Eleni Panayiotou

Two 30-year-old men were remanded in custody for six days on Saturday after police found more than 500g of cocaine in their possession during a drug trafficking investigation in Limassol. ...

Two 34-year-old men were remanded in custody for eight days on Saturday after a police pursuit in Larnaca ended with the seizure of approximately 1.5kg of cocaine. At around 11pm ...

Cyprus Civil Defence is on heightened alert because of the increased risk of wildfires, with patrols being carried out to support prevention efforts and ensure a rapid response if needed, ...

A total of three people are now in police custody in connection with a crystal meth trafficking investigation after a 29-year-old man appeared before the Limassol district court on Saturday. ...

Environmental organisation Terra Cypria renewed concerns on Saturday over construction activity at the abandoned settlement of Trozena, alleging that works are continuing inside the Natura 2000 protected area without the required ...

Local development can only be achieved through continuous improvements to people’s daily lives, better infrastructure and close cooperation between central government and local authorities, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said ...

Archaeologists working at the Skalia archaeological site in Kissonerga have uncovered further significant finds from one of Cyprus’ longest-inhabited Bronze Age settlements, Akamas municipality said on Saturday. The excavation team ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to restarting Cyprus settlement talks within the framework of UN Security Council resolutions, as they met ...

The family of a British father facing prosecution over the death of his three-year-old son is seeking support from the UK government to allow him to return to Britain for ...

Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Saturday condemned a Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, which killed civilians and damaged Latvia’s honorary consulate. “The targeting of residential areas is ...

Thirteen people were arrested during coordinated police operations carried out across Cyprus on Friday night as part of ongoing efforts to prevent crime and strengthen public safety. According to police, ...

Seasonal low pressure is affecting the area, bringing mostly fine weather on Saturday, with a chance of isolated afternoon showers before temperatures begin to rise again in the coming days. ...

Up to 33,000 healthy piglets will be slaughtered under a government support scheme aimed at preventing the collapse of Cyprus’ pig farming sector after an export ban left producers facing a ...

Police have defended their handling of Thursday’s motorway closure, saying the hours-long disruption on the Limassol-Nicosia highway was unavoidable because of the complexity of recovering a heavy goods vehicle ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday pledged to continue strengthening Cyprus’ defence capabilities, telling newly sworn-in National Guard recruits that the country must remain prepared in the face of the continuing ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will remain central to the country’s energy transition as the government pushes ahead with investments in electricity networks, energy storage and conventional generation ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Thursday that every effort would be made to avoid further electricity cuts overnight, expressing confidence that the installation of 120MW of energy storage capacity ...

Repairs to two electricity generation units at the Dhekelia and Vasiliko power stations are expected to be completed on Thursday, a move that could restore reserve capacity to the grid ...

Authorities on Thursday continued a crackdown on illegal caravans and makeshift structures along Larnaca’s coastline, carrying out a second operation days after clearing a beach next to the Larnaca ...

One year has passed since the deadly wildfire that claimed two lives, scorched more than 100 square kilometres of land and caused extensive damage across 15 communities in the western Limassol mountains. ...

An orange weather warning was issued for extreme high temperatures on Thursday, with the mercury set to rise to a whopping 44 degrees Celsius. The warning will be in force between 12...

Authorities began imposing electricity cuts in different parts of Cyprus from 6.52pm on Wednesday, as demand exceeded available generation capacity. According to an announcement by the Electricity Authority the affected ...

Transport accounted for 37.9 per cent of Cyprus’ greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, while drivers lost an average of more than 40 hours in peak-time traffic, according to a European Commission report published ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that the European Union’s involvement in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem was now substantive rather than symbolic, as he reiterated that progress ...