Sources: BBC
A Russian-American citizen arrested in Yekaterinburg in early 2024 and a dual German-Russian citizen arrested in Cyprus in 2023 are released in a prisoner swap between Russia and the United States. 2025-04-10
Cyprus police rescue 18 Syrian migrants after their boat started taking on water off the island's southeastern coast. 2023-08-21
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian calls for a "coordinated European response" to recent Turkish aggression towards Greece and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean, saying "Europe needs to leave the age of innocence behind and shape its own destiny". 2020-08-31
Cyprus closes four of its checkpoints along the border with Northern Cyprus for the first time since 2003 due to coronavirus concerns. The checkpoints are expected to be reopened within a week. 2020-02-28
An improvised explosive device damages a shopfront in Limassol, Cyprus. 2018-04-15
European Union finance ministers and central bank governors begin a two-day meeting at Dublin Castle to talk about austerity, the collapse of the Cypriot economy and the creation of a federal bank. 2013-04-12
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
The Standard & Poor's credit rating agency lowers its long-term credit ratings on the eurozone countries of Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, and Spain by two notches each and Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia by one notch each. 2012-01-13
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