6 days ago
Cyprus court hands life sentence to ex-TV host
16 days ago
International agency Fitch sent Cyprus' credit rating deeper into junk territory with a one-notch downgrade to B minus over heightened uncertainty gripping the debt-laden country's economy.
30 days ago
Correction: Cyprus-Breaking Barriers story
33 days ago
Cyprus has eliminated limits on money transfers and withdrawals for international clients of another eight foreign banks doing business in the debt-laden country.
35 days ago
And with Cyprus reeling from war and internal strife in 1974, the year the U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Rodger P. Davies assassinated, the rock was never presented to the tiny country.
40 days ago
In 2009, Cyprus seized about 85 containers of gunpowder and some nitroglycerine from a Cypriot-flagged ship suspected of transporting it from Iran to Palestinian militants in Gaza via Syria.
50 days ago
Second-largest lender Laiki - which was worst affected by its exposure to toxic Greek debt and loans - is being wound down and folded into the bigger Bank of Cyprus.
93 days ago
Asian stock markets rose Tuesday, shaking off jitters sparked by a plan to give bank deposits in Cyprus a haircut to help fund the European country's bailout.
93 days ago
Industrial metals like copper, palladium and platinum all fell, hurt by the Cyprus bailout and news that a measure of homebuilder confidence was down over the month.
93 days ago
News Summary: Stocks fall on Cyprus bailout plan
93 days ago
As part of a national bailout, Cyprus agreed to demands from its European partners that up to 10 percent of people's savings be seized from banks in the small Mediterranean island nation.
93 days ago
Stocks falter following Cyprus's bailout plan
93 days ago
Stocks are declining on Wall Street as traders worry that a proposed bank bailout for the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus could cause the euro crisis to flare up again.
93 days ago
Stocks are slumping on Wall Street and Europe after shock over a proposed tax on bank savings in the tiny Mediterranean nation of Cyprus sent the euro sinking against other currencies.
94 days ago
The price of oil slid Monday as investors grew worried about possible fallout from a plan to pay for a bailout for cash-strapped Cyprus by slapping a tax on deposits in the country's banks.
94 days ago
Asian stock markets and the euro fell Monday as a plan to fund a bailout for Cyprus by taxing its bank deposits raised worries it could spark an exodus of capital from fragile European economies.
97 days ago
A top European official says a bailout package for Cyprus and its troubled financial sector will likely be closer to (EURO)10 billion ($13 billion) than the earlier floated (EURO)17 billion.
104 days ago
Cyprus is an EU member and if Yaacoub is convicted, it could raise pressure on the EU to change its stance toward Hezbollah.
107 days ago
Cyprus, which rejects the allegations, is seeking a bailout of up to (EURO)17 billion ($22 billion) - equivalent to its annual economic output - to rescue its banks and keep the government afloat.
112 days ago
Cyprus needs as much as (EURO)17 billion ($22.3 billion) to stave off bankruptcy after its banks lost billions on bad Greek debt.
115 days ago
"Barroso said he spoke to Anastasiades "and I have assured him that he can count on the continued commitment of the European Commission to assist Cyprus to overcome the challenges it faces.
116 days ago
Battered by a debt crisis, a leadership vacuum and facing near-empty coffers, Cyprus is holding a presidential runoff Sunday, a vote that conservative Nicos Anastasiades is expected to win handily.
119 days ago
Lawyer Antonis Georgiades noted that Yaacoub, who is Swedish and Lebanese, told a Cyprus court that he came to this country on business with no plan to harm anyone.
119 days ago
Lawyer Antonis Georgiades also said Hossam Taleb Yaacoub, who is Swedish and Lebanese, told a Cyprus court Wednesday that he came to this country on business with no plan to harm anyone.
121 days ago
Greek investigators blamed the crash of the Helios Airways flight outside Athens on human error after an unpressurized cabin knocked out both pilots soon after takeoff from Cyprus.
