Cyprus

Drilling at the Pegasus-1 well has detected a 350-metre column of natural gas, the government announced on Monday, giving no more clues about the significance of the find – but separately ...

Parliament is aiming to hold a vote on legalising euthanasia in January next year, with an article-by-article deliberation in the House human rights committee of a bill providing for its ...

A handwriting expert testifying in a criminal trial on Monday stated categorically that the defendant – a German woman facing charges of fraudulently transacting in real estate – did not fill out ...

The United Nations is “working hard to get results” on confidence-building measures regarding the Cyprus problem ahead of next week’s enlarged meeting in New York, UN envoy Maria Angela ...

Transport drivers across Cyprus walked out on Monday, demanding urgent changes to laws on tachograph use. The 24-hour strike began at 5am following a vote last week by the national ...

I hadn’t planned on needing it this much. I had just wrapped a long week of interviews, edits and one too many emails and was already dreaming about getting ...

The constitution clearly defines the separation of powers, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday, when asked about calls to sack deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides after the European Court of ...

Cyprus is turning to artificial intelligence, digital mapping and fresh witness outreach to resolve the fate of hundreds of missing persons from the 1960s and 1974, it was announced on Monday. ...

Only 12 soldiers were in the van that caught on fire last Friday on the Limassol-Nicosia highway, the defence ministry said on Monday. The statement came in response to a complaint ...

The ‘Go Troodos’ festival of traditional flavours and handicrafts, which was held in the gardens of the presidential residence in Troodos last Sunday, is on the way to establishing itself ...

The highest midday total electricity demand this year was recorded on Monday, the Cyprus transmission system operation (CTSO) said, indicating that by the afternoon demand may set a further record ...

Authorities seized large quantities of untaxed tobacco products in three separate incidents across the island in the last week. On Wednesday, customs officers at Larnaca airport intercepted three Greek Cypriot ...

Two tourists from Brazil, aged 28 and 31, were arrested on Monday for the alleged assault on a police officer in Ayia Napa in the early hours. “At around 4am on Monday ...

A large quantity of unmarked and suspected counterfeit goods was seized during an inspection at a transport company in Limassol, the customs department said on Monday. The operation, carried out ...

The fire department  on Sunday evening set up a rescue operation to transport a woman who was injured with a sprained leg at a beach in the Pomos area. Due ...

Planning to create a municipal museum in the historic centre of the city, Paphos municipality on Monday appealed to residents to donate objects related to the history and tradition of ...

In a world where our valuables are more than just material – family heirlooms, critical documents, private keepsakes – knowing they’re safe can feel like a luxury. A new arrival in ...

The Cyprus issue, water scarcity issues and forest fires in the EU and developments in the Middle east will be among the topics discussed in the European Parliament’s (EP) ...

Israeli Deputy Transport Minister Miri Regev is visiting Cyprus until Tuesday, July 8, aiming to deepen bilateral cooperation in the fields of transport and infrastructure. “During her visit, the Deputy Minister ...

Monday’s weather will be mostly clear with a yellow warning in place as temperatures are expected to reach up to 41 degrees Celsius inland. Slightly cooler temperatures are expected in ...

Scrolling through the archive of complaints received by the Cyprus Consumers’ Association (supplied by the CCA, with personal data redacted of course), makes for illuminating reading. “In July 2025 I travelled ...

The woman at the centre of a European Court of Human Rights ruling that condemned Cyprus because the legal service suspended the criminal prosecution of a politician in a rape ...

The latest drilling, due to have been completed on Sunday, in Exxon Mobil’s Block 10 was successful, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Sunday, adding that results would be announced ...

Just a few days after he was slammed by the government and political parties for visiting the ‘presidential palace’ in the north and interviewing Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, MEP ...