The mother of 41-year-old Turkish Cypriot Tansu Cidan, who died at the Nicosia prison last week, said she will seek justice for her son who was “tortured and murdered”.
Ten ...
Close to 7,500 passengers travelled the Greece-Cyprus ferry link this past summer, surpassing the government’s expectations, as authorities vowed the service will be further improved for the coming season – along ...
The BQ1 Omicron variant is expected to be confirmed in Cyprus, too, according to a government Covid advisor – but offered that it appears no more severe than those causing current ...
Russian citizens applying for tourist visas in Cyprus will have to pay €80 from December 1 onwards, along with providing additional paperwork for stricter checks.
While not a particularly steep fee, it ...
A wildlife activist group saved a rare Egyptian fruit bat and five blackcap birds after they were found entangled in an illegal mist-net setup in Vrysoules.
The committee against bird ...
Unficyp is stepping up its patrols inside the buffer zone, the peacekeeping force said on Wednesday.
The announcement came after incidents of Greek Cypriot farmers and Turkish troops coming into ...
The European Parliament on Monday confirmed that a group of MEPs will this week visit Cyprus and Greece to investigate the development and use of spyware in these member states.
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Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides warned on Monday that “tectonic shifts are underway” as he warned that the days of cheap energy and cheap money are over.
Petrides made the comments ...
Ten people working at the prison have been suspended after a Turkish Cypriot inmate at the Nicosia central prisons was beaten to death, the justice ministry announced on Monday.
Justice ...
The Greens party on Monday slammed the findings of an animal police investigation into the death of a cat after it was found dismembered, which the party suspects was carried ...
Negotiations between Cyprus and Lebanon over delineating their maritime border are progressing well and there is optimism it will be resolved, the foreign ministry said on Monday.
Teams from the ...
Police late on Friday arrested eight people in connection with the death of a 41-year-old Turkish Cypriot inmate at the central prisons in Nicosia.
Police are investigating a case of ...
Five police officers were lightly injured after a fight broke out with five migrants out at the migration office in Paphos.
The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon after the five ...
President Nicos Anastasiades said he would not comment on the presidential elections during his visit to Paphos on Thursday, following sharp media speculation on the matter.
He said that today ...
The late Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou was honoured in the picturesque Troodos village of Foini as a street has been named after her.
The street leads to the new wing ...
A lawyer has received a nine-month jail sentence for crimes committed over eight years ago, centred on forging official documents.
Limassol district court issued its sentence on Wednesday after it ...
Presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis said he has the plans and the tools to address society’s main concerns, which he identified as the cost of living, corruption and the migration ...
The association of civil engineers, Spolmik, called on Wednesday for immediate steps to be taken to update the law on inspecting buildings, stressing the need for inspection certificates to be ...
British bases police in Dhekelia made 14 arrests during two weeks in October for driving whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol (DUI).
These statistics have led to increased police ...
The internal Disy rift was further exposed during a recent debate after party leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou called on President Nicos Anastasiades to clarify his position over who ...
Presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis’ press team sought to clarify that a gala dinner invite with an entrance fee of €300 is simply a fundraising event, as is normal practice in politics ...
A 26-year-old man, who was found guilty of raping a 65-year-old man with mobility problems, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail.
The crime was reported to the police on ...
Tensions are rising in and around the buffer zone after a Greek Cypriot farmer on Tuesday was approached by Turkish military personnel near Denia, Nicosia.
Denia community leader Christakis Panayiotou ...
A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 40 days in prison on Tuesday and had his driving licence suspended for 60 days after a series of erratic incidents.
Larnaca district court heard that ...