UN Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Colin Stewart, will brief the UNFICYP Troop Contributing Countries on Tuesday, in New York. Negotiator of the Greek Cypriot side on the Cyprus issue, Menelaos Menelaou, who was in New York for contacts last week, told CNA on Tuesday that the main message from his meetings was «a message of support».

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, is expected to visit Athens, Nicosia, and Ankara in mid-February.

President of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou and President of the Congress of Deputies (Lower House) of Spain, Francina Armengol Socias, expressed on Monday their common will to further enhance cooperation between the two Parliaments. The Turkish occupation in Cyprus is an anomaly for the country and for Europe, we cannot accept the existence of such a division, said the President Francina Armengol Socias.

Within a month more than 900 Syrians have either withdrawn asylum applications or revoked their international protection status in order to be repatriated, while 300 Syrians have already left Cyprus, Deputy Minister of Migration and International Protection, Nicholas A. Ioannides, said in a post on the "X" platform. The new Commissioner responsible for issues related to Migration, Magnus Brunner, will be visiting Cyprus on Friday, January 17th.

Kazakhstan's decision to open an Embassy in Nicosia in the near future and the appointment of an Ambassador was welcomed by the Cypriot side during a meeting between the Permanent Secretary of the Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Andreas Kakouris, and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, Roman Vassilenko, in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana.

Greek-American Congresswoman from Nevada, Dina Titus urges President-elect Trump to make Cyprus' reunification a "top foreign policy priority" in a statement to the Cyprus News Agency.

For the period January – December 2024 average total government employment reached 54,314 persons, marking an increase of 1,615 persons (3.1%) compared to the corresponding period of 2023, according to data released by the Statistical Service on Monday.

The Minister of Transport, Communications and Works Alexis Vafeades and the Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna had the opportunity to be updated about the progress of the renovation works of the "Filoxenia" Conference Centre and the Higher Hotel Institute of Cyprus building during their visit to the two venues on Monday.

Greenhouse gas emission intensity in Cyprus decreased by 26.1% in 2023 compared to 2013, while also dropping by 32% in the EU during the same period, according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union.

The naming of school halls across the country, honouring the children who went missing during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, is a strong message of collective responsibility, said the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Athena Michaelidou, on Monday during her address at the event "Missing children - Naming of classrooms in their memory", which took place on Monday at the Second Primary School of Derynia.