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It’s all fun and games until you need the official documents. This is what a couple from the UK, visiting the island every year since 1981, found out when they ...

The breaching of sanctions against Russia by third countries impacts the effectiveness of the measures, President Nikos Christodoulides said early on Friday after a night-long European Council session, which spent ...

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 ...

The impact of climate change will hit Cyprus’ economy, a study released on Tuesday said, projecting that as much as €29 billion will be lost from the island’s gross domestic ...

Parliament will hold a vote on the government’s tax reform next week, MPs decided on Monday. The vote at the House plenum will take place on Monday, December 22 – cutting ...

Both before and after Thursday’s tripartite meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin, and likely during it as well, President Nikos Christodoulides ...

More than half of people aged between 18 and 25 years old have not yet registered to vote in May’s parliamentary elections, while the total number of eligible but unregistered voters ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman agreed “that the real aim is the solution of the Cyprus problem with political equality as described by the United Nations ...

The Council of Europe’s committee for the prevention of torture warned of “serious problems” at Cyprus’ central prison in Nicosia and said it had “grave concerns” over “the high ...

One man has died after severe floods hit swathes of northern Cyprus on Monday night and Tuesday. The man, named as 57-year-old Ercin Fevzi, had been missing since Monday night, ...

A 35-year-old man was killed in the central prison on Sunday, with the police on Monday arresting another inmate on suspicion of premeditated murder. The police on Monday confirmed that ...

MPs literally have their work cut out for them as the clock winds down on the calendar year, before the end of which the government expects them to have passed ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced six changes to his cabinet on Friday in the second major reshuffle of his term so far, and the first in almost two years. Michael Damianos, ...

Peace efforts to end the 3.5-year Russian invasion of Ukraine must be advanced with the active participation of Ukraine and the European Union, as the conflict concerns the defence of ...

The agriculture ministry has set out its priorities for 2026, announcing that addressing water scarcity and developments in Akamas were amongst its key priorities, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Wednesday. “...

The company operating traffic cameras across Cyprus gets paid a fixed, pre-agreed rate that does not depend on the number of recorded traffic violations, the transport ministry said on Tuesday, ...

Cyprus’ goal during its upcoming EU presidency is to enhance the EU’s strategic autonomy and bring the EU closer to the region, President Nikos Christodoulides told visiting President of ...

The Nepalis in Cyprus tend to stay below the public radar. Perhaps it’s not surprising as they come mostly as domestic workers and are kept out of sight, busy ...

An apparent contradiction has emerged in recent weeks, on the subject of migrants and asylum seekers. On the one hand, the government’s refrain for most of the past year ...

Strengthening Cyprus’ deterrent capability is a top priority for the government, which is why the cabinet has approved the list of armaments the country intends to procure through the EU’...

Police in Limassol were on Thursday intensifying investigations into a series of arson attacks that gutted four vehicles valued at over €1.5 million, among them a Lamborghini, in an incident possibly ...

Cyprus and Lebanon on Wednesday signed an agreement on the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between the two countries and agreed to explore the idea of a Cyprus-Lebanon ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday reiterated that the deputy attorney-general has not submitted his resignation as rumours continued to swirl that the law enforcement official had wanted to quit but ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday denied that deputy Attorney General Savvas Angelides has submitted his resignation, as rumours continue to circulate around the issue. Angelides’ apparent resignation comes amid escalating ...