Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz arrived in Cyprus on Wednesday to launch a new “five-year development plan” for the north’s infrastructure.He was greeted by the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel at Ercan (Tymbou) airport on Wednesday morning,

NICOSIA, Cyprus — A meeting between the two leaders in ethnically divided Cyprus ended without an agreement on Monday, with both sides failing to reach a decision on a deal aimed at building trust that included opening new crossing points across a U.N.-controlled buffer zone.

A rightist ally of President Erdogan, Devlet Bahceli of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, this week openly questioned Greece’s sovereignty over the islands of the southeastern Aegean. In so doing Mr. Bahceli challenges the provisions of international laws and agreements such as the 1923 Lausanne Treaty.

ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy on Friday began exploratory drilling for natural gas in a prospect west of Cyprus, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides said on X.

Greece and Turkey are awaiting the first actions of the new American president. Negative messages are coming from the Turkish side, which is now focusing on Syria, while constantly escalating tensions

A 21-year-old Syrian arrested in connection with a series of attacks on Nicosia’s Bayraktar mosque has been remanded in custody for eight days. Media in the north reported that Turkish Cypriot religious endowment foundation Evkaf filed a complaint following the attacks.

A Cypriot official says more than 1,000 Syrian nationals have withdrawn their applications for asylum or international protection because they intend to return to their homeland.

NICOSIA - A military assessment team from the United States will be in Cyprus this week as part of defence upgrades, Cypriot officials said on Tuesday, following an announcement from Washington of cooperation with the Mediterranean island.

NICOSIA - Cyprus on Thursday hailed U.S. President Joe Biden's memorandum allowing military sales, including arms, to the island as a milestone affirming recognition as a pillar of stability in the east Mediterranean region which has been fraught with conflict.

Cyprus has adopted tougher policies in the last few years to stem the arrival of thousands of migrants either by boat from neighboring Lebanon, Syria or Turkey via the island’s breakaway Turkish Cypriot north.

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz arrived in Cyprus on Wednesday to launch a new “five-year development plan” for the north’s infrastructure. He was greeted by the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel at Ercan (Tymbou) airport on Wednesday morning,

Speaking to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency ... opening of more crossing points on Friday afternoon, at an event in Nicosia. Members of bicommunal ‘United Cyprus’ gathered at Ayios Dhometios