Cyprus

The Larnaca criminal court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 13 years in prison for importing more than 24 kilogrammes of cannabis into Cyprus last September through Larnaca airport. The defendant pleaded ...

School buses for primary and secondary school students will not be operated on Thursday, due to the planned strike by teachers, the transport ministry said on Wednesday. The strike will ...

A total of €10.2 million has been paid to farmers this year as compensation for severe drought, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. It said a total of 2,516 applications were approved ...

Over €57,000 in financial support was approved for professional fishermen by the Council of Ministers, the agriculture ministry announced on Wednesday. The aid is part of three targeted measures to mitigate ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project will not “collapse”, Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Wednesday, stressing that “there is no question” of such a thing happening. Speaking to CyBC radio, ...

Huseyin Mavideniz, the 29-year-old British national who was killed after a fight outside a bar in Trikomo in 2023, “might have had a chance to survive” if he had received medical ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Tuesday night reiterated his demand for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem to the Turkish Cypriot legislature as it deliberated his ‘...

More snow is expected to fall in the Troodos mountains on Wednesday, with lower ground inland and in the southeast of the island set to see rain during the morning ...

The impact of climate change will hit Cyprus’ economy, a study released on Tuesday said, projecting that as much as €29 billion will be lost from the island’s gross domestic ...

The transport ministry aims to support solutions to address traffic challenges in the Ayios Athanasios industrial area in Limassol, and remains committed to backing the provision of relevant government funding, ...

An Israeli man suspected of being involved in drug dealing, fraud, money laundering and other offenses is suspected of hiding in the north, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on ...

Due to low temperatures and light snowfall in Troodos, vehicles must be equipped with either four-wheel drive or anti-skid chains when moving in the area, police said on Tuesday. According ...

The Turkish Foot and Mouth Research Institute on Tuesday confirmed four cases of foot-and-mouth disease in cows at a livestock unit in Lapithos in the north. According to the north’...

The attorney for one of the defendants in the ‘golden passports’ trial told the court on Tuesday that his client should be acquitted of all charges, while accusing prosecutors of ...

Nursing and midwifery unions on Tuesday rejected claims that staff shortages are responsible for the suspension of a clinic’s operating licence, arguing that the crisis stems instead from a ...

Following the creation of Cypriot cultural centres in Athens, Berlin and London, a fourth facility, aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between Cyprus and France, will be established in Paris, Culture ...

The attorney general on Tuesday confirmed he will not suspend the private criminal prosecution brought by the family of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou. In a written response to the lawyer ...

Allowances for veterans left with a disability resulting from service in the 1974 war were approved by the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. Social Welfare Deputy Minister Clea Hadjistefanou-Papaellinas said those ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas discussed “regional security and bilateral cooperation” with his Israeli counterpart during an official visit to the neighbouring country, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. According to ...

France “could and should play a leading role” in efforts to solve the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. He told French newspaper Le Figaro that he has “...

A nine-year prison sentence imposed by the Paphos criminal court has been increased to 12 years on appeal for a man convicted of importing, possessing, and intending to supply 8.155kg of ...

Joining Nato “would be a natural development” for Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking to French newspaper Le Figaro, he said that “if it were possible for Cyprus ...

A motorcycle driver killed in a traffic accident on Sunday died from a severe brain injury, a state pathologist said on Tuesday. A formal autopsy was conducted on Bulgarian national ...

A fire and rescue exercise will take place on Wednesday at 9am at the Conference Centre in Nicosia, the fire service announced on Tuesday. The drill, part of the service’...