On Saturday afternoon, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar appealed to the Greek Cypriots, through the UN, for the arrest of the alleged perpetrators of the murder of Ayça Alav, as they are believed to have fled to the Republic of Cyprus.
All decisions and plans put forward by the Republic of Cyprus take into account the Republic’s sovereign rights and are fully in line with international law, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis told CNA concerning the Maritime Spatial Plan.
Cyprus is the first European Union member-country to return more migrants whose asylum petitions were denied than came in a single year, according to its interior minister.
The Australian affiliate community Apostolos Andreas Cyprus Orthodox Community West Sunshine recently hosted their popular Apostolos Andreas two-day paniyiri. The festival was a huge success with traditional food such as loukmathes, sheftalies and souvlaki as well as amazing entertainment, including traditional dance performances from Greek dancing groups, and Cypriot comedy sketches by the folk group […]
The Greek Cypriot Brotherhood year is delighted to start the year with its annual Vasilopitta cutting, officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas and attended by Parliamentarians and Local Councillors. Over the course of the year, the Brotherhood has continued to host events for the whole community including: • High profile speaker events and book launches, […]
To the members of the Greek Orthodox Church, Christmas comes in second after Easter. However, this is not to say that Christmas isn’t widely celebrated with unique traditions. It’s difficult to differentiate the traditions between Greece and Cyprus because they are merely the same. On Christmas Eve, everyone goes to church; children around the villages […]
Explore your roots and heritage, experience Cyprus like never before! Applications for the 2024 editions of the NEPOMAK Discover Cyprus Programme (NDCP) and the NEPOMAK Cyprus Culture Tour (NCCT) are now open.
The European Commission announced that it has received Cyprus’s second payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The second payment is worth 152 million euro in grants (net of pre-financing) and would cover reforms and investments in multiple sectors, focusing especially on the green and digital transitions.
The 5th Bicommunal Photography Competition Exhibition on the theme “Faces of Cyprus”, organised by AKEL and the Left Group in the European Parliament, took place on Friday evening at Chateau Status in the Chateau Status hall in UN-administered buffer zone. The Exhibition is yet another initiative AKEL and the mass organisations of the Left have […]
AK 14 December 2023, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia On 30 November, AKEL, in a letter from the party’s General Secretary, Stefanos Stefanou, to the President of the Republic, called for the convening of the National Council. It reiterated its request in a statement dated 7 December. The convening of the National Council is imperative […]
