NICOSIA -- House President Marios Garoyan has expressed the hope that Turkey’s crimes in Cyprus will be recognized just as the Armenian Genocide is being recognised.Asked to comment on a resolution of Swedish parliament recognising the 1915 Armenian Genocide by the Ottomans, Garoyan said that some...

NICOSIA -- Ruling left-wing party, AKEL and Republican Turkish Party (CTP) expressed their support to the efforts undertaken by the leaders of the two communities for a settlement to the Cyprus problem.After a meeting in the Turkish-occupied part of Nicosia on Friday, Antros Kyprianou, General...

NICOSIA - Archbishop Chrysostomos II underwent a catherterisation heart procedure at the American Heart Centre following a routine check-up, the Archbishopric  announced on Friday. “He is doing fine, resting back at the Archbishopric on the advice of his doctors,” the announcement also...

PAPHOS - Three armed robbers entered a Bank of Cyprus branch on central Ellados Avenue early on Friday and got away with an unspecified amount of money, police said. The robbers who had their faces covered with a hood were holding a hunting rifle and a knife. Police are searching for them....

NICOSIA - A new suspect in connection with the theft of the remains of former President Tassos Papadopoulos was arrested for questioning late on Thursday, police said. The 58-year-old man from Athienou was arrested hours only after the remains of Papadopoulos were laid to rest in an emotional...

LIMASSOL – The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will be sailing into Limassol port Friday where it will remain until Thursday, March 18. While in Cyprus, the French carrier and the National Guard will be carrying out search and rescue exercises, air transport manoeuvres and military...

NICOSIA - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos has clarified that there is no Spanish initiative for an international conference on the Cyprus issue. Moratinos, who held a meeting here Thursday with his Cypriot counterpart Marcos Kyprianou, said what Spain can do is to help the...

 NICOSIA: Agriculture Minister Demetris Eliades today announced that no more water cuts were expected since there was enough in reserve to last until 2011 by when more desalination units will be operational. Eliades was speaking to the House Agriculture Committee and also confirmed that...

NICOSIA - Police are continuing their investigation in connection with the theft of the remains of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, after yesterday’s three-hour fruitless interrogation of Antonis Prokopiou Kitas, serving life imprisonment and alleged to be the mastermind of the...

NICOSIA - Queen Sophia of Spain last night inaugurated an important exhibition with works of the Spanish Catalan painter Joan Miro at the Municipal Arts Centre, associated with the Pierides Foundation  in Nicosia. Greek-born Queen Sofia was welcomed at the entrance of the Municipal Arts...