Cyprus News

New EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity will increase critical infrastructures in Cyprus to 700 from the current 70, Communications Commissioner George Michaelides said on Friday. Within 2024, new legislation will be ready to adopt ...

Over 250 people were evacuated form a Protaras hotel after a fire started in one of the rooms on Friday night, said fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis. The fire alarm went ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday that EU interference in the Cyprus problem “cannot be accepted” and negotiations can only start after ...

German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz expressed hope on Friday that the EU can “inject fresh impetus” to efforts for the resumption of talks over a settlement of the Cyprus problem. “We ...

Total gross revenue (pay-in) from class A and class B bookmakers amounted to 267.6 million in the first quarter of 2023 marking an increase of 21% compared with the respective quarter of last ...

There should have been an agreement on migration during the European Council, President Nikos Christodoulides said in his remarks after the second day of the summit on Friday. He added ...

The highly polluting Dhekelia power plant must be upgraded because it is “very important” for the state, Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou said on Friday. His statements are in line with ...

Dieticians and nutritionists in Cyprus advised the public to consume ‘everything in moderation’ after the World Health Organisation’s cancer research body was reported to declare aspartame sweetener as a ...

A couple was arrested on Friday afternoon in Larnaca on suspicion of posing as doctors to extort money from an elderly woman, a crime that cost over €100,000 to pensioners of ...

A Cypriot court convicted a man who paid to have sex with a human trafficking victim about two years ago in Nicosia in a first ruling of its kind on ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari visited the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics on Friday where she expressed the state’s continued support for its challenging but important work. Kanari said ...

Akel party leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Friday that it wishes to build a social alliance to include non-members and give those outside the party a voice. Stefanou said that ...

Conclusions in draft resolution of the EU Council on the Cyprus problem and EU-Turkey relations were accepted without changes on Friday, a day after they circulated. On Thursday, President Nikos ...

The first Israeli cruise ship of the summer, named the Crown Iris, arrived in Larnaca on Friday with a total of 1,600 tourists on board. The boat left the Israeli port ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou met with representatives of the lifeguards’ association on Friday to discuss issues such as infrastructure, equipment, and staff numbers. One of the main points of discussion ...

A 20-year-old Greek Cypriot at the Evelpidon Military School in Greece died on Friday, during a training exercise. According to an announcement form the military, the second-year military academy student, ...

Over 70 cadets joined the police force after completing three years of academy training, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Friday. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the police academy, Procopiou ...

We owe it to Grigoris Afxentiou to continue fighting for freedom, Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas said on Friday. With Hellenism driven to its limits, the physical and national survival of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides hoped that the second day of an EU summit discussing a migration deal can break the deadlock after Poland and Hungary slammed the brakes. “It’s a ...

Teenagers from the Children’s rights protection commission met with Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Friday to discuss the issue of bullying in schools. The teenagers presented their findings and ...

A 62-year-old construction worker needed to be rescued by the fire service after falling into a four-metre-deep pit, spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Friday, recounting the highlights of the fire ...

Jarracharra: Dry Season Wind Exhibition continues at the Garage Art Space, Nicosia with the Australian High Commission presenting never-seen-before material that traces Australia’s indigenous culture. This collection features stunning ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari has announced her intention to put into law new regulations on rehabilitation centres. Kanari said that the purpose of the proposed new law “is to regulate ...

Tourism is returning to pre-pandemic levels, deputy minister for tourism Costas Koumis said on Friday. Speaking to Cybc radio, Koumis was optimistic about the tourism industry, saying that it is ...