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601. 'We don’t give up hope' after inconclusive effort

We don’t give up hope, there is an ongoing process said the President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, after attending an informal social gathering on Friday with the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and UN envoy Jane Holl Lute, in the United Nations Protected Area, in Nicosia ...

602. President launches Exandas portal in a bid to enhance transparency

The implementation of 767 development projects, with a total cost of more than 2.7 bln euros, as well as the progress in implementing 321 government policies, reforms and national strategies are outlined in “Exandas”, the new internet portal launched on Friday by Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades. According to officials, 92.17% of the projects listed is expected to be completed by 2023. ...

603. Leaders to meet

The UN Secretary General's special envoy Jane Holl Lute will hold new meetings on Friday morning with Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, and with the Turkish Cypiot leader, Mustafa Akinci, as efforts continue to formulate the terms of reference, that will pave the way for the resumption of the Cyprus talks. ...

604. Lute holds follow-up meetings

A UN effort on Sunday to sound out the two Cypriot leaders in a possible way forward in resuming peace talks is set to continue Monday with the follow-up meetings...

605. Rhetoric cranked up over Laundromat story

The Presidential Palace is fighting back against criticism over claims that President Anastasiades’ law firm was involved in a network of shell companies that laundered billions out of Russia...

606. Common interest for talks but disagreements remain

President Anastasiades said that there is a positive climate and a common basis on which the talks for a Cyprus settlement can take place, noting, at the same time, that disagreements on serious issues remain, but there is an agreement that differences cannot be bridged without dialogue. ...

607. Bishop probe ordered over gay comments

The attorney general has ordered a probe into possible offences committed by Morphou Bishop Neophytos following controversial statements he made on homosexuality and other matter, while discussion about the debate is proving to be intense in the public domain...

608. Nicosia walls literally coming down

A conservation group has slammed authorities in the north over the partial collapse of the Guerini Bastion, saying it had warned about the conditions of the Nicosia medieval walls but nobody took them seriously...

609. Anastasiades welcomes Greek PM

Newly elected Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in Cyprus Monday morning for an official visit, the first after he assumed his duties. ...

610. Greek Prime Minister in Cyprus for an official visit

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis begins today a two-day official visit to Cyprus, his first after he assumed his duties following the elections of July 7th. He is accompanied, inter alia, by Greece`s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias ...

611. George Low murder still open case

The unsolved murder of George Low was back in the headlines this week, with some new information about additional possible suspects and a frustration over two identified suspects who remain at large...

612. Mitsotakis sworn in as PM amid east Med tensions

Conservative politician Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister on Monday after storming to victory on a pledge to create jobs and lure investment to the economically stricken nation...

613. Galanos on Famagusta: Now the time for government to take action

614. FMs of Cyprus, Greece and Armenia meet in Nicosia

615. Trump welcomed to Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth

616. Trump wades into Britain's 'interesting' Brexit crisis

617. EU vote across Europe

618. KOGAS investment in Cyprus a 'new horizon' for economic ties

619. New police chief offers apology

The new police chief has offered an apology following criticism about mishandling cases of missing foreign women and children who ended up being murdered by a serial killer...

620. First body from red lake identified

Reports say the body inside the first suitcase retrieved in Mitseros belonged to Livia, with a second autopsy revealing the horror of the Romanian woman’s final moments...

621. Cops blame Mitseros case flaws on privacy laws

A debate is brewing in Cyprus over privacy laws, in the wake of a shocking confession of a serial killer who admitted to multiple murders and allegations against the police for not doing enough to investigate missing cases of foreign women...

622. Woman’s body in the north not linked to Orestis

New investigative reports drew possible links between the decomposed body of a Vietnamese woman found in north Nicosia and the suspected serial killer in the south known as Orestis, who is said to have admitted to seven murders les so far...

623. Son-in-law diplomacy

624. New CBC governor vows to strengthen image

The newly-appointed governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus was sworn in on Tuesday during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace, where he spoke of maintaining financial stability as a main task...

625. Parties voice support for Sevgül Uludağ's Nobel nomination

626. Pass the buck

This was a narrative that they managed to pull through for an entire five-year term in office. Because each time people were losing their calm or reacting towards new measures, the response was 'the Anastasiades government is bringing order to the chaos that it had inherited'...

627. President briefs locals on SBA land use

Local land owners who have properties within the Sovereign Base Areas could be eligible to find foreign buyers or otherwise utilize their property, but not before an environmental study is completed next year...

628. Anastasiades meets May

629. Cyprus - UK ties reaffirmed at Buckingham Palace

630. Anastasiades to meet the Queen