Cyprus

Cyprus is 29th out of 49 countries in the Council of Europe when it comes to LGBTI+ rights, ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Wednesday. In a statement made on the occasion ...

In today’s episode, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz against his extradition to Germany, as President Nikos Christodoulides said he will raise ...

On Wednesday the weather will be mostly clear with some increased cloud cover in the afternoon. Winds will be initially south-westerly to north-westerly, weak to moderate, up to 4 Beaufort, turning ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will inaugurate the Thalassa 2023 festival promoting marine culture in Limassol this weekend. For the first time, vessels of the Navy, the Port and Maritime Police, Department of ...

Paphos police on Tuesday arrested a man for speeding, driving under the influence of and possession of illegal class A and B drugs. According to police spokesman, Michalis Nikolaou shortly ...

Police in Nicosia on Tuesday arrested a 41-year-old resident to facilitate investigations into eight cases of theft. According to police statement, around 11 pm officers stopped a car driven by the 41...

Police on Tuesday night arrested a woman in Limassol for the theft of €5,000 and other items. According to the police, the money was stolen from a car on Monday and ...

Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a Spanish national who was transferred on Tuesday to Cyprus police custody, in connection with an investigated case of online fraud. The 57-year-old ...

Police on Wednesday announced they have identified the skull found in Koloni as belonging to 79-year-old Briton, Ann Naisbitt, who had been reported as missing at the beginning of April. ...

The Cypriot economy maintained its strong momentum in the first quarter of 2023, with the GDP showing a growth rate of 3.4 per cent on an annual basis. However, there are signs ...

Prison guard members of the Isotita trade union on Tuesday threatened to take measures over the “indifference” of the justice ministry for the issues the sector is facing. The union ...

The labour ministry is set to submit a proposal to grant unemployment benefits to people aged 63 and older who have not yet applied for pension, the House labour committee said ...

Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, on Tuesday referred to “the beginning of a very important period” where there is hope to achieve some progress in ...

Police warned the public over phone scams on Tuesday after receiving another complaint about a scammer impersonating a doctor who defrauded an elderly woman out of €7,000. This is the eighth ...

State health services organisation (Okypy) on Tuesday defended the handling of a cancer patient who allegedly had to wait over three hours at the Paphos hospital’s accidents and emergency ...

A 24-year-old man, who had escape police detention earlier this year, was jailed for 18 months on Tuesday, after he was found guilty on burglary and escape charges. The young man ...

The period after the elections in Greece and Turkey could be a significant, but also the last, opportunity, for “some progress in Cyprus,” Unficyp head Colin Stewart said on Tuesday. ...

The 59-year-old mother of the man suspected to have killed Angelos Perikleous was released on Tuesday as her son and another relative remain in custody. Meanwhile, police have said they ...

Checks will be carried out at tyre fitting services after a bus transporting school-children lost one of its wheels on the motorway last week, the road transport department announced on ...

A €1.5 million fine imposed on the Pancyprian Cattle-Farmers Association (Poa) has been overturned following a court decision ruling the former competition commissioner’s appointment was in fact unlawful, it emerged ...

A new list of natural and legal persons in Cyprus who will be subject to sanctions by the US and the UK is expected on Friday, it emerged on Tuesday. ...

A 42-year-old woman was on Tuesday sentenced to 16-months in jail after she was found guilty of causing a traffic accident that killed the 35-year-old Christakis Christodoulou in Larnaca over ...

Cypriot refugees are forced to live in their cars as they wait for Turkish Cypriot properties to become available amid rent price hikes in the Republic, MPs heard on Tuesday. ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Tuesday said there has been a wave of interest in the proposed Israel-Cyprus pipeline that could offer cheap natural gas for electricity production on the ...