The new president of the Republic of Cyprus has pledged to allocate 2% of the country's gross domestic product for spending on the armed forces. Coupled with his Western foreign policy orientation and ...

Cyprus marks 51 years since 40,000 Turkish soldiers descended on the island on 20 July, 1974, seizing more than 35% of its territory in a two-phase monthlong offensive. Cyprus marks 51 years since an ...

NICOSIA, July 18 (Reuters) - There will be celebrations in the north, and mourning in the south of Cyprus on Saturday, the 50th anniversary of a Turkish invasion triggered by a brief Greek inspired ...

The US has been strengthening its relationship with the Republic of Cyprus. Cyprus is perched in the Eastern Mediterranean, near three continents and important sea routes. For Cyprus, it's a move away ...

In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Euronews, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides speaks about his vision for the future of his country, the European Union and peace in Gaza. Cyprus is ...

This July, it’s 50 years since Turkish forces landed and occupied the northern third of Cyprus, in the name of the Turkish Cypriot minority that totalled around a fifth of the island’s population.

The US lifted its 35-year-old arms embargo on the Republic of Cyprus in September. That could allow Cyprus to receive modern US arms and to send its Russian-made weapons to Ukraine. But the US ...

In legend the birthplace of the ancient Greek goddess of love Aphrodite, Cyprus's modern history has, in contrast, been dominated by tension between its Greek and Turkish inhabitants. Cyprus has been ...