The US decision to lift a long-standing arms embargo on Cyprus is of political and diplomatic importance but the Republic has no intention of procuring American arms, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Saturday.

Cyprus Airways has announced today the start of Athens-Paphos route from Paphos International Airport, Cyprus News Agency reported.

Cyprus, Greece, and Israel will be signing an agreement in Athens on January 2 for the construction of the EastMed pipeline, seen as a response to a maritime deal between Turkey and Libya, which has ignored the rights of other countries in the region.

Cypriot petroleum company Petrolina is relocating to its privately-owned facilities at the new liquid petroleum gas terminal at Vasiliko on 1 January 2020 within the timeframe agreed with the authorities.

Cypriot EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides vowed to touch the lives of all EU citizens as the issues covered in her remit are every-day concerns from fighting cancer to what we eat.

November was the busiest month of the year with 25 cruise vessels and more than 34,000 passengers arriving at the new cruise terminal in Limassol, DP World announced on Friday.

The construction of projects worth €597 million has been completed under the Anastasiades presidency while 153 projects worth €1.10 billion are under construction, head of the President’s office Petros Demetriou said on Friday, presenting the first update on the Exandas programme, which enables anyone interested to follow the government’s implementation of projects.

Work has started in Kokkinotrimithia on the outskirts of Nicosia on Neo Plaza, the island’s first discount village, which is expected to open its doors in 2020.

People in Cyprus consulted their doctors fewer times than their counterparts in other EU Member States according to 2017 statistics published by Eurostat on Thursday.

An amount of €120 million has so far gone back into state funds as part of repayment of government aid towards the collapsed Cyprus Co-operative bank. The repayment commitment was undertaken by KEDIPES.