Nicosia, Cyprus News

The newly elected Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai gestures shortly after his election at the Maronite church's seat in Bkirki, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 15, 2011.

NICOSIA: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai said during talks with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias Friday that he looked forward to a bright and peaceful future for Cyprus.

The report cited Israeli officials who said the issue may be raised during Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's visit to Nicosia later this month.

Pratt Institute will celebrate renowned architect, alumnus, and longtime Pratt Architecture Professor Theoharis David, FAIA, with two exhibitions in 2012.

The pediatric clinic of the Archbishop Makarios III Hospital in Nicosia and King's College Hospital in London have signed a memorandum of cooperation in the sectors of liver and gastrointestinal diseases.

Israeli and Cypriot officials plan to discuss allowing the Israeli Air Force to station its jets there, during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Nicosia later this month, Israeli officials said Monday, Xinhua reported.

Gay sex may not be a crime in Cyprus or Turkey, but Turkish-controlled North Cyprus is still enforcing an antiquated law dating back to the British colonial era that punishes sodomy with up to five years in prison.

CyprusA's inflation rate fell to 3.1 percent in January from 3.9 percent in December, the Nicosia-based Cyprus Statistical Service said on its website on Thursday.

The number of tourists coming to Cyprus will probably rise in 2012, helped by higher visitor numbers from Germany, the UK and Scandinavia, Finance Minister Kikis Kazamias said on Thursday.

NICOSIA The second lowest temperatures this winter were recorded yesterday in Cyprus, falling as low as 10.1 degrees Celsius, according to the Meteorological Service.

Euro MPs have voiced alarm after two men were arrested in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus under a British-era law criminalising gay sex.

Noble Energy, which recently reported a major natural gas find off Cyprus, does not exclude participation in a new licensing round planned this year, a senior official with the U.S.-based firm said on Wednesday.

The name of a local student Andriana - will be given to a satellite to be sent to space in the coming years as part of the EU's satellite navigation system, Galileo.

Situated in the Mediterranean where west meets east, the island is one of those countries that are hard to place.

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NICOSIA, Cyprus &#8212 Cyprus' Finance Ministry says it's confident that the island's banks will be able to recapitalize on their own and won't need government support.

A consortium comprising 12 organisations from Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Lebanon and Egypt has been established to study the production of biodiesel from algae in selected Mediterranean countries.

An action plan to develop young talent in football in Cyprus needs about ten years to bear fruit, UEFA envoys said on Thursday, speaking to the press, in Nicosia.