Paphos child drives car into tree and ditch
A 12-year-old from Paphos was injured on Thursday after driving a car into a ditch and then a tree, after which the car ended up on its roof.
Paphos police’...
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Homemade bomb explodes at house in Limassol
A homemade explosive device detonated at around 3:15am in the Ayia Phyla neighbourhood of Limassol.
The explosion occurred at the entrance of a house owned by a 67-year-old woman and ...
Man arrested for setting own car on fire
Police in Karavas arrested a 50-year-old man on Wednesday evening after he set his own car on fire.
The man, who was seven times over the legal alcohol limit to ...
Relative of police complaints body member linked ‘to organised crime’
A relative of one of the members of the independent police complaints authority is “involved in organised crime”, it was heard at the House ethics committee on Wednesday.
The committee ...
EU funds for Cyprus youth mental health project
The European Commission is to finance a project in Cyprus aimed at “strengthening the mental resilience” of youth in Cyprus, it was announced on Wednesday.
In addition to €500,000 in financial ...
Turkish Cypriot journalist’s trial postponed again
The trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces ten years in prison for “insulting” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was postponed once again on Wednesday.
The trial had ...
500 ‘new’ police are actually just filling vacancies
The 500 “new” police officers joining the force this year announced by Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis are actually just planned hires to fill vacancies, a ministry spokesman clarified on Wednesday.
“This ...
‘Cyprus solution the key to end north property developments’
A “sustainable and functional” solution to the Cyprus problem is the key to ending development on Greek Cypriot-owned land in the north, House President Annita Demetriou said on Tuesday night.
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North threatens to reciprocate taxi driver clampdown
The Turkish Cypriot authorities on Wednesday threatened to reciprocate the government’s planned clampdown on Turkish Cypriot taxis operating in the Republic.
Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, ‘government’ sources in ...
Daily News Briefing
In today’s episode, President Nikos Christodoulides faced robust questioning following his speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Meanwhile, measures to tackle organised crime came under ...
Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector jailed
Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Mustafa Hurben was jailed on Tuesday after refusing to pay an 800TL (€24) fine for refusing to complete his military service.
Hurben was taken away by police ...
Cyprus has paid for its errors: Christodoulides
Cyprus has been on the right side of history following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday after his speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the ...
National health scheme must ‘continue and survive’
The national health scheme Gesy must continue and survive, the finance and health ministers said on Tuesday following a meeting to discuss the issue.
“We had a very productive discussion… ...
British High Commissioner ‘acting like a Greek Cypriot’
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said he condemns the British High Commissioner in Nicosia Irfan Siddiq.
Tatar was speaking to Kibris Postasi TV about an interview Siddiq had ...
€150 million upgrades for Polis Chrysochous
Polis Chrysochous is to spend €150 million on upgrades to the town’s infrastructure, Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said on Tuesday.
Planned upgrades include to the town’s sewerage system, upgrades to ...
Christodoulides in Strasbourg to address the Council of Europe
President Nikos Christodoulides is in Strasbourg on Wednesday ahead of a planned address to the plenary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Prior to his speech, ...
Turkish Cypriot taxi drivers call govt clampdown racist
Turkish Cypriot taxi drivers on Tuesday denounced the Cyprus government’s planned crackdown on their operations as “racist”.
The government had announced on Friday plans to effectively reduce the burden ...
‘Everything went smoothly’ after hospital power outage
Monday’s power outage at the Nicosia general hospital was caused by a cable being cut during construction work being carried out outside, State Health Services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou ...
Influencer Fidias to stand in European Parliament elections
Influencer and YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou announced on Tuesday he is to stand in June’s European Parliament elections.
Panayiotou, 23, was born in the village of Meniko. He commonly goes by ...
Greek apologises in court for ‘Turks out’ rant
The Greek national arrested in the north for embarking on an anti-Turkish rant apologised in court on Monday for his behaviour.
The man, aged 34, was arrested on Thursday morning on ...
North’s second airport handed over to Turkish army
The law to formally hand over the operations of the north’s Gecitkale (Lefkoniko) airport to the Turkish army was unanimously approved in ‘parliament’ on Monday.
The airport has been ...
North’s stats institute says population below 400k
The north’s statistics institute released its population projection for 2022 on Monday, claiming there are just 399,727 people living in the north.
This projection is a world away from estimates made ...
North paid EAC $19 million last year
The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek paid the Electricity Authority of Cyprus $19 million (€17.4m) to cover the north’s energy shortfalls, Kib-Tek employees’ trade union (El-Sen) chairman Ahmet Tugcu said ...
Investigation into arrested Turkish Cypriot’s passport
An investigation has been launched into the circumstances under which arrested Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat managed to obtain a Republic of Cyprus passport while a warrant was out for ...