Cyprus is a small island at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea, to the south of Turkey. It is a nodal point of the European, Asian and African continents. The island has been divided since 1974 between the Turkish north and the Greek south....

Cyprus Cyprus is an island state in the eastern Mediterranean. With an area of 9,251 square kilometers (3,572 square miles), it is the third largest island in the Mediterranean after Sicily and Sardinia. Its two mountain ranges, one running along the...

Republic of Cyprus Kypriaki Dimokratia CAPITAL: Nicosia FLAG: The national flag consists of the map of Cyprus in gold set above two green olive branches on a white field. ANTHEM: Ethnikos Hymnos (National Hymn), beginning "Se gnorizo apo tin...

The Republic of Cyprus is an inland country about the size of Connecticut, measuring 3,572 square miles (9,251 square kilometers). Located at the crossroads of the Levant, as the eastern end of the Mediterranean is known, Cyprus is the third-largest...

Cyprus (Greek: Κύπρος, Kýpros; Turkish: Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía; Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti) is a Eurasian island country situated in the eastern...

Highlights and Key Issues * Growth picked up to 4.4% in 2007, and will not be much slower this year as entry to the Eurozone brings more interest rate cuts (after the half-point reduction in December) and the fiscal surplus declines. Cheaper credit...

Capital: Nicosia People of Turkish and Greek ethnic backgrounds live on the island but have not been able to get along with each other. Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974 to protect, it claims, the Turkish minority from Greek attacks. Since then, the...

The Cypriot president said Thursday he was confident Syria had no intention of recognizing a breakaway state in his Mediterranean island despite a spat over a ferry that sailed to a Syrian port from the separatist region.Cyprus has been divided into an internationally recognized Greek...

EU newcomers Cyprus and Malta adopted the euro Tuesday, tying two tiny countries on the edge of Europe to its core institutions — but raising consumer fears of higher prices.The Mediterranean islands, both former British colonies, scrapped the Cyprus pound and Maltese lira to bring...

UN crisis, Britain and the Turkish Cypriots, had a conflict between the EOKA (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters) and Greek Cypriots. The UN sent peacekeeping forces.