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Leader: Bolstering Turkish Cypriots boon to peace deal

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci says bolstering the economy and institutions of ethnically divided Cyprus' breakaway ...

Cyprus president ready for peace talks after UN spat over

Talks to reunify the ethnically divided island of Cyprus appeared to be back on track Friday when its president said he's ...

UN decries church worship limit in Cyprus' breakaway north

A U.N. envoy has expressed "deep concern" over a newly-imposed limit on worship in Orthodox Christian churches inside ...

Last call for owners to claim cars left in 1974 Cyprus war

It's last call for the owner to reclaim a late 1950s Dodge Coronet, shades of sky-blue paint still visible on its tailfins, ...

Cyprus: UN shares blame in kerfuffle that paused peace talks

Cyprus says the United Nations mishandled a diplomatic kerfuffle involving the leader of the ethnically divided island's ...

Norbert Hofer

After Austria election, a look at Europe right wing parties

Right-winger Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party narrowly lost Austria's presidential runoff this week. Though he didn't win, ...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mustafa Akinci

Upset Cyprus president calls off peace talks meet

Talks aimed at reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus stumbled Tuesday when the Greek Cypriot president called off a meeting ...

Correction: Cyprus-Parliament-Elections story

In one version of a story May 22 about parliamentary elections in Cyprus, The Associated Press erroneously switched the ...

With austerity light on taxes, Cyprus sees economy rebound

Less than two years ago, amid Cyprus' worst economic crisis in decades, a charity shop run by the Orthodox Church in the ...

Cyprus court gets request to extradite Egyptian hijacker

Cypriot prosecutors on Friday submitted to court the justice minister's formal request to extradite to Egypt a man who ...

2 arrested after hundreds storm pitch in Cyprus Cup final

Cyprus police say two people aged 16 and 21 have been arrested after hundreds of fans stormed the pitch to celebrate Apollon ...

Mounis Hammouda

Palestinian men traveled through 8 countries to reach US

Mounis Hammouda and Hisham Shaban were stranded in Honduras, penniless after being ripped off by a smuggler who was supposed ...

Rival Cyprus leaders aim for end-of-year peace deal

The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus say they are committed to stepping up talks in hopes of reaching a ...

Cyprus finance minister: economy to grow 2.2 percent in 2016

Cyprus' finance minister says the island nation's economy is expected to grow by 2.2 percent in 2016 after wrapping up a ...

Lawyer: Cyprus rejects suspected hijacker's asylum claim

Cypriot authorities have rejected an application for political asylum by the Egyptian man who admitted hijacking a domestic ...

APOEL earns 25th championship after 2-0 win over AEK Larnaca

APOEL Nicosia won its 25th Cypriot league title on Thursday after beating AEK Larnaca 2-0. Pieros Sotiriou scored in the ...

Seif Eddin Mustafa

3-week pause for hijacking suspect's extradition proceedings

A court in Cyprus has adjourned extradition proceedings for an Egyptian hijacking suspect for three weeks after prosecutors ...

Cyprus league leader APOEL sacks coach Ketsbaia

APOEL Nicosia has fired coach Temur Ketsbaia a day after the Cyprus league leader lost in the Cypriot Cup semifinals.

Cyprus president: gas plant depends on new gas finds

Cyprus' president says potential new gas finds off the east Mediterranean island's shores will determine whether the ...

Cyprus minister: Egyptian hijacking suspect asks for asylum

A man who has admitted hijacking a domestic EgyptAir flight and diverting it to Cyprus is requesting political asylum on the ...