Sources: BBC
In chess, the Candidates Tournament 2026 starts in Cyprus. Between 28 March and 16 April, eight players compete in a double round-robin tournament. The winner will face Gukesh Dommaraju for the World Championship. 2026-03-28
Hundreds of Americans are evacuated by sea from Haifa, Israel, to Cyprus. 2023-10-16
Uganda and Cyprus report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. 2022-06-8
Cyprus reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in three Greek Cypriots who travelled from South Africa in Limassol. 2021-12-10
Cyprus announces a cautious easing of the second nationwide lockdown beginning February 1 following a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases that peaked after Christmas. 2021-01-27
Cyprus reports its first cases of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in 12 people who traveled from the United Kingdom and later tested positive for COVID-19. 2021-01-3
The Minister of Health of Cyprus confirms the first two cases in the island; one a health professional who visited United Kingdom and the other a 25-year-old man who had traveled from Italy. 2020-03-9
A hijacked EgyptAir flight lands in Cyprus. All hostages have been released, and the hijacker has no evident ties to any terrorist organizations. 2016-03-29
A bomb blast at the Hellenic Business Federation offices in central Athens, Greece, damages the Cypriot Embassy across the street. While there is yet no claim for responsibility the authorities suspect a domestic guerrilla group set off the blast. 2015-11-24
The Greek Coast Guard rescues all 22 crewmen from a Cyprus-flagged vessel "Good Faith" that ran aground on the Greek island of Andros during a storm in the Aegean Sea. 2015-02-11