Nicosia, Cyprus News

Thieves opened up former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos's grave and stole his corpse during the night, state television reported on Dec.

A group of international statesmen known as 'The Elders,' including former U.S. president Jimmy Carter have arrived on the divided island of Cyprus to support U.N.-backed peace talks.

Greek Minister of Defence Evangelos Venizelos said on Wednesday that Turkey's European prospect depended on two factors, namely the solution of the Cyprus problem and the improvement of Greco-Turkish relations.

Via Javno, a Croatian news agency: Cyprus infant is first swine flu death . Excerpt: A baby girl has succumbed to swine flu becoming Cyprus's first recorded death from the A virus, health officials said on Tuesday.

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- The British bases command in Cyprus issued a written statement Monday confirming media reports that staff is being relocated from one of its two bases on the island, but denied any "downgrading" of forces.

November 30, 2009 - LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, has announced that European University Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus, has selected LibLime Enterprise Koha for their integrated library system.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is expected to sign his report on his good offices mission to Cyprus on Thursday.

An armed robbery took place at the Nicosia regional Co-op bank at Tseri when two men entered the premises brandishing a shotgun at around 9.30am Wednesday, police said.

Michael Binnington, 23, and Luke Atkinson, 24, both from Essex, England, were taken by police from Larnaca airport directly to Nicosia Central Prisons, said Famagusta Criminal Investigation Department officer George Economou.

Two cousins are on their way to Cyprus after they were extradited to serve three-year jail terms for killing a motorcyclist.

"Greece, Cyprus reject Turkeya s call for five-party summit on Cyprus Exchanges between Greek prime minister George Papandreou and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan are raising some hopes of a new dynamic in negotiations on Cyprus, but Athens and Nicosia have made it clear that they do not accept Ankaraa s call for five-party talks on ...

"Turkey off the hook over Cyprus dispute FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE -- 11/27/2009 Politicians in Nicosia have been left stunned after the European Parliament approved a draft European Council document which all but rules out action against Turkey, irrespective of the Turkish government ignoring the Ankara Protocol that it signed in 2005.

Date : Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:03:26 +0400 CYPRUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT TO THE IMPORTANT HISTORIC TIMES OF THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE armradio.am 24.11.2009 16:32 President of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Christofias has underlined that efforts to reunify Cyprus and its people will continue with persistence and good will.

In one of the cases, fire broke out after an explosion early today, in a private car belonging to a 35-year old as it was parked outside his Nicosia house.

Cyprus Stock Exchange and VP Lux connects to Link Up Markets NICOSIA - " The Cyprus Stock Exchange and VP Lux, the Luxemburg based subsidiary of VP, have successfully connected to Link Up Markets, a joint venture comprising 9 CSDs, to improve efficiency and reduce costs of post-trade processing of cross-border securities transactions globally.

British Minister for Europe Chris Bryant expressed optimism on Tuesday over prospects to solve the Cyprus problem, especially after his meetings with the leaders of the islanda s two communities.

The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders met today to continue discussions on immigration, citizenship and asylum as part of the ongoing United Nations-backed, power-sharing negotiations.

" President of the House of Representatives Marios Garoyian has said the Greek Cypriot side is not seeking anything more than securing the rights of the people of Cyprus, just as they are secured for all peoples.

"Britain Urges Turkey to Open Ports to Cyprus as Pledged NICOSIA - Britain urged Turkey on Monday to honour a pledge to the European Union to open its ports and airports to neighbouring Cyprus, saying it would be an important step in Ankara's talks to join the bloc." More: Britain Urges Turkey to Open Ports to Cyprus as Pledged - NYTimes.com C ...

DMN Newswire--2009-11-16--Nicosia - Cyprus: Europe Media Port announced today that the World Teleport Association has named it the World's Fastest Growing Teleport for 2009.