Cyprus

A fire broke out in the kitchen of a fourth-floor apartment in Nicosia, the fire brigade said on Friday. It said that from the evidence gathered so far, the fire ...

An explosion which occurred outside an office building in Paphos was caused by a hand grenade, Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday. He said the ...

Cyprus is “proof of the vital importance of respect for international law”, the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations Maria Michael said. Addressing the UN general assembly’s ...

Just a few days remain until the 10th edition of the beloved Nicosia Book Festival at Acropolis Park and the organisers have shared a glimpse of the agenda. Two days ...

The appeal hearing of deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos against his dismissal is expected to take place at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on October 17, according to reports on Friday. The ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Thursday night made his third visit to Cyprus since the start of August and reiterated his and his government’s demand for a two-state ...

The police fired warning shots as they attempted to arrest a 19-year-old male over the alleged possession of illegal drugs, according to an announcement released on Friday. The incident occurred ...

Friday’s weather is expected to be partly cloudy across most of the island, with temperatures set to rise to 27 degrees Celsius inland and on the coasts and 16 degrees Celsius ...

The social workers’ branch of trade union Pasydy on Thursday decried “inaccurate information being circulated” regarding the case of a 79-year-old woman who was allegedly locked inside her house for ...

The energy ministers of Cyprus and Greece committed on Thursday to their respective governments pressing ahead with “technical and institutional consultations” for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project, a proposed ...

The Turkish Cypriot community donated €120,000 on Thursday to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) in support of its efforts to identify and return the remains of those lost ...

Cyprus has become a ‘free-for-all’ as non-EU foreign nationals are snapping up real estate in quantities vastly disproportionate to their numbers, some MPs warned on Thursday. Parliamentarians were discussing a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides received the European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadis, at the presidential palace on Thursday. Kadis said his visit to Cyprus, accompanied by his team, aims ...

A 40-year-old Ukrainian national who appeared in court on Thursday facing charges related to the alleged development of Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north intends to plead guilty to some ...

The House health committee aims to send the bill for palliative care centres to the House plenary before the end of November, the committee’s chairman said on Thursday. Disy ...

MPs on Thursday asked questions about the contractor’s request for 500 extra days to finish the new archaeological museum in Nicosia, with the July 2026 timetable for completion now looking unattainable. ...

The resolution demanding a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem which is set to be voted upon by the north’s ‘parliament’ next week is “nothing short of manipulation of ...

The recently introduced automated import system (AIS), which officially went live on September 29, continues to malfunction, causing significant delays in the clearance of goods, the head of the customs agents ...

Authorities in Cyprus have launched an investigation after two cars became trapped for a second day inside the Larnaca salt lake, a Natura 2000 protected site and one of the island’...

Clocks will go back an hour on Sunday, October 26, at 4am, marking the end of summertime. The time change is applied in all EU countries.

Cypriot members of the European parliament were evenly split on both occasions as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen survived two no-confidence votes in Strasbourg on Thursday. The first ...

Ozgur Ozel, the leader of Turkey’s largest opposition political party the CHP, on Thursday said his country must respect the will of the Turkish Cypriot people ahead of next ...

A journey of discovery is promised for children of all ages at the upcoming Mitsikouri International Performing Arts Festival for Children and Young People, returning for a second time later ...

Anti-corruption champion Andreas Hasapopoulos has reproved former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, saying he has allowed “corrupt individuals who should be jailed” positions in his Alma movement leadership. Hasapopoulos, the administrator of ...