The National Assembly Committee for Deputy Affairs’ Head Tran Van Tuy has assigned relevant agencies to check the information of an NA member who is named in a list of politicians buying a passport from the Republic of Cyprus.

The Vietnam Festival in the Republic of Cyprus enjoyed the participation of 7,000 Overseas Vietnamese who are currently residing in the cities of Nicosia and Limassol.

 An Egyptair domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked on Tuesday and landed in Cyprus, Egyptian officials and Cyprus state radio said.

 A roadmap was announced Thursday to lift capital controls in force since March but without a clear timeline for when they will be scrapped, as the EU state battles its economic crisis.

 Eurozone and EU finance ministers meet from Friday in Dublin to put finishing touches on the Cyprus bailout, and also to consider extending debt repayment dates for Portugal and host Ireland, as well as tackling how to stamp out tax fraud.

 The Washington-based International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said that it plans to offer a three-year loan program in the amount of about 1.34 billion U.S. dollars as part of the latest global rescue program for Cyprus.

 EU and IMF officials struck a last-minute deal with Cyprus early Monday to resurrect a bailout for the island -- but one banking chain goes to the wall and major clients, who include many Russians, will take a giant hit.

 Thousands of demonstrators burst into cheers and applause as their MPs on Tuesday flatly voted down a painful EU bailout plan aimed at rescuing Cyprus from bankruptcy.