James Morphakis

A car owned by a 54-year-old man was extensively damaged by fire in the early hours of Wednesday in Nicosia, with a second vehicle and parts of a residential building ...

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett warned on Tuesday that Recep Tayyip Erdogan is positioning Turkey as a major strategic threat to Israel, describing Ankara as “the new Iran”. Speaking ...

Three individuals were arrested during coordinated police operations carried out nationwide overnight and into Wednesday. According to police, the arrests concerned offences including threats, assault and illegal residency. Furthermore, during ...

Police have confirmed a 19-year-old woman was killed and three other young people were injured, one of them in critical condition, following a car crash in the early hours of ...

Wednesday brings unsettled and potentially dangerous weather across Cyprus, with strong winds, rain, isolated thunderstorms and elevated dust levels across much of the island. A yellow warning for winds remains ...

Serious allegations of corruption and money laundering involving the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and his son surfaced on Tuesday, placing renewed pressure on an administration already facing multiple ...

Cyprus has formally complained to the United Nations over what it describes as an “extensive series of airspace and maritime violations” by Turkey, submitting a detailed letter to the UN ...

UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, has “full confidence” in his personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, and shares her assessment that more progress is needed from the island’s leaders, his spokesman ...

Suspended Lefkoniko mayor, Pieris Gypsiotis, broke his silence on Tuesday after being placed on mandatory leave pending criminal investigations, alleging that his ousting was driven by political machinations. In a ...

A 49-year-old businessman arrested over the arson of a luxury car showroom in Limassol was released on Tuesday after a court ruled that the evidence did not justify continued detention, ...

Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou remarked he would “probably be a billionaire” had he not entered politics, presenting himself as a reluctant public figure whose online success was derailed by holding ...

A 43-year-old foreign national died on Tuesday after falling while working on an apartment building under construction in the Lakatamia area of Nicosia. Colleagues reportedly attempted to take the man ...

Suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos responded on Tuesday to ongoing allegations concerning embezzlement and administrative malpractice, lambasting the accusations as part of an “organised smear campaign”. The mayor, who is ...

The legal service said on Tuesday it would decide within days how to proceed following the acquittal of former house president Demetris Syllouris and former MP Christakis Giovannis in the ...

A Greek Cypriot man detained in the north was released with conditions by the district court in northern Nicosia on Tuesday, the government confirmed, while he is due to appear ...

Transport minister Alexis Vafeades will brief Larnaca’s development committee on Friday regarding the findings of a study into the future of the city’s port and marina, authorities confirmed ...

A proposal to create a national fund to compensate owners for the loss of use of properties in the north was discussed by the House refugees committee on Tuesday. The ...

Former Cyprus Football Association president Giorgos Koumas will make his first court appearance on Friday after being formally served with an indictment in a criminal case concerning possible conflict of ...

With just over three months to go until the parliamentary elections, nearly one in four voters are yet to make a decision on who to vote for, the latest Noverna ...

Yiannos Kouyoumdjian finished 34th overall in the men’s slalom at the Milano–Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday, completing both runs in one of the most demanding alpine events of ...

The daughter of a 92-year-old man who died after eight days in Larnaca general hospital on Monday raised serious concerns over his care, describing “tragic shortcomings, lack of communication and ...

Action to secure the release of a Greek Cypriot who has been held in the north since last Tuesday is being taken, the government confirmed on Monday. “Actions are being ...

Foreign nationals made up 24.8 per cent of Cyprus’ population, placing the island among the EU countries with the highest shares of foreigners, data released on Monday by Eurostat shows. As ...

Defence spending is set to drastically expand, with President Nikos Christodoulides projecting the domestic defence industry to grow to a double-digit share of gross domestic product in the coming years. ...