Cyprus

The Czech Republic will provide €1 million in financial aid to Cyprus to assist the island with voluntary migrant deportations. The island’s interior minister, Nicos Nouris, and the Czech Republic’...

Vassiliko Cement Works donated four plots of land, amounting to an area of around 45,000 square metres, to environmental NGO Terra Cypria on Friday. The land, which falls within a Natura 2000 ...

Ways in which Cyprus and the EU can work together to improve the quality of care for cancer patients on the island were discussed during EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides’ ...

The need for the EU to act in such a way as to send a clear message to Turkey that its behaviour is unacceptable was emphasised on Friday by President ...

Local favourite bar, New Division has been serving drinks and good vibes for years. The pandemic enforced numerous changes, from a booking system, totally unlike its style, to a renovation ...

A 62-year-old man died in Aradippou, after sustaining a chest injury from a cow’s hoof after being trampled on a cattle farm, reports said. According to the reports, the 62...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Friday that in the coming months they would be opening a number of ‘municipal’ and ‘government’ buildings in Varosha. Speaking ahead of celebrations ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan implied on Friday that a military base like the drone base in Lefkoniko could be established in Karpasia, reports from the north said. Asked about a ...

The Astrasol Cancer Patients Committee said on Friday they will be protesting a Supreme Court ruling that the factory had no bearing on the high number of cancer cases seen ...

A Greek Cypriot who had been held for over a month in the north for possession of walkie-talkies and photos allegedly showing military installations, was finally released on Friday morning. ...

Strong cooperation within the European Union and beyond is key to prepare for a possible new coronavirus wave and other future health threats, EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on ...

Works on the EuroAsia Interconnector are due to start on October 14 and an inauguration ceremony for the project will also take place on the same day at the presidential palace. ...

Only public transport, delivery vehicles, emergency vehicles, and shop owners and residents will be able to drive down Makarios Avenue in Nicosia as of October 20, as had been the original ...

Police in Limassol arrested a 29-year-old suspected of importing and dealing drugs, they announced on Friday. Members of the drug squad Ykan found the suspect after receiving testimony against him. ...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

The UN confirmed on Friday it has received a request from the Turkish Cypriot side for its peace keeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) to reach an agreement with the breakaway ...

Failing to take basic security measures to prevent vehicle theft constitutes an offence, police said on Friday after a 34-year-old man reported his car was stolen while he left it ...

Five people died from coronavirus between September 30 and October 6 while another 2,789 new infections were detected, the health ministry announced on Friday. The deaths concerned three men and two women aged ...

In today’s episode, President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday told Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan the Cyprus problem needs to be solved and efforts made to revive stalled peace talks. The ...

A high-level meeting titled Covid-19: The Way Forward after the Pandemic takes place in Limassol on Friday, aiming at the exchange of views and experiences among those in charge of ...

A documentary gala screening will take place at Goethe-Institut on October 14 as Asi Production presents its latest project. Olivia is an English-language film directed by Mine Balman that shares the ...

Famagusta district court on Friday approved a seven-day remand for a 26-year-old man arrested in connection with the illegal transportation of migrants. According to police, he is allegedly the operator ...

A 55-year-old man was arrested for arson on Friday morning. According to a police statement the car, which belonged to a 37-year-old man, was set on fire in the early ...

The alarming increase in the migratory flow into Europe will be the focus of the Med5 summit in Paphos on Friday, which brings together the interior ministers of Italy, Spain, ...