World Dec 31 Greece and Cyprus are welcoming 2026 without the bang, embracing quiet New Year's celebrations By Menelaos Hadjicostis, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press
World Mar 30 Ships carrying 2nd round of aid for Gaza depart Cyprus amid concerns about famine A three-ship convoy left a port in Cyprus on Saturday with 400 tons of food and other supplies for Gaza as concerns about hunger in the territory soar. By Associated Press
World Feb 12 Nikos Christoulides elected president of Cyprus in runoff vote Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was elected as the new president of Cyprus in a runoff election Sunday. His rival, veteran diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis, conceded defeat. By Menelaos Hadjicostis, Associated Press
World Dec 05 Pope chides Europe, comforts migrants on return to Lesbos Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was Europe’s indifference and self-interest “that condemns to death those on the fringes.”… By Nicole Winfield, Trisha Thomas, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press
World Nov 30 Migrant crisis highlighted in pope's Greece-Cyprus trip LESBOS, Greece (AP) — When Pope Francis visited the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016, he was so moved by the stories he heard from families fleeing war in Iraq and Syria that he wept and brought a dozen refugees… By Derek Gatopoulos, Theodora Tongas, Associated Press
Sep 21 'We are not letting down our guard.' COVID-19 is another challenge for U.N. peacekeepers By Sebastian Rich Amid the COVID-19 pandemic that according to the World Health Organization has killed more than 900,000 people globally, United Nations peacekeepers are still deploying around the world. One of those missions is currently ongoing in Cyprus, due to a conflict… Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 22:21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 2, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 2, the Senate passed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax package, pushing one of the largest overhauls of tax codes in decades. And in Cyprus, the search for missing family members more than 40 years… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 6:24 Scientists are identifying remains of hundreds lost in Cyprus conflict By PBS News Hour Cyprus, a former British colony that became independent in 1960, has been divided since 1974, when war broke out between Greek and Turkish Cypriots, the island’s main ethnic groups. Hundreds of people disappeared in the conflict. Now, scientists in a… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 9:52 Waging peace between Greeks, Turks in Cyprus By PBS News Hour Since the mid-1970s, the island of Cyprus has been politically divided between its two main ethnic groups: Greeks and Turks. This conflict has at times brought two members of the NATO military alliance, Greece and Turkey, to the brink of… Continue watching
Mar 29 Egyptian hijacker in custody after hours-long standoff By Larisa Epatko An Egyptian man who hijacked a passenger airplane and forced it to land in Cyprus gave himself up to authorities Tuesday after holding seven people on board for several hours. Continue reading