In June 2012, the Cypriot government announced it would need € of foreign aid to support the Cyprus Popular Bank, and this was followed by Fitch down-grading Cypus's credit rating to junk status.

In June 2012 the Cypriot finance minister Vassos Shiarly stated that the European Central Bank, European commission and IMF officials are to carry out an in-depth investigation into Cyprus ' economy and banking sector to assess the level of funding it requires.

In February of 2012, it was reported in Turkish newspapers that another Syriac manuscript of the Gospel of Barnabas had been found in Cyprus in 2000, in an operation conducted by police against smugglers ; and, having been kept in a police repository since then, had been deposited in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara.

In July 2012, a Lebanese man was detained by Cyprus police on possible charges relating to terrorism laws for planning attacks against Israeli tourists.

In February 2012, Netanyahu visited Cyprus, the first visit of an Israeli Prime Minister in history.

By mid-2011, there was a renewed push for an end to negotiations by the end of 2011 in order to have a united Cyprus take over the EU presidency on 1 July 2012.

On 27 April 2012, Special Advisor of the Secretary-General Alexander Downer said " If the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Leaders cannot agree with each other on a model for a united Cyprus, then United Nations cannot make them ".

In May 2012, Cyprus Airways announced that interest was expressed by Triple Five Group, the first official announcement concerning a bidder for the sale of the company.

On 23 July 2012, the Cyprus Stock Exchange suspended dealing in Cyprus Airways shares, due to the delay by Cyprus Airways in submitting and publishing its annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011.

As of April 2012, the Cyprus Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 7. 9 years:

The 2011 – 2012 trio consists of Poland ( 1 July 2011-31 December 2011 ), Denmark ( 1 January 2012-30 June 2012 ) and Cyprus ( 1 July 2012-31 December 2012 ).

On August 19, 2012, Iced Earth also recorded a new live CD / DVD in Cyprus.

In 2012, the Church of Cyprus said that Rydén's teachings were heretical.

The Synodical Committee for Matters of Heresy of the Church of Cyprus announced on January 13, 2012, that Rydén's " teachings are heretical, and her claims that she communicates directly with Christ are fantastical and outside of the spirit of the experience of the our Church.

This meant that Queiroz was not able to select the players or lead the team for the first two Euro 2012 qualifiers against Cyprus and Norway.

On 3 September 2010, as part of the Euro 2012 qualifiers, Cyprus claimed a historic result against Portugal after drawing 4 – 4 in Guimarães.

However, Cyprus returned to the GSP Stadium for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying round matches.

On 31 August 2011, Carvalho retired from international football after leaving the concentration without talking to his coach and teammates before Portugal's match against Cyprus for a Euro 2012 qualifying match.

On 31 August 2010, Quaresma was called to play in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Cyprus and Norway to replace the injured Cristiano Ronaldo.

The following 23 players have been nominated for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Cyprus on September 7, 2012 and Switzerland on September 11, 2012.

On September 18, 2012, Berkeley became what is thought to be the first city in the U. S. to officially proclaim a day recognizing bisexuals September 23, which is known as Celebrate Bisexuality Day.

The adaptation, One Man, Two Guvnors, became a smash hit, transferring to the West End and in 2012 to Broadway.

Etisalat became the first company to launch 3G services in 2012 followed MTN and Roshan.

In 2009 – 10, the club won their first " Double " and in 2012 became the first London club to win the UEFA Champions League.

She became the top-ranking female box office star of all time and is currently ranked sixth among the top 10 box office performers ( male and female ), as of 2012.

Following the May 2012 legislative election where the New Democracy party became the largest party in the Hellenic Parliament, Samaras, leader of ND, was asked by Greek President Karolos Papoulias to try to form a government.

In February 2012, Major became chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.

The game became available for purchase on the eShop on January 18, 2012 in Japan, on February 2, 2012 in Europe, on April 12, 2012 in Australia and on April 19, 2012 in North America.

The current kits are designed by Warrior Sports, who became the club's kit providers at the start of the 2012 – 13 season.

By the end of the war, MIT became the nation's largest wartime R & D contractor ( attracting some criticism of Bush ), employing nearly 4000 in the Radiation Laboratory alone and receiving in excess of $ 100 million ($ billion in 2012 dollars ) before 1946.

* 2012 – The Dragon spacecraft became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station ( ISS ).

* 2012 – Adam Lambert became the first openly gay artist to debuted at # 1 on the Billboard 200 Album Charts, with his album Trespassing

When Offensive Tackle Willie Roaf was selected in 2012, he became the second player whose time with the Saints contributed to his selection.

After La Russa retired as manager of the Cardinals in 2011, Smith became active in the organization again, starting with his stint as a special instructor for the team's 2012 spring training camp.

For example, by ensuring that the team would be able to select Robert Griffin III of Baylor University in the 2012 draft, the Washington Redskins likely became more attractive for free agents who wished to play with the Heisman Trophy winner.

In Greece, in the general election on 17 June 2012, Coalition of the Radical Left ( Syriza ) won 26. 89 % of the votes and became the second largest party in parliament.

Programs in the United States did not make the full conversion to high definition broadcasting until September 2011, when The Bold and the Beautiful became the last soap to convert to the format, except for One Life to Live, which remained in standard definition, albeit in a 16x9 aspect ratio, until the end of its run on ABC in January 2012.

State Visit became available for download in both it's raw state and a second version, painstakingly restored frame by frame by a user of the UKNova web site which has, due to pressure from FACT, been forced to close, in August 2012 resulting in a major loss of UK vintage television archives.

In 2012 Kurdish-language lessons became an elective subject in public schools ; previously, Kurdish education had only been possible in private institutions.

It became the first city to host the Olympics for the third time when London hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Dell's acquisition of Quest Software became official on September 27th, 2012.