Eleni Panayiotou

United Nations special representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp), Khassim Diagne, met a delegation from the UK’s Foreign Office and its Permanent Mission to ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci expressed hope on Wednesday that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ efforts to achieve at least some progress on the Cyprus issue would yield positive results, ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas met his French counterpart Catherine Vautrin in Paris on Tuesday, with discussions focusing on bilateral defence cooperation, European defence procurement and security developments in the Eastern ...

Part of a human skull was discovered on Wednesday at a location within the British bases in Dhekelia, according to an official statement from the bases’ police. A member of ...

Consultations between the State Health Services Organisation (Okypy) and six trade unions are continuing ahead of a planned 48-hour strike by employees on November 10 and 11. The unions, Pasyidy, SEK, PEO, ...

UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin met Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday, amid renewed diplomatic activity on the Cyprus problem and reports that Turkish Foreign Minister ...

The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) has issued a public warning after new cannabinoids were detected in products seized from a shop selling CBD and related items. According to a ...

Outpatient services of the Cardiology Department at Nicosia General Hospital will be reorganised into specialised clinics as of January 1, state health services organisation Okypy announced on Monday. The move aims ...

UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin held a brief 30-minute meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday, explaining afterwards that she had “come to ask him some questions”. Speaking to reporters ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas visited the international naval defence and maritime security exhibition EURONAVAL 2026 in Paris on Tuesday, stressing the importance Cyprus attaches to strengthening its maritime defence capabilities. In ...

The former community leader of Palaichori Oreinis had his request to suspend a decision by the Nicosia district officer removing him from office rejected by the administrative court, the Legal ...

A 32-year-old man arrested in connection with a suspected drug trafficking and dealing was remanded on Tuesday for eight days by Larnaca district court. During investigations officers from the organised ...

A 49-year-old man was sentenced on Tuesday to 13 years in prison for killing his 80-year-old father, Giorgos Hadjigeorgiou, in Limassol in July 2025. The Limassol criminal court handed down the sentence ...

The government continues to treat Famagusta district unfairly by failing to deliver on its promise to establish two public university schools in the area, the Famagusta district local government organisation (...

A residents’ initiative group opposing the construction of a desalination plant in Mazotos has said that no compensation measures could make up for the environmental damage the project would cause, ...

Israeli defence company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems presented its new L-SPIKE loitering munition system to an international gathering of military representatives in Larnaca, during an event hosted by the Cyprus ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested in Larnaca on Monday afternoon after police seized more than one kilogramme of cocaine, €21,100 in cash and other items during a series of searches. The ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is due to meet UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Tuesday afternoon, as preparations continue for a trilateral meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan ...

Weak low pressure is affecting the region, with isolated showers and a possible thunderstorm forecast for Tuesday. The weather will initially be mainly clear, but increased cloud cover later in ...

The government has taken all necessary steps within its responsibility for the start of seabed surveys for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. He ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday called for dialogue rather than strike action to resolve a dispute involving around 950 employees including support staff and those on short contracts, while defending ...

New prisons director Giorgos Ioannou officially took up his duties on Monday, pledging to establish a modern, secure and humane correctional system, as Justice Minister Costas Fitiris warned that there ...

Deputy Auditor-General Kyriacos Kyriacou has rejected suggestions that he is unwilling to work or is responsible for his limited involvement in the Audit Office, accusing former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides of ...

UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, said on Monday she remained optimistic about efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem following a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader ...