Cyprus

Magnets depicting the island of Cyprus are displayed in a gift shop in Nicosia, Cyprus June 20, 2024. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
World+Biz

Why pick on us? Cyprus perplexed by Hezbollah threats

The EU member state closest to the Middle East, Cyprus was caught off guard by comments from Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday that the island could be a target if it permitted...

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a televised address at a memorial service for Taleb Abdallah, a senior field commander in the group who was killed on June 11 alongside three other Hezbollah fighters in an Israeli strike on the south Lebanon village of Jouaiyya, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Middle East

Head of Lebanon's Hezbollah threatens Israel and Cyprus

A protester holds a poster of the deceased Anisur Rahman. Photo: Cyprus Mail
Bangladesh

Death in Cyprus police raid, Anisur's body on way to Bangladesh

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Migration

Cyprus, Bangladesh deal to bring back undocumented migrants

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis walks with Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II during a meeting with the Holy Synod at Apostle Varnavas Cathedral, in Nicosia, Cyprus, December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/
World+Biz

Head of Cyprus Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos, dies aged 81

Bangladesh ranks among the top ten countries whose citizens have sought asylum in Cyprus. Photo: Arafatul Islam/DW
Panorama

How Bangladeshi migrants end up in Cyprus

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World+Biz

Strong quake rattles Crete, minor damage but no casualties

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting at the Ministry of foreign affairs offices in Jerusalem, September 12, 2021. Abir Sultan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Israel accuses Iran of Cyprus attack plot after suspected gunman arrested

Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides gestures during a joint statement with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Amman, Jordan December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Middle East

Cyprus appeals to UN Security Council over Varosha moves

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, France, June 25, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

France calls Turkish-Cypriot move on ghost town a 'provocation'

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poses for a photograph with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) during the NATO summit at the Alliance's headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, June 14, 2021. Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool via REUTERS
Middle East

Cyprus talks can resume only on two-state basis, Erdogan says

Smoke from a forest fire is seen in Ora village, Larnaca, Cyprus, July 3, 2021, in this picture obtained from social media. Mandatory credit ANDREA ANASTASIOU/via REUTERS
Environment

EU deploys assistance for Cyprus as huge forest fire rages

A woman wearing a protective face mask casts her vote during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Nicosia, Cyprus May 30, 2021. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
Middle East

Cyprus ruling conservatives hold slim lead in parliamentary poll