I am starting this piece by answering a question I often get from my followers on social media. They ask me whether it had crossed my mind that dark July of 1974 and later in August of that same year – when the betrayal of the Athens junta was complete, and under a democratic Greek government – that 50 years would go by and the situation in Cyprus would still be the same. The answer could be a simple “no.”
One of the world’s biggest music stars, Ed Sheeran will perform two concerts at the Land of Tomorrow in Larnaca, Cyprus, as part of his Mathematics tour. After multiple sold-out stadium shows in the US and releasing two albums, Sheeran is coming to Cyprus to perform his latest hits. The first show is already sold […]
The UK remains committed to a Cyprus peace deal “under UN parameters,” but “ultimately, it is for the key parties to decide on the details of a settlement,” Stephen Doughty, the newly appointed minister of state in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, told Kathimerini on the sidelines of his visit to Athens this week.
Fifty years after the Turkish invasion and occupation of Cyprus, the exhibition features photographs by journalist Sotiris Danezis from the 3.5% of the Turkish-occupied ghost town of Famagusta (Ammochostos), which was opened in 2021 by the occupation authorities. The exhibition is held at the Melina Cultural Centre in Thiseio (Iraklidon 66) and entrance is free.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has launched an investigation into the Vasilikos liquefied natural gas import terminal project.
With the scars still visible on his body 50 years after Turkey invaded Cyprus, Angelos Vougioukas, a member of the Panhellenic Association of Cyprus Fighters of 1974, looks back on the crucial first hours of the Turkish occupation of Cyprus, and the 99 days he spent as a prisoner of the Turkish forces.
The future of an electricity cable linking the power grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will be cleared up next month when a ruling is expected on whether Cypriot consumers would pick up the tab for the cable’s four-year construction costs, Cyprus’ energy minister said Thursday.
Total deposits in Cyprus last month recorded a net decrease of 44.1 million euros, compared with a net increase of €925.7 million in May, the Central Bank of Cyprus Monetary Financial Institutions (MFIs) Deposits and Loans Statistics for June said, as included in the July 2024 edition of Monetary and Financial Statistics.
As high temperatures drive up energy demand in Cyprus, the island remains heavily reliant on oil for electricity production.
Calling the forthcoming United States election as consequential may be an understatement.
Important decisions concerning the Great Sea Interconnector, an electric cable linking Cyprus and Greece, are anticipated in August.
Nonperforming exposures (NPEs) in the Cyprus banking system remained practically unchanged in May, easing slightly to 1.77 billion euros from €1.80 billion the previous month, with the NPE ratio amounting to 7.4% of total loans.
The National Historical Museum (13 Stadiou) presents a commemorative exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The exhibition features rare posters and photographs from the time highlighting the tragic events. It will be inaugurated on July 25 by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Tickets cost 10 euros and are available at the door. […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated on Wednesday that the only solution to the decades-long dispute over Cyprus is to establish two separate states on the island.
Kition Ocean Holdings has launched a scathing critique of the Cypriot government’s handling of the transition of operations at Larnaca Port and Marina.
Cyprus on Monday put on display artifacts – some of them thousands of years old – that were returned after a Turkish art dealer looted them from the ethnically divided island nation decades ago.
