The first female figures on pedestrian crossing lights have made their appearance in Nicosia, as part of an initiative aimed at promoting gender equality in public spaces.

The initiative aims to ensure greater stability in military cooperation between the United States and Cyprus, without requiring annual renewal of the relevant exemption from the embargo

Tufan Erhürman, leader of the pro-reunification Republican Turkish Party, has won the Turkish Cypriot presidential election in a landslide on Sunday, decisively defeating the Ankara-backed incumbent Ersin Tatar.