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Australian nationals evacuated from Lebanon arrive at Larnaca International Airport.

Emotions spill over as hundreds of Australians fleeing Lebanon land in Cyprus

Australians traumatised by Israel’s missile strikes on Lebanon have landed in Cyprus after fleeing war-torn Beirut on two hastily convened rescue flights.

  • Rob Harris

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Silia Kapsis who competed in Eurovision this year will sit her HSC exams this year. 

How a 17-year-old Eurovision star studies for her HSC

One day she followed a Greek music producer on Instagram. It didn’t take long before she was singing at Eurovision. Now she’s doing the HSC.

  • Christopher Harris
Evripidis Mouxouris, 102, is a member of the Cyprus Club in Stanmore. He doesn’t want the financially-strapped club to be sold off.

It’s this WWII veteran’s second home. But now it’s sitting on a $70m developer goldmine

Membership is declining and income is dwindling, leaving a once-thriving community institution at the crossroads and divided over its future.

  • Ben Cubby and Michael Koziol
Australian singer Silia Kapsis is Eurovision-bound, representing Cyprus.

There’s another Aussie competing at this year’s Eurovision

Silia Kapsis,17, will perform for Eurovision in May, but not for her homeland.

  • Michael Idato
The Seventy Islands are part of the Rock Islands of Palau

Amazing and crowd-free: 12 of the world’s most underrated countries

Look beyond the usual destinations and you’ll find outstanding countries that offer something different, and may well be bargain-priced and uncrowded too.

  • Brian Johnston
Stavros Tziortzis (left) and Yalçın Adal.

What happened when these Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot mates took a long walk

For Yalçın Adal and Stavros Tziortzis, walking from one end of Cyprus to the other helped uncover a greater connection to their homelands – and each other.

  • Elli Jacobs
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A burnt house is seen on outskirts of Ora village, in the background is the Larnaca mountain region, Cyprus, on Sunday.

Cyprus’ ‘most destructive’ fire ever spreads through villages, farms

Civil Defence volunteers have discovered human remains just outside the village of Odou on the southern edge of the Troodos mountain range.

  • Menelaos Hadjicostis
Elena Tsagrinou sings El Diablo in the official music video for Cyprus’ entry into Eurovision 2021.

‘Satanic’ El Diablo Eurovision entry must be removed, says Holy Synod

For centuries, the Orthodox Church has guarded Greek Cypriots’ faith and ethnic identity. Now it has weighed into the controversy over their 2021 Eurovision effort.

Turkey’s research vessel, Oruc reis  anchored off the coast of Antalya on the Mediterranean.

Turkey continues to drill in the Med. The EU is not happy

There are limits even to German patience,” said an EU diplomat familiar with the preparations for a summit on Thursday.

  • Robin Emmott
Supporters of the newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar hold a Turkish flag and celebrate winning, in the Turkish occupied area in the north part of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus on Sunday.

North Cyprus edges closer to Turkey after vote

In his victory speech, Ersin Tatar thanked Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, a close ally, and said the people of North Cyprus want their own state

  • Ali Kucukgocmen

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