The leaders of Cyprus, France and Greece will meet in New York next week to discuss the Israel-Cyprus-Greece power grid connection and developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus’ government spokesman said Saturday.
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Cyprus’s president called for restraint over escalating tensions in the Middle East in separate telephone conversations with the Lebanese and Israeli prime ministers on Saturday, his spokesperson said in a statement.
Cyprus is facing a significant water shortage, as dam levels have plummeted.
Ahead of the UN General Assembly in a few days, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted the necessity of coordination between Greece and Cyprus during his meeting on Thursday with visiting Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides.
The annual inflation rate in Cyprus dropped to 2.2% both in Cyprus and in the eurozone in August, compared to July 2024 (from 2.4% in Cyprus and 2.6% in the eurozone), Eurostat said.
In a move which would help Greece and Cyprus catch up with Europe in the field of transplants, the two countries signed two cooperation agreements on Thursday for the exchange of kidneys and lungs.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talks with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, on September 19, 2024.
The Republic of Cyprus and Chevron have agreed to hold discussions over the next four months in order to seek an amicable solution that ensures the development of the Aphrodite gas field without further delays.
The memory of Greece’s former Deputy Foreign Minister Yannos Kranidiotis and six other people who were killed in September 1999 after the government plane that was carrying them suddenly lost altitude over Romania was honored on Wednesday by the Cultural Foundation of the Journalist Union of Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA) and the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Athens.
Thursday morning’s summit meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides will be taking place in a climate of dissatisfaction.
Cyprus’ top court ordered Wednesday that the country’s comptroller general be removed from his post for alleged misconduct and interferences in the works of judiciary.
Athens is cautiously confident about reaching a final agreement on the Crete-Cyprus electricity interconnection following the Cypriot government’s commitment to invest €125 million over the next five years in the project.
Tourist arrivals in Cyprus reached an all-time high for August this year.
Cyprus has given the green light for construction of a 1.9 billion euro ($2.1 billion) undersea electricity cable linking its grid with Greece’s, aiming to sharply reduce electricity bills and end its energy isolation, the country’s energy minister said Tuesday.
Cyprus will support a multi-billion euro electric transmission cable linking the power grids of Europe to the Middle East, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday.
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