Sources: BBC
Cyprus says it has dismantled a criminal human smuggling ring responsible for transporting migrants on boats from Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. 2023-08-23
Cyprus approves the use of human COVID-19 medication molnupiravir to combat a local feline virus mutation causing feline infectious peritonitis resulting in numerous cat deaths locally. The government assures that there is no risk of depleting medication stocks for potential COVID-19 surges in the human population. 2023-08-4
Uganda and Cyprus report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. 2022-06-8
Cyprus will lift their COVID-19-related travel conditions from April 18, ending rules of two years of the pandemic. 2022-04-7
A huge wildfire spreads through Limassol, Cyprus, killing four people and forcing the evacuation of several villages. It is described as the worst wildfire in the country's history. 2021-07-4
The University of Sydney's Australian Archaeological Mission, excavating at a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the southwest coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, discover Cyprus's oldest theatre. Located in the ancient city of Nea Paphos (capital of Cyprus at the time), it is a Hellenistic-Roman structure believed to have been in use for about six and a half centuries, from c. 300 B.C. until its final destruction in the earthquakes of A.D. 365. The Roman columns are made of granite from quarries in Troad, Turkey. 2015-11-7
2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis: President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades says the island has no intention of abandoning the euro, despite the tough conditions imposed by its 10 billion euro bailout deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund. 2013-03-29
Lamia al-Hariri, Syrian ambassador to Cyprus, and her husband Abdelatif al-Dabbagh, Syrian ambassador to the UAE, defect to Qatar. 2012-07-25
Thousands of Turkish Cypriots protest against Government of Turkey inspired spending cuts in Nicosia. [http:--www.cyprus-mail.com-cyprus-turkish-cypriots-protest-turkish-backed-austerity-steps-20110302?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d6ea2ef04109e63,0 ("Cyprus Mail")]date=August 2019 2011-03-2
A new border gate opens on the divided island of Cyprus, providing a seventh crossing point between the Turkish-controlled TRNC and the southern part of the country. 2010-10-14