News: Cyprus

We have started to collect the most important news related to Cyprus in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Cyprus – overview

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• May 13th 2013 – April 2nd 2013
• April 2nd 2013 – March 28th 2013
• March 27th 2013 – March 25th 2013
• March 25th 2013 – March 20th 2013
• March 20th 2013 – March 16th 2013
• March 16th 2013 – July 16th 2012
• June 27th 2012 – November 1st 2011
• October 3rd 2011 – March 26th 2011
• January 19th 2011 – April 2nd 2010
• March 21st 2010 – November 23rd 2009
• November 10th 2009 – September 30th 2008
• September 11th 2008 – March 19th 2008
• March 12th 2008 – May 16th 2007
• March 9th 2007 – October 10th 2006
• October 5th 2006 – December 17th 2005

Cyprus: news

Cyprus leader rejects blast blame

Monday, October 3rd 2011, 21:23

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias dismisses an official investigator's allegation of negligence in a deadly munitions blast in July.
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Cyprus president blamed for blast

Monday, October 3rd 2011, 11:46

The president of Cyprus is blamed by an official investigator for negligence leading to a huge explosion that killed 13 people in July.
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Turkey sends oil ship to Cyprus

Friday, September 23rd 2011, 12:59
related countries: Turkey

Turkey sends an energy exploration ship to search for gas and oil in waters off the Turkish-controlled north of Cyprus.
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Cyprus begins controversial drill

Monday, September 19th 2011, 16:01
related countries: Turkey

Cyprus says it has begun exploratory drilling for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean in defiance of Turkish anger at the plans.
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Crisis-hit Cyprus has new cabinet

Friday, August 5th 2011, 10:53

Cyprus President Demetris Christofias appoints a new cabinet, naming Kikis Kazamias finance minister amid an economic and political crisis.
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Moody's cuts Cyprus debt rating

Wednesday, July 27th 2011, 12:30

Cyprus may be the latest EU country to find it harder to borrow money after its credit rating was cut.
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VIDEO: Cyprus FM quits over navy blast

Tuesday, July 19th 2011, 5:51

The Cypriot Foreign Minister has offered to resign following an explosion a week ago at a naval base in Cyprus which killed 13 and destroyed the island's main electricity power station.
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Cyprus FM 'to resign over blast'

Monday, July 18th 2011, 13:20

Cyprus's Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou says he intends to resign over last week's deadly blast at a naval base that killed 13 people.
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Cyprus navy chief killed by blast

Monday, July 11th 2011, 21:16

Cyprus' navy chief, Andreas Ioannides, was among 12 people killed when gunpowder at its main base exploded, causing widespread devastation.
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Cyprus naval base blast kills 12

Monday, July 11th 2011, 17:47
related countries: Greece

A massive explosion at a munitions dump in Cyprus kills 12 people, including the commander of the country's navy, officials say.
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Cyprus rating cut on debt fears

Tuesday, May 31st 2011, 7:56
related countries: Greece

Credit rating agency Fitch cuts its rating for Cyprus because of worries over how the country will be affected by the Greek debt crisis.
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Ashcroft given defence review job

Tuesday, May 24th 2011, 14:43
related countries: United Kingdom

Tory peer Lord Ashcroft is to advise on a government review of the UK's military bases in Cyprus - despite objections from deputy PM Nick Clegg.
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Cyprus polls set for 'close race'

Sunday, May 22nd 2011, 3:43

Parliamentary elections are taking place in Cyprus with opinion polls indicating a tight race between the two main rivals.
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Prison for Cyprus bodysnatchers

Monday, May 16th 2011, 17:00

Three men have been found guilty of stealing the body of the former Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos from his grave in 2009.
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Cyprus youth remember their dead

Saturday, March 26th 2011, 22:42
related countries: Greece, Libya, Turkey

As the fighting in Libya continues, teenagers from the Greek and Turkish communities on Cyprus unite to commemorate those lost on their island's conflict decades ago.
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