Cyprus

A 29-year-old Greek Cypriot was on Monday remanded for five days in connection with a case of arson and attempted murder in August in Pyla. He is the seventh person ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Monday called on her counterparts from the small states of Europe, meeting in Nicosia, to add their voices to calls for the immediate release of ...

September 20, 2025 from 8.30am City Friends Club is calling for volunteers to help clean Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos to celebrate World Cleanup Day. On September 20, Cyprus joins the world’s biggest ...

About 21,000 children up to the age of four will have their preschool fees and lunches paid by the state for the 2025–2026 school year, the finance ministry announced on Monday. The ...

A fire broke out overnight in two garden sheds in Ypsonas, Limassol, causing extensive damage to the buildings and their contents, which were mostly household equipment. Fire service spokesman Andreas ...

Seven motorcycles and ten cars were confiscated on Sunday in Limassol during traffic checks by the police Z squad. The police said on Monday that the checks were carried out ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested on Sunday afternoon after a police chase in Limassol. The police said on Monday that the suspect appeared to have pushed a police officer and ...

Cyprus will on Monday host a conference of parliament speakers of small European states. The conference will be the 18th of its kind, with House president Annita Demetriou set to ...

President of the European Council Antonio Costa will be in Cyprus on Monday, where he will meet President Nikos Christodoulides, as part of a tour of European capitals. The third ...

Three people were arrested on Sunday in the Morphou district for illegal residence and employment, in the framework of an operation to clamp down on illegal employment and undeclared work. ...

Two more people aged 26 and 25 were arrested late on Sunday night in connection with Friday’s shooting at a pharmacy in Yermasoyia, Limassol. A 57-year-old man had been arrested earlier ...

Mainly fine weather across the island can be expected on Monday with isolated showers and possibly a thunderstorm in the mountains. Temperatures will peak at 37C inland, 30C along the ...

Among many things, donkeys are one thing Cyprus is known for, but their wellbeing relies largely on the generosity of tourists, visitors and volunteers. Jo Welsby, is a regular visitor ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday told Turkish Cypriots to “not embarrass” influential late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash when the Turkish Cypriot leadership election takes place next month. ...

There will be no problems with the Paphos district’s water supply next year, “regardless of the weather conditions”, the agriculture ministry’s permanent Andreas Gregoriou said on Sunday. Speaking ...

A 57-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in connection with a shooting which took place at a pharmacy in the Limassol suburb of Yermasoyia on Friday. Evidence of a shooting ...

Autumn is a busy month for the island’s cultural agenda as festivals, markets, exhibitions and theatre productions return. Annual festivals make their comeback, and most of them are addressed ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday held a telephone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and said after the call that he had “stressed the importance to deescalate tensions”. He said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said he had held a “pertinent discussion” with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, days after the country was the target of an ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou will hold separate meetings with trade unions and with employers’ associations in the coming days amid an ongoing rift over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) which led ...

The old town hall in Nicosia will host an evening on September 16 where grief is transformed into purpose. Under the auspices of President Nikos Christodoulides, the Nicholas Zoe Foundation will ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days on Sunday after having been arrested on Saturday for the possession of just shy of 200 grams of cannabis, all of ...

A fire broke out in a moving vehicle on the motorway connecting Larnaca and Ayia Napa on Saturday evening, the police said on Sunday. The police said the fire had ...

Despite its small population and tight-knit community, Cyprus has long been one of Europe’s biggest offenders when it comes to rubbish pollution. In 2017, it ranked second highest in the ...