On 28 May a monument commemorating the victims of Armenia Genocide in 1915 in Turkey took place in Larnaka, Cyprus, reported the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

Lattakia Governor Zahed Haj Moussa and Cyprus Ambassador to Syria Efstathios Orphanides has discussed the cultural, economic, tourist and agricultural situation in Lattakia, and projects of rehabilitating the infrastructure in addition to the tourist investment of Lattakia coast.

Greek and Turkish Cypriots have removed a blockade that has separated them for half a century. Ledra Street, a thoroughfare in the heart of Nicosia had become a potent symbol of Cyprus's ethnic partition.

After winning the presidential elections in Cyprus, communist-leader Demetris Christofias says he will try to restart unification talks on the divided island. Nathan Morley reports for VOA from Nicosia.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has sent congratulations to the new president of Cyprus, Demitris Christofanis.

This is that vacation travel time of year again which everyone is looking forward to. Booking your holiday for the summer, but have you thought of where you want to go? Let me tell you a great holiday destination, Cyprus. Cyprus villas have everything you can think of for that perfect holiday.

Today at midnight, the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of Malta, both small island states in the Mediterranean and former British colonies, adopted the euro as their official currency; less than four years after their accession to the European Union.

MTN, the newly re-branded mobile telecommunications giant and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM; TSX:RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, today announced the launch of the eagerly anticipated BlackBerry® solution in Cyprus.

Cyprus appears headed for a showdown with Turkey over Nicosia's plans to begin oil and gas exploration in the east Mediterranean. Nathan Morley reports for VOA from Nicosia that Cyprus wants to issue exploration permits for 60,000 square kilometers of seabed near the island later this year.

The Government of Cyprus has repeated it would not be intimidated into scrapping bids for oil drilling off Cypriot shores after Ankara stepped up its campaign to halt the process with a direct appeal to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

On the 1st of Jan 2008 15% VAT (Value Added Tax) will be chargeable on land in Cyprus. Plots of land are expected to become more expensive overnight and compound the effect of Cyprus switching to the Euro currency on the same day. Investors are being urged to move now to secure properties exempt from the new tax.

According to Cystat, tourists from EU countries dominate the holiday arrivals in Cyprus in 2006. The Statistical Service of Cyprus (Cystat) published the report 'Tourism Statistics' for the period of the first half of 2006.