5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (354+ words) Nicosia, Cyprus. The government will announce the appointment of criminal investigators to examine the findings of the Mafia State affair as soon as possible, potentially after Wednesday's cabinet meeting, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. He said the investigators…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (279+ words) Brussels, Belgium. UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin is continuing contacts under instructions from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres aimed at convening a new expanded conference on the Cyprus problem. On Monday, she is due to hold talks in Brussels with…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (470+ words) Nicosia, Cyprus. President Nikos Christodoulides is due to meet former British prime minister Sir Tony Blair on Monday amid renewed diplomatic efforts concerning the future governance and reconstruction of Gaza. The presidency announced the meeting on Friday without providing further…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (316+ words) Nicosia, Cyprus. The Palestinian Embassy said on Friday that a recent report on Israeli military precision technology raised questions that could not be ignored, criticising the report in a response submitted to Phileleftheros. The Embassy said the report prompted questions…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (383+ words) Nicosia, Cyprus. The government on Thursday again sought to distance itself from the upcoming meeting in Cyprus of the Gaza Executive Board, with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos saying the island is merely the venue for the gathering. The Executive Board…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (650+ words) Jerusalem, Israel. Analysts, former U. S. officials and diplomats say the U. S. -Iran interim pact has damaged Benjamin Netanyahu's political image as the Israeli leader most capable of aligning Washington with Israel's Iran strategy. They say the agreement highlights a reversal in Netanyahu's…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (179+ words) Paris, France. Cypriot lawyer Stavros Pavlou has been appointed as a new member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce following a proposal by the ICC Cyprus National Committee, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (415+ words) Under the 1997 Hebron Agreement, Palestinians controlled planning and construction across the city, including at the religious site. Smotrich said he gave final approval late on Monday for the transfer of those powers to Israeli authorities. The office of Palestinian President…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (430+ words) Hebron, Palestinian Territories. Israel has transferred planning and construction powers at a Jewish and Muslim shrine in the occupied West Bank from Palestinian authorities, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday. The move scraps parts of an arrangement set under…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (252+ words) Larnaca, Cyprus. The growing presence of Israeli entrepreneurs in Larnaca was discussed on Monday during a meeting between Larnaca chamber of commerce and industry president Evel Nakis Antoniou and Israel's Ambassador to Cyprus Oren Anolik. The meeting focused on economic…...