President elect Nikos Christodoulides greets his supporters during his inauguration ceremony after being elected as a new President of Cyprus, in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Feb 12, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) NICOSIA – Former Cypriot foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was elected president on Sunday in a runoff vote, promising a unity government tasked with breaking […]
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Cypriot diplomats face off in cliffhanger presidential vote
Polling station officers receive the ballot boxes for the second round of the 2023 Presidential Elections on Feb 10, 2023, at the Cyprus State Fair grounds in the capital Nicosia's suburb of Engomi. (PHOTO / AFP) NICOSIA- A runoff election on Sunday to select the president of Cyprus pits two career diplomats against each other […]
Cyprus presidential election goes to runoff
Former Cypriot foreign minister and presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides, gestures as he gives a statement to the media, following the results of the exit poles of the first round of presidential elections, in his office in the capital Nicosia, on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) NICOSIA — Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides took the […]
Cyprus poll draws record 14 candidates, clear winner unlikely
Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades and Cyprus presidential candidate Averof Neophytou, head of the governing right-wing Democratic Rally party, wave to supporters during a pre-election rally in Nicosia, Cyprus Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) NICOSIA – Cypriots vote on Sunday in a presidential election which has split the political right and is unlikely to produce […]
Cyprus reestablishes sea-link with outside world after 21 years
Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades speaks during a joint news conference with the Croatian Prime Minister at the Presidential Palace in Cyprus' capital Nicosia on May 11, 2022. (YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU / POOL / AFP) NICOSIA – Cyprus, an island country in the eastern Mediterranean, on Sunday re-established a regular sea-link with the outside world for the […]