March 28, 2024

STEPHANE DUJARRIC PAYS TRIBUTE TO MARIA ZOUPANIOTIS, 17 APRIL 2017

 Press Briefing by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarricdujjaric

I wanted to say a few words about a friend and colleague who, as you may know, passed away on Thursday after a battle with lung cancer.

For almost 30 years, Maria Zoupaniotis was the press counsellor at the Mission of the Republic of Cyprus.  I think, if we kept track of these things, she would have been the dean of the spokespeople at the Missions. [Read more…]

Απεβίωσε η Μαρία Ζουπανιώτη

Με αισθήματα βαθύτατης θλίψης ανακοινώνουμε  το θάνατο της συναδέλφου και φίλης Μαρίας Ζουπανιώτη, Διευθύντριας του Γραφείου Τύπου και Συμβούλου στη Μόνιμη Αντιπροσωπεία της Κύπρου στον ΟΗΕ, η οποία άφησε την τελευταία της πνοή χθες 13 Απριλίου 2017 στο νοσοκομείο Mercy Medical Center στο Long  Island της Νέας Υόρκης ύστερα από μία σύντομη άνιση μάχη με τον καρκίνο. [Read more…]

Water connection between Turkey and the occupied areas

MFA’s Press Release regarding the water connection between Turkey and the occupied areas of the Republic of Cyprus

20 October 2015

The water connection between Turkey and the Turkish occupied areas through a subsea pipeline violates international law, as well as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus, and is an illegal act which aims at integrating the occupied areas with Turkey, to further [Read more…]

Commission on the Status of Women 59th Session

Panel Discussion on “Women and Diaspora: From Past to Post-2015”

Monday, March 9, 2015  

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Scholarships to Cypriots residing overseas

The University of Cyprus MBA Program will offer 6 (six) scholarships to Cypriots residing overseas who will be admitted to the Program in September 2015. Tuition fees are currently 10,250 Euros. The scholarships offered to Cypriot citizens living abroad are:

Cyprus Film Days

Call for Entries for the 13th CYPRUS FILM DAYS –International Film Festival 2015

The Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theatre announce that the Call for Entries for the 13th CYPRUS FILM DAYS –International Film Festival 2015, is now open. The festival, which is being held for the 13th time this year, will host for the 5th consecutive year a separate international competition section entitled “Glocal Images”, in which filmmakers from around the globe and Cyprus are invited to submit their fiction films.

Interested parties can submit an entry form by Friday, the 13th of February 2015        Read for more information…

European Parliament condemned Turkey’s provocative actions within Cyprus’ EEC (2014/2921 (RSP))

13 November 2014

The European Parliament,

– having regard to its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the 2013 progress report on Turkey ,

– having regard to the General Affairs Council conclusions of 17 December 2013, [Read more…]

Egypt – Greece – Cyprus Trilateral Summit Cairo Declaration

 Sunday, 9 November 2014

We, Abdel-Fattah El Sisi, the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Nikos Anastasiades, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, and Antonis Samaras, the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, cognizant of the immense challenges to the stability, security and prosperity of the Eastern Mediterranean and of the need for a concerted and collective response, have met in Cairo, Egypt, on November 8th, 2014, to effectively tackle these challenges to nurture our tripartite cooperation ever stronger  for the years to come, building on the significant progress achieved so far.  [Read more…]

Article by the Foreign Minister, Mr. Ioannis Kasoulides, New York, 17 July 2014

International Criminal Justice Day: Why Cyprus is joining the celebrations

17 July 1998 saw the adoption of the “Rome Statute”, the treaty on the basis of which the International Criminal Court (ICC) came into existence. [Read more…]

Address by the Government Spokesman, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, at Queens College, City University of New York, May 28, 2014

 Restoring Icaru’s Wings: A New Mythology For Cyprus

Distinguished Guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Dear Friends,

I am truly honoured to be here tonight.

I would like first of all to thank Christos Ioannides, the Director of the Centre for Byzantine [Read more…]