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A British teenager accused of lying about being gang raped by Israeli tourists could be forced to remain in Cyprus for months after her trial was adjourned.

Incumbent Nicos Anastasiades has defeated challenger Stavros Malas by a significant margin in Cyprus' presidential election.

Harry Kane delivered a Champions League masterclass by hitting a hat-trick and leading Tottenham to a 3-0 demolition of APOEL Nicosia.

Talks aimed at reunifying the Mediterranean island of Cyprus have resumed, with crucial discussions over future security arrangements set to top the agenda.

A policeman has been injured in an explosion at the police headquarters of a UK military base on the southeast coast of Cyprus.

The rival leaders of ethnically-divided Cyprus will hold new talks in Geneva this month, in a significant step forward that could see the final round of negotiations on a peace agreement to reunify the island.

The UN has insisted the Cyprus peace process has not collapsed despite an envoy cancelling talks with rival leaders after they failed to find "common ground" on a summit aimed at securing reunification.

An insistence by breakaway Turkish Cypriots to cede Turkey the right to militarily intervene under a hoped-for deal reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus is "excessive and unjustified", the Mediterranean island's president said on Friday.

One British man was fatally stabbed and another wounded during a pre-dawn knife attack at the coastal resort of Ayia Napa, police in Cyprus said.

The far-right ELAM and two other small parties have won seats in Cyprus' parliament for the first time.

Prosecutors in Egypt have reportedly asked Cyprus to extradite a man arrested after passenger jet was hijacked.

An alleged hijacker who forced an Egyptian plane to divert to Cyprus and took passengers and crew hostage was wearing a fake suicide vest, officials have confirmed.

The EgyptAir plane hostage situation at Larnaca airport in Cyprus has ended after the hijacker was arrested, the Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has said diplomatic staff were trying to clarify reports of an Irish citizen caught up in the hijacking.

Four boats carrying migrants have landed at the RAF air base at Akrotiri in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

Actor Daniel Craig’s globetrotting has brought him to Cyprus – but not to film any scene as superspy James Bond.

Authorities in Cyprus have denied that there was a child abduction attempt at a hotel popular with British and Irish holidaymakers.

An investigation has been launched after a British family was targeted by three people who apparently attempted to abduct children from a popular holiday resort in Cyprus.

Cyprus’s rival leaders have vowed to “work tirelessly” for a swift peace accord, a United Nations envoy said, after relaunching talks aimed at ending the Mediterranean island nation’s four decades of division.

Tourist Information Office birdwatching guides to the Republic of Cyprus and Turkish-Occupied Northern Cyprus (Kibris) are second to none, full of information and beautiful photographs. Each of the two Cypruses want to attract birders, says Damien Enright.

A strong earthquake has shaken Cyprus, according to the island’s geological survey department.

Cyprus has confirmed the cost of its EU and IMF bailout has risen to €23bn.

Three former supreme court judges have been asked by the president of Cyprus to investigate how the country ended up nearly bankrupt.

The Central Bank in Cyprus has lifted all restrictions on credit and debit card payments in the country.

The Cypriot President has said his country will not leave the Euro.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today insisted that large depositors in Irish banks are not at risk of taxes similar to those facing Cyprus.

Cypriot state media is reporting that the chairman of the Bank of Cyprus has resigned over the country's bailout deal.

All banks in Cyprus will remain shut until Thursday, the country’s finance minister has ordered.

US stocks closed lower on Wall Street last night after Oracle’s weak sales results weighed down big US technology companies.

MPs in Cyprus are expected to vote on a new proposal to radically restructure the island's banking sector, as it teeters on the brink of financial collapse.

As Cypriot politicians raced to find a new financial rescue plan ahead of a Monday deadline, tensions built in the streets of the capital. Residents withdrew what money they could from ATMs amid fears the banks could collapse.

The Cypriot government is struggling to gain parliamentary support for its levy on bank accounts.

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has called an emergency meeting of political party leaders for tomorrow morning.

An official says Cyprus' parliament had postponed the debate and vote on the controversial levy on all bank deposits that the country's creditors demanded in exchange for €10bn in rescue money.

People with Cyprus bank accounts will lose up to 10% of their savings as the price of a €10bn rescue package for the cash-strapped country from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund.

Cyprus’ rival leaders ended their first major meeting aimed at reunifying the war-divided island today, with negotiations to continue next week.

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed today to resume peace talks on reunifying the island, and to open a crossing in the heart of the divided capital.

The decades-long division of Cyprus could be resolved by the end of the year, the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots said today.

Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos was eliminated today from Cyprus’ presidential run-off in a major surprise after a cliff-hanger election that saw three candidates neck-and-neck until the last minute.