Cyprus News

A 48 per cent increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting the north was recorded during the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year, ...

Voting for Turkish citizens begins on Saturday in the north in view of the second round of Turkey’s presidential elections on May 28, which will last for five days from ...

Cyprus is facing an unprecedented housing crisis, which primarily affects the younger generations, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday as he laid the foundation stone for the new social housing ...

Nesting season has begun for Cyprus sea turtles, the fisheries department announced on Friday, saying the first nests were spotted at Lara Beach in Polis Chrysochous. The department cautioned the ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Friday stated that it has recently detected additional cases of fraudulent impersonation of CySEC officers and representatives, following an earlier warning, issued ...

May is full of celebrations, including May 21’s European Natura 2000 Day, all about nature, preservation and protection. Themed events take place all over Europe and this year, the Cyprus Department ...

Cypriot firm Ask Wire on Friday released a report examining the age of buildings in the city and suburbs of Limassol, helping to outline the trajectory of residential development over ...

The electricity authority (EAC) on Friday said the long anticipated installation of smart meters is expected to take at least two and a half years to complete, in the wake ...

President Nikos Christodoulides admitted on Friday that mistakes were made on the appointment of advisers as cabinet is expected to adopt specific criteria for the position. The decisions were made ...

Two men caught in a murder plot against an anti-Russian regime journalist will not appear in court, police said on Friday. According to CyBC sources, the two Russians, 62 and 58, will ...

Authorities arrested two more suspects, aged 37 and 29, on suspicion of causing a fire in Tochni earlier this week. For the same case, a 51-year-old man was also arrested on Wednesday, ...

Cyprus is taking specific actions in relation to the illegal flight of a Turkish aircraft over Deneia, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. The incident concerns the illegal activity of ...

After Cyprus breathed an initial sigh of relief on Friday over the UK’s and US’ latest round of sanctions, which did not appear to identify additional Cypriot individuals or ...

Prison guards have been exempted from having to take the government examinations in an effort to tackle staff shortages, the justice ministry announced on Friday. This is the first in ...

Women working in shipping must be supported, Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli said. Speaking on Thursday, the minister said an action plan will be drawn up promoting gender equality ...

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 ...

Six vehicles parked in a Larnaca field were completely destroyed by fire, police reported on Friday. According to the police, in the early hours shortly before 2am, police were called ...

Spring is the season to hit the road. Before the summer’s long-awaited music festivals begin, local organisations, artists and communities organise their own festivals in Cyprus’ villages celebrating local ...

In today’s episode, cabinet revoked the Cypriot citizenship of Malaysian-born Jho Low, a fugitive wanted internationally for allegedly orchestrating the theft of $4.5 billion from the Southeast Asian country’s ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 26-year-old woman for working illegally at a Paphos hotel. According to police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, members of the immigration service went to the hotel to ...

Paphos police on Thursday arrested a 34-year-old man for a case of impersonation. According to the police, at 5pm a man presented himself at the departures desk of Paphos airport ...

A new form of telephone fraud is making the rounds police warned on Friday after eight cases of attempted extortion of money came to the force’s attention. In one ...

Registrar of Companies Irini Mylona on Friday morning said her office has been greenlighted to proceed with examination of applications for personnel replacements received from companies caught up in the ...

The electricity authority (EAC) was informed that the installation of 400,000 smart-meters – a crucial element for upgrading the island’s grid – has been freed from the limbo of tender process delays, ...