Cyprus

The processing rate of building and urban planning applications in Larnaca has significantly improved in November, the Larnaca district self-governance organisation (EOA) said, referring to statistics from the interior ministry ...

An epic street party is coming up this weekend in Nicosia, ready to fill the city will even more Christmas joy. The Epic Street Fest Xmas Edition returns on Saturday, ...

Police will on Friday hold an exercise simulating the scenario of a terrorist attack at the Nicosia conference centre as a precautionary measure in view of Cyprus’ upcoming EU Council ...

Trikomo district court on Wednesday decided to lift charges against one of the two Greek Cypriots who were arrested with three others in the north in July. The two stood ...

Cyprus’ most significant corruption trial in decades reached its final stage on Wednesday, with the criminal court reserving its verdict for February 17, 2026, in the case against former house president Demetris ...

Defence minister Vasilis Palmas commended military registration offices as “vital” in supporting the national guard and in reducing bureaucracy. Palmas, visiting the registration office for the Nicosia and Kyrenia districts, ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s undersecretary Huseyin Cahitoglu was on Wednesday accused of money laundering during his third appearance in court after being arrested on suspicion of bribery ...

Cyprus’ decision to continue issuing visas to Russian tourists through designated centres, despite wider tensions of the “collective West” with Moscow “proves once again the awareness in Europe of the ...

Police in Larnaca are investigating a suspected case of arson after a vehicle caught fire on Wednesday afternoon in the village of Alethriko. According to police, the vehicle, owned by ...

They say that repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of stupidity. In the context of visiting the same restaurant multiple times ...

Elam has moved to strip funding from bicommunal education and migration programmes through a series of amendments to the 2026 state budget on Wednesday. As parliament prepared for a final vote ...

The state budget for 2026 was approved by parliament on Wednesday, with 37 MPs voting in its favour and 19 voting against. Votes in favour came from MPs from the three parties which ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides visited the Makarios children’s hospital on Wednesday to deliver gifts and seasonal wishes to children receiving treatment there during the holidays. He said the aim ...

Senior air force commanders from Greece, Israel and Cyprus held a confidential meeting in Nicosia on Wednesday, reportedly regarding further security cooperation. According to Israel’s KAN News, Israeli air ...

A French court has rejected an extradition request filed by the Republic of Cyprus regarding a man whom it accuses of developing property on land in the north owned by ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday accused President Nikos Christodoulides of “disregarding his interlocutor” in his assertions that he is ready to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to ...

Ecologists Movement MP Charalambos Theopemptou on Wednesday used the budgetary debate to highlight persistent failures in waste management and energy policy, warning that Cyprus remains far from meeting its EU ...

Iran summoned Cyprus’ ambassador in Tehran Petros Nacouzis and issued him a written objection after the Cypriot government issued a joint declaration with the United Arab Emirates on Sunday declaring ...

The Larnaca criminal court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 13 years in prison for importing more than 24 kilogrammes of cannabis into Cyprus last September through Larnaca airport. The defendant pleaded ...

School buses for primary and secondary school students will not be operated on Thursday, due to the planned strike by teachers, the transport ministry said on Wednesday. The strike will ...

A total of €10.2 million has been paid to farmers this year as compensation for severe drought, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. It said a total of 2,516 applications were approved ...

Over €57,000 in financial support was approved for professional fishermen by the Council of Ministers, the agriculture ministry announced on Wednesday. The aid is part of three targeted measures to mitigate ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project will not “collapse”, Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Wednesday, stressing that “there is no question” of such a thing happening. Speaking to CyBC radio, ...

Huseyin Mavideniz, the 29-year-old British national who was killed after a fight outside a bar in Trikomo in 2023, “might have had a chance to survive” if he had received medical ...