https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/schengen-crossing-checks-at-british-bases-will-be-tightened-green-line-next
One of the two major obstacles to Cyprus’ full participation in the Schengen area appears close to being removed, according to information obtained by Kathimerini, following consultations between the Foreign Ministry and the administration of the British bases....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-demands-permission-for-greece-cyprus-cable-athens-says-none-is-needed
Ankara is standing by its demand that any activity in areas it considers part of Turkey’s continental shelf must receive its authorization, particularly work on the electricity connection between Greece and Cyprus, the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/diplomatica/rubio-marks-independence-day-with-message-of-stronger-u-s-cyprus-ties
The United States marked Cyprus’ Independence Day with a message that put the growing relationship between the two countries front and center, highlighting a partnership extending from regional security to classrooms and business opportunities....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘absolutely-not-holguin-says-peace-talks-cannot-grow-in-a-hostile-climate
Can Cyprus return to meaningful negotiations while trust between the two sides is still being chipped away?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-says-cyprus-talks-are-not-at-an-impasse
President Nikos Christodoulides has rejected suggestions that the Cyprus problem has reached a deadlock, saying efforts to restart negotiations are continuing despite significant disagreements....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘we-can-do-this-to-any-country-we-want-us-envoy-s-alleged-warning-rocks-athens
''We can do this to any country we want. We can do it here, too.'' Those are the explosive words reportedly used by U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle during a private dinner in Athens, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/holguin-the-window-of-opportunity-is-gradually-closing
Cyprus may be watching another opportunity for progress slip away—not because the United Nations has stopped trying, but because the two sides are still unwilling to take the political decisions needed to move forward....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-month-that-puts-athens-paris-and-ankara-to-the-test
October is shaping up to be a crucial month for the Cyprus-Europe electricity interconnection, with Greece and France preparing the framework for seabed surveys to resume from Kasos to Cyprus. As the project gathers momentum, Turkey remains the key uncertainty, while Nicosia faces its own political and financial decisions over the cable....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-hurdles-remain-in-cyprus-path-to-schengen
Two obstacles, linked to two of Cyprus’ ''political specificities,'' stand in the way of the island’s full accession to the Schengen area: the unresolved Cyprus problem and the presence of the British Bases....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-saudi-arabia-deepen-ties-with-diplomatic-training-agreement
Cyprus and Saudi Arabia are expanding their cooperation in an area that rarely makes the front pages but quietly shapes how countries work together: the training of their diplomats....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/diplomatica/as-ambassador-anolik-prepares-to-leave-he-shares-one-last-story-of-cyprus-and-israel
Aphrodite and King David may sound like unlikely travelling companions. One belongs to the mythology and shores of Cyprus; the other to the history and faith of the Jewish people....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/diplomatica/u-s-embassy-welcomes-new-public-affairs-chief-as-fresh-team-takes-shape
The U.S. Embassy in Cyprus hosted a reception Wednesday evening to welcome its new Public Affairs Officer, Kahina Robinson, bringing diplomats, media representatives, and other guests together at the Center for Visual Arts and Research in old Nicosia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-turns-erdogan-s-u-n-words-against-him-‘if-you-quote-the-charter-apply-it
President Nikos Christodoulides used the world’s biggest diplomatic stage Wednesday to confront Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan directly, accusing Ankara of speaking about international law while doing the opposite in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-tells-un-to-recognize-breakaway-north-in-occupied-cyprus
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again used the UN General Assembly to campaign for international recognition of the breakaway administration in the occupied north of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/is-anything-genuinely-moving-or-is-this-another-un-week-of-speeches-and-handshakes
President Nikos Christodoulides will take Cyprus’ case to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday evening, addressing world leaders at about 7:30 p.m. Cyprus time as formal negotiations over the divided island remain stalled....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-forgotten-cold-war-base-is-waking-up-in-greenland
A tiny settlement in southern Greenland, now home to only a few dozen people, could soon find itself back on the front line of a global power struggle....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paris-and-athens-prepare-cable-notice-—-but-will-turkey-accept-it
Athens and Paris have agreed on the exact wording of the communiqué that will notify coastal states, including Turkey, of the resumption of work on the Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnector, according to reliable sources....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-pushes-a-european-defence-union-with-a-turkish-flavor
The ''major plan'' to establish a European Security Council, announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her 2026 State of the Union address, has raised serious questions and concerns....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fitiris-cuts-police-protection-for-former-officials-to-reduce-state-spending
Justice Minister Costas Fitiris’ review of police protection for political figures and former state officials is already freeing officers for other duties, as the government continues efforts to reduce unnecessary public expenditure....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-air-traffic-control-running-50-positions-short-of-required-staffing
Cyprus’ air traffic control system is operating with around 90 controllers, compared with an authorised requirement of 140, Parliament was told on Thursday, as MPs examined flight safety issues affecting the Nicosia Flight Information Region (FIR)....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/morocco-and-israel-move-to-full-diplomatic-ties-despite-gaza-tensions
Israel and Morocco have agreed to open full embassies and exchange ambassadors, pushing their relationship to its highest diplomatic level since the two countries restored ties nearly six years ago....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-sends-tornaritis-east-and-south-in-new-diplomatic-push
Cyprus is widening its diplomatic efforts on the Cyprus problem, appointing veteran politician Nikos Tornaritis as a special presidential envoy to countries in Asia and Africa....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/diplomatica/china-and-cyprus-celebrate-a-friendship-built-across-the-miles
China and Cyprus may be separated by thousands of kilometers, but the message inside the Hilton Nicosia on Monday evening was simple: distance has not stopped the two countries from growing closer....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-us-put-closer-ties-on-the-table
Diplomatic meetings often come wrapped in broad statements about friendship and cooperation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-sends-more-than-150-russians-home-as-drone-dispute-deepens
More than 150 employees of Russian missions and members of their families have been ordered to leave Germany as relations between Berlin and Moscow sink to a new low....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/herzog-arrives-in-cyprus-for-talks-with-christodoulides
A handshake at the entrance of the Presidential Palace marked the start of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s working visit to Cyprus on Thursday, at a time when events across the region are being felt increasingly close to home....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/john-breslow-officially-begins-duties-as-us-ambassador-to-cyprus
Cyprus’ new U.S. ambassador officially took up his duties Wednesday, bringing to Nicosia a résumé that stretches from public finances and industrial gases to ice hockey, English football and nearly five decades in the cockpit....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-bans-trade-with-‘settler-terrorists-accuses-them-of-ethnic-cleansing
Britain is banning trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, accusing violent settlers of carrying out the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-plan-b-no-partition-christodoulides-speaks-directly-to-turkish-cypriots
President Nikos Christodoulides has given his first interview to a Turkish Cypriot media outlet since taking office, using the occasion to deliver a clear message across the divide: Greek Cypriots have no alternative plan, and Cyprus must be reunited....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/political-fireworks-and-the-reality-of-the-british-bases
Following the drone strike on RAF Akrotiri on March 2, 2026, the President of the Republic chose, through his public statements, to reopen the issue of the status of the Bases in a way that suggested he was putting their “sovereignty” on the table. When directly asked whether he wanted the Bases to leave the island, Nikos Christodoulides carefully avoided giving a clear answer....
