The ''Cyprus Weekly'' was the top-selling English-language newspaper in Cyprus, with a circulation exceeding 14,000 copies. It was published every Friday. The Editor in Chief was Lefteris Adilinis. The Managing Editor was Charlie Charalambous while the sports editor was John Leonidou. The photographer was Stefanos Kouratzis. The paper printed its last paper in September 2017. It is an online news only company now. The last news story to be added to its online site was on 25 September 2017.

Foundation and political allegiance

''The Cyprus Weekly'' stated itself to be without any political affiliations. It was founded in 1979 by former ''

Times of Cyprus ''The Cyprus Times,'' also known at ''The Times of Cyprus'' was an English-language newspaper published in Larnaca, in Cyprus from 1880, following the island becoming a British protectorate in 1878. It was founded by Edward Henry Vizetelly, who a ...

'' journalist Georges der Parthogh (1920-2008) as an independent publication although it later became part of the Phileleftheros news group, which also publishes the politically liberal Greek language Cypriot daily newspaper, '' Phileleftheros.'' The Editor in Chief is Lefteris Adilinis. The Managing Editor is Charlie Charalambous while the sports editor is John Leonidou. The photographer is Stefanos Kouratzis.

Newspaper content

The Cyprus Weekly features news items from Cyprus and around the world from throughout the week and includes an arts and lifestyle section. It also has special pages dedicated to news from each of the local towns under the control of the Republic of Cyprus, pages dedicated to news from Greece, Turkey and the Middle East, and the week's local television listings.

Cyprus Daily

In 2013, The Cyprus Weekly launched a twin newspaper called ''The Cyprus Daily'' which was published from Monday and Friday, with the publication day of the weekly edition moved to Saturdays. However, publication of the daily edition ceased the same year and the ''Cyprus Weekly'' returned to being published on Fridays.

Regular reporters

The newspaper's regular reporters included John Leonidou, Annie Charalambous, Athena Karsera, and George Philis.

Unusual stories

Unusual stories include the April Fool's Day hoax on 1 April 2014 suggesting that students studying in a class at the

Cyprus College of Art The Cyprus College of Art (CyCA) is an artists' studio group, located in the village of Lempa, Cyprus, Lempa on the west coast of Cyprus. It was founded in 1969 by the artist Stass Paraskos; the current director is the Cyprus-based artist Margaret ...

were seen running screaming from the college building after seeing a ghost, and the true suggestion that Cyprus should abandon its long-standing national cocktail, the

brandy sour The brandy sour is a mixed alcoholic cocktail considered the unofficial national cocktail of Cyprus. While other forms of the brandy sour cocktail exist, the Cypriot variety is a distinct mixture, which only shares the basic brandy and lemon fla ...

in favour of a new cocktail called the

Ouzini The ouzini is a mixed alcoholic cocktail A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink. Most commonly, cocktails are either a combination of spirits, or one or more spirits mixed with other ingredients such as tonic water, fruit juice, flavored s ...

.Lucie Robson, 'A good story will be the Ouzini's strongest ingredient', in ''The Cyprus Weekly,'' 1 May 2015

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