Cyprus commemorates on Tuesday the national anniversary of 1 April 1955, when the anti-colonial struggle against the British kicked off by EOKA organization, with celebrations and events in all towns of the government controlled areas of the island.

Through concrete and tangible actions, Cyprus substantiated itself as the lighthouse of the European Union in this volatile region, President Nikos Christodoulides said in an address Monday receiving the credentials of the new Ambassadors of Côte d'Ivoire, Turkmenistan and Tunisia.

President of the House of Representatives, Annita Demetriou, referring to the informal Geneva meeting on Cyprus, in March, said it was "our duty to be present at the call of our homeland, to respond wherever and whenever we are needed".

A 3.4 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale occurred on Tuesday morning off Paphos, at the southwest of Cyprus, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

The President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides met on Monday the representatives of the Maronite community. The representatives asked that the right to visit two of their villages in Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus, namely Ayia Marina and Asomatos, be included in the Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) he will discuss with the Turkish Cypriot leader.

Technical assistance to create an island-wide spatial development plan, to create a green and smart electricity distribution system, develop a defence industry strategy, deal with the loss of drinking waste, and take steps to address the decline of basic skills among students, are included among 14 projects for Cyprus, out of a total 135 across the EU which will be supported through the Technical Support Instrument of the EU.

Cyprus was in tenth place among EU member states in the number of non-EU citizens ordered to leave an EU country during the fourth quarter of 2024, and in the fifth place when it comes to people that were returned in the same period, according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU.

The Index of Industrial Output Prices for February 2025 reached 121.7 units (base 2021=100), down by 0.5% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, according to data published on Monday by the Statistical Service.

Cyprus has recorded a 43% reduction in serious injuries during the decade from 2013 to 2023, based on the report of the European Road Safety Performance Index (Road Safety PIN), which presents data from the 27 member states of the European Union (EU), as well as Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Serbia, and the United Kingdom.

The Molecular Genetics Thalassemia Department (MGTD) of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics (CING) has announced the start of a new project named EDIT-4-IRON: Genome Editing for Iron-Restrictive Therapy of Hereditary and Acquired Hematological Disorders.