Charalambos Stylianou

Cyprus’ political parties opened debate on the 2026 state budget on Monday, ahead of Wednesday’s vote, taking sharply different positions on living costs, energy, defence and long-term public investment. Disy ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday urged respect for democratic procedures as parliament prepares to vote on proposed changes to teacher evaluations. She said the bill will go to the ...

A Limassol company lost €1.2 million in an online fraud scam, its 35-year-old owner told police on Monday. The company is registered abroad but operates an office in Limassol. According to ...

A violent incident that took place on Saturday at Nicosia general hospital, was condemned by the nursing and radiology branches of the Pasydy civil servants union on Monday. The incident ...

A planned meeting on Monday between United Nations special representative for Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara was on Monday postponed until Thursday. ...

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan made his first-ever visit to Cyprus on Sunday, meeting President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace in Nicosia for official talks. The ...

The Blue Iris gallery in Paphos on Sunday cancelled its exhibition after paintings sparked controversy for being considered offensive to Orthodox Christian symbols. The works, created by Giorgos Gavriel, depict ...

Police are searching for a suspect after a driver of a stolen vehicle fled following a dangerous pursuit in the Ayia Napa area during the early hours of Sunday morning. ...

Cyprus will set out its energy priorities for its upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union at a ministerial meeting in Brussels on Monday. Energy Minister Michael Damianos ...

Police arrested seven people on Sunday following a series of overnight incidents involving groups of young people across Cyprus. The arrests were made late on Saturday night and into the ...

Cloud cover is expected to increase at times on Sunday, with changes varying by area. Winds will be light and variable, occasionally moderate, at 3 to 4 Beaufort. Sea conditions will remain ...

More than 540 schools and 146 organisations have so far taken part in the programme to collect used cooking oil, known as Tiganokinisi, president of Akti, which runs the programme Xenia Loizidou ...

Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have taken a significant step in boosting bilateral economic relations with the launch of a joint business council reflecting a sharp rise in ...

Cyprus’ cows stepped into the spotlight earlier this week with the first screening of The World Shrinks at the Pantheon Cinema in Nicosia. The documentary tells the story of the ...

A Christmas village opened at the presidential palace on Saturday, welcoming visitors to enjoy festive activities and support local businesses. First Lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides said the initiative, now in ...

Measures to address overcrowding, improve living conditions, and strengthen supervision at Nicosia central prisons will be taken, Justice Minister Constantinos Fitiris said on Saturday. He was speaking after a meeting ...

The two-day search and rescue exercise Artemis 2025 has been completed, testing the country’s readiness to respond to a major earthquake, civil defence spokesman Panayiotis Liasides said on Saturday. The ...

Pension reform bills will be submitted in 2026 rather than the previously stated target of the end of 2025, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said on Saturday. He said the delay is linked ...

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, proposed on Saturday that Cyprus MEP Fidias Panayiotou should become president of the European Union. The suggestion came shortly after a ...

A total of 3,945 people have been granted ‘citizenship’ in the north in the last three years while 573 gun licences have also been issued, according to ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz, it ...

Prisoner found dead in central prison A 23-year-old Syrian national, identified as Abdul Kader Almfalani, currently serving a sentence at Nicosia central prison, has died, police confirmed on Saturday. He ...

Striking teachers should think of the message they are sending students, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Saturday. Reform, he said, promotes the worthy teacher – those who are selfless and ...

Saturday’s weather will be mostly fine with occasional patches of increased cloud. Winds will be light to moderate, variable in direction at 3 to 4 on the Beaufort scale. The sea ...

The Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman met this week with the European Union’s special representative for Cyprus, Johannes Hahn, in a move criticised by senior Turkish Cypriot officials as ...