Greek Cypriots

Türkiye has raised objections to increasing militarization by the Greek Cypriot administration, warning that such actions threaten the fragile stability and peace in the region.

"This misguided policy could further undermine the stability and peace of our region and will lead to an arms race on the island," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry has described the "armament activities" of the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus as "wrong," saying they could "start an arms race on the island."

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties appealed to their respective leaderships on Thursday to open more crossings to facilitate better communication between the island's rival communities.

President Nikos Christodoulides received a delegation from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) at the Presidential Palace on Monday to receive its 2023 annual report. The meeting highlighted Cyprus' rising prominence in the financial sector and ongoing efforts to enhance economic competitiveness and financial literacy.

The top diplomats from Türkiye and Greece, Hakan Fidan and Giorgos Gerapetritis, have underlined their commitment to resolving all problems and improving cooperation in all fields.

Fidan paid a visit to Athens and held talks with his counterpart on Nov. 8, as the two neighbors have normalized their ties over the past one-and-a-half years.

As if by a quirk of fate—or perhaps DNA, something he would explore extensively in his adult life—Demis Hassabis did not inherit a talent for music or the arts from his Cypriot father. In what seems to contradict genetic predisposition, he was instead endowed with a rare mathematical mind and an extraordinary ability to understand the sciences.

Greek Cypriot scientist Demis Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday, along with his two colleagues, US scientists David Baker and John Jumper, for their work in decoding protein structures and creating new proteins, leading to advancements in drug development.

Today marks 64 years since the founding of the Republic of Cyprus, of which only the first three were relatively peaceful.

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. 

A roadmap for strengthening the bilateral defense cooperation between the United States and Greek Cyprus is not against third parties, a senior American official has said, in an effort to soothe down Ankara's criticisms over expanding military ties between his country and southern Cyprus.