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President Nikos Christodoulides will on Thursday meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the presidential palace in Nicosia. During Herzog’s visit the two are scheduled to hold a private ...

On Thursday, the weather will be overwhelmingly clear, however, in the afternoon and evening, increased local cloudiness will be observed, which may give isolated short rain in the higher mountains. ...

Festivals In Kalavasos village, the 12th Xarkis Festival unfolds from September 11 to 13 with workshops, contemporary performances, traditional crafts, botanical goods, screenings and activities for all ages. Antama Fest in Nicosia ...

Transport Minister Evanthia Tsolaki has described the prospect of a tram system in Limassol as “very promising”, as a multidisciplinary team examining the city’s future transport network studies more ...

MPs demanded answers over pollution in the Limassol sea on Wednesday, with the House environment committee expressing dissatisfaction with the environment department. Committee members questioned the department’s position that ...

Mazotos residents and the community council have called for the cancellation of a decision to proceed with a desalination plant on the coast, arguing that there was no public consultation ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that Cyprus could not afford to work separately on national issues, stressing the need for cooperation in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem. “We ...

A total of 760 people who went missing during the Turkish invasion of 1974 remain unidentified, Presidential Commissioner Marios Hartsiotis said on Wednesday, as he called for greater efforts to establish the ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the Great Sea Interconnector on Wednesday. The project was among the main issues discussed during their meeting in Paris, ...

A fire that broke out near Panayia in Paphos was contained on Wednesday evening, with forestry department crews continuing to put out the remaining flames. The fire started in private ...

A used car salesman in north Nicosia claims he received repeated threats and a demand for €400,000 before his business was set on fire, with two young men arrested in connection ...

Five Mercedes vehicles bought in preparation for Cyprus’ EU council presidency have been assigned to the police leadership for transportation, despite their reported cost and specifications, prompting a complaint to ...

Special traffic arrangements will be in place around the Holy Trinity Church in Limassol on Thursday for the funeral of Popi Christoforou, with large numbers of mourners expected to attend, ...

The Irish Kinahan cartel are alleged to have plotted to murder British twin brothers in Cyprus, according to an international investigation which found that smaller criminal networks in Ireland and ...

Criminal and disciplinary investigations are underway against police officers accused of accessing information from police computer systems without authorisation and passing it to third parties. Speaking to Politis on Wednesday, ...

A former monk informed the Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday that monk Nektarios of the Avakoum monastery pretended to be Saint Porphyrios during confessions and used the alleged incidents to ...

Greek singer Giorgos Mazonakis has died aged 54 after suffering cardiac arrest at a private clinic in Athens on Wednesday. According to Greek media report, Mazonakis had gone to a private ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that Cyprus was closer than ever to seeing the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project move towards implementation, following an agreement with Greece and the ...

Police will step up security measures across Larnaca and Nicosia on Thursday as Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Cyprus. The measures will be in place from 9am until 4pm on ...

The value of substantive foreign direct investment (FDI) in Cyprus rose by around 10 per cent in 2025, compared with the previous year, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, as he outlined ...

Consumers paid an additional €23 million for fuel over the past six months as a result of price increases, including €4 million in VAT charged on those increases, the Cyprus Consumers Association ...

Beer deliveries in Cyprus fell by 2.3 per cent in August 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier, although exports recorded a sharp increase, the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) said ...

The audit office on Monday complained that the concessionaire for Paphos public transport company Osypa has purchased only 32 of the 72 new buses it was contractually obliged to add to its ...

Former first ladies, Elsi Christofias and Androulla Vassiliou, are among those from whom police protection is to be withdrawn under a new system taking effect this month. The reform also ...