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An architect rendering of the planned new IDC campus to be set up in Paphos, in Cyprus, that aims to become a regional center to study entrepreneurship (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
Israel’s IDC college to set up regional entrepreneurship center in Cyprus
By Shoshanna Solomon
Prof. Uriel Reichman, founder of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, says new facility in Paphos will be graduate school in innovation for Eastern Mediterranean nations
An architect rendering of the planned new IDC campus to be set up in Paphos, in Cyprus, that aims to become a regional center to study entrepreneurship (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
May 30, 2019, 11:48 am
Israel’s IDC college to set up regional entrepreneurship center in Cyprus
Prof. Uriel Reichman, founder of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, says new facility in Paphos will be graduate school in innovation for Eastern Mediterranean nations
By Shoshanna Solomon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on December 8, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
May 27, 2019, 4:08 pm
US wants Israel, Cyprus to head off Russian influence in eastern Mediterannean
Senior US lawmaker says energy finds off Cypriot coast offer new opportunities to counter Moscow in the region
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
Firefighters extinguish the remains of a fire in Kibbutz Harel, on May 24, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 24, 2019, 7:36 pm
Fires consume iconic memorial forest for Holocaust victims near Jerusalem
Kdoshei Zaglambia monument in the Judean Hills, also a site of unique biodiversity, is ravaged by flames amid wave of blazes across Israel
By JTA and TOI staff
Firefighters survey damage from a fire in Kibbutz Harel, on May 24, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 24, 2019, 12:04 pm
Netanyahu thanks Egypt for sending firefighting helicopters, says PA offered aid
Planes from Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Croatia en route to Israel, as freak heatwave causes another outbreak of wildfires
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, right, and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades attend the 5th Israel-Greece-Cyprus summit, to sign trilateral agreements in cyber and innovation, in Beersheba, Israel, December 20, 2018. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
March 29, 2019, 6:18 pm
Cyprus, Greece, Israel alliance serves US interests
Growing cooperation on counter-terrorism, search-and-rescue, and maritime security among these Mediterranean countries makes the whole region safer
By Endy Zemenides and David Harris
President Reuven Rivlin reviews a military guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony before a meeting with Cyprus's President Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, on February 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
February 12, 2019, 3:26 pm
Rivlin marks 70th anniversary of last Jewish camps in Cyprus
Visit aims to upgrade relations; president says Israeli-Cypriot cooperation on intelligence, security, terror prevention has made Mediterranean ‘much, much safer’
By Agencies
In this Thursday, March 1, 2018 file photo, Nikos Christodoulides speaks after taking the oath of office as Cyprus' new foreign minister during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus. Cyprus' foreign minister says on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, he's optimistic that the US will soon start lifting a decades-old arms embargo because Washington acknowledges the island nation's contribution to bolstering stability and security in the east Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
January 19, 2019, 6:35 am
US to lift Cyprus arms embargo in security boost
The Mediterranean island is an important regional partner with Israel, working together on a far-reaching natural gas pipeline
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, right, and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades attend the 5th Israel-Greece-Cyprus summit, to sign trilateral agreements in cyber and innovation, in Beersheba, Israel, December 20, 2018. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
December 20, 2018, 9:44 pm
Israel, Greece, Cyprus to ink natural gas pipeline deal next year, PM says
US ambassador says project will provide ‘stability and prosperity’ to Middle East and Europe, urges all countries in the region to ensure it succeeds
By AFP and TOI staff
Construction workers build the frame of a World War II-era Quonset hut in front of the Jewish Community Center in Larnaca, Cyprus. (Larry Luxner/ Times of Israel)
December 15, 2018, 5:32 am
Cyprus bills Jewish community $6,000 for Hanukkah events’ security costs
Head of the European Jewish Association lambastes demand as a ‘deep embarrassment’ for the European Union
By JTA
Seif al-Din MohamedIn this Friday, April 22, 2016 file photo, EgyptAir plane hijacking suspect Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa, 59, center, is escorted by Cyprus police officers as he arrives in a court in capital Nicosia, Cyprus (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
December 5, 2018, 10:41 pm
Egyptian to face trial over hijacking plane, diverting it to Cyprus
Accusations against Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa include deliberately disrupting flight, seizing control of an aircraft and promoting ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood
By AFP
Illustrative: Israeli natural gas rigs in the Mediterranean Sea, September 2, 2015. (Flash90)
November 24, 2018, 10:03 pm
Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Italy agree on $7b. East Med gas pipeline to Europe
Energy minister says deal could help moderate Arab influence in Europe; agreement reportedly reached after EU agreed to invest $100 million in a feasibility study
By TOI staff
PHOTO ON LEFT: George Papadopoulos (right) with Charles Tawil's son, at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Tel Aviv, June 8, 2017; PHOTO ON RIGHT: George Papadopoulos in Cyprus, June 2017 (Both photos and details supplied by Charles Tawil)
November 23, 2018, 4:49 pm
Israeli businessman shoots down spy claims by Papadopoulos in Trump-Russia probe
After George Papadopoulos, the first Trump official to plead guilty in Mueller investigation, dragged him into the headlines, businessman Charles Tawil gives his side of the story
By Miriam Herschlag
Orthodox Jews read the morning Torah portion at the Jewish Community Center in Larnaca, Cyprus. (Larry Luxner/ Times of Israel)
November 16, 2018, 2:16 am
With Larnaca synagogue and museum, small Cypriot Jewish community has big plans
Home to 3,500 Jews, the predominantly Greek-speaking Republic of Cyprus is currently enjoying an unprecedented boom in Israeli tourism — and has five Chabad houses and counting
By Larry Luxner
Palestinian fishing boats sail into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, Monday, July 9, 2018, with buildings of Gaza City seen in background. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
November 10, 2018, 11:12 am
Israel and Qatar said to agree to sea crossing between Cyprus and Gaza Strip
As part of Egypt-mediated talks, Jerusalem is demanding the crossing be monitored by security forces and international inspectors, according to a Lebanese report
By TOI staff and Agencies
Soldiers from the Maglan reconnaissance unit take part in a training exercise in Cyprus in October 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 1, 2018, 9:34 pm
IDF special forces return to Cyprus for counterterrorism exercises
Soldiers from elite Maglan unit and air force aircraft train alongside Cypriot military in week-long drill
By Judah Ari Gross
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