While the British Army used it in Korea and the Australians in Vietnam, the Indian Army used the Centurion main battle tanks ...

The Famagusta municipality on Friday said it “regretted” the Turkish Cypriot authorities’ decision to not allow Kataklysmos celebrations to take place in the town. “This year’s Kataklysmos ...

Now ancient Famagusta, tucked into a modern city of 35,000 people, is largely forgotten, except, perhaps, as the setting for Shakespeare's Othello. Atlantide Phototravel / Corbis "All ships and all ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

It was one of the most glamorous resorts in the Mediterranean, a favourite of stars such as Burton and Taylor. But in 1974 Famagusta in Cyprus became a ghost town overnight when its inhabitants fled ...

Famagusta, on the east coast of Cyprus, was once one of the most glamorous resorts in the Mediterranean. Its miles of pale sand and clear turquoise sea made it a destination for the Seventies jet-set, ...

Paphos and Famagusta have experienced the steepest increases in house prices in Cyprus, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus’ third-quarter report for 2024. In contrast, Limassol and Nicosia are ...

Famagusta mayor Simos Ioannou used the district’s annual business assembly this week to call for the city’s return, saying it could become “the foundation of peace and freedom”. His address, read out ...

A total of 25kg of cannabis were confiscated this week after arriving in Cyprus by courier, the police announced on Friday. Cyprus’ drug squad, in cooperation with authorities abroad, managed ... A 48 ...