outside Cyprus. Micro-wineries there hope to grow its global appeal.

Avoid Cyprus’ crowded south and head to its more peaceful, pristine north

Millions of tourists flock to the Greek-Cypriot south every year but the cheaper Turkish-Cypriot north remains untouched by mass tourism.

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 EV tariff vote leaves EU relieved yet wary of retaliation

Decision to slap duties of up to 35 per cent on mainland imports lays bare divisions in European leadership as complex negotiations continue.

Lebanon works to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus after Hezbollah threats

Militant group Hezbollah threatened to attack the Mediterranean island if it allows Israel to use its territories to attack Lebanon.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Opinion | Ukraine war stalemate makes ceasefire the only realistic option