Cyprus News

House president Annita Demetriou said on Wednesday it was grossly offensive that some quarters were suggesting that as a leader she would be guided from ‘behind the scenes’. “There cannot ...

Police in Paralimni said the fire that destroyed the car of a 54-year-old resident at midnight on Tuesday was set maliciously. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday, Paralimni ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will put forward a proposal during his meeting with President-elect Nikos Christodoulides for bicommunal cooperation on earthquake response in Cyprus. The pair are due to ...

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday announced that the Cabinet has approved a bill amending the Income Tax Law, allowing for an additional tax exemption, in the form of a capital ...

The ongoing trial at the Nicosia court over the ‘golden passports’ took a new turn on Wednesday that led to another postponement until March 8, this time over the composition of ...

Paphos quarry workers said on Wednesday that there is a “glimmer of hope” after the government announced a six-month delay and four-month objection period to the freshly publicised Akamas plan. ...

Cabinet on Wednesday decided to postpone implementing the Akamas local development plan for another six months, as part of efforts to find ways of fulfilling all the goals it sets ...

Subsidies for electricity bills have been extended for another two months in a bid to tackle inflationary pressures, the Cabinet decided on Wednesday. The budget amounts to €30 million for the ...

Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader Tufan Erhurman said the election of Nikos Christodoulides as president gives new hope for the resumption of the Cyprus talks. In a letter sent to ...

A 26-year-old was caught under the influence of drugs and with 1.3 g of cannabis, police in Paphos said on Wednesday. According to police, the individual was stopped by an officer ...

Famagusta district court has sentenced a 41-year-old man to seven months in jail after he was found guilty of assault, which he committed on January 8 in Ormidia. The man was ...

Lighting fires is strictly forbidden outside of designated barbecue areas, the forestry department warned on Wednesday ahead of Green Monday celebrations. With people expected to head to the mountains and ...

In a citizen journalist broadcasting controversial political views on Ukraine from the streets of Cyprus, THEO PANAYIDES finds a man who misses the right to disagree, keen on stressing the ...

Police in Larnaca are attempting to locate a 23-year-old man who escaped from custody on Tuesday night. The man, a Syrian national, was arrested earlier in the day as a ...

“For those who can’t be in Rio… Rio is coming to them, at Ayia Napa Marina,” say organisers of a party this weekend. On Saturday afternoon Ayia Napa Marina ...

In today’s episode, current Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Tuesday bowed out of the race for the next party leader on Tuesday, in what has narrowed down to a ...

A routine exercise to conduct essential emergency military training will be carried out in Ayios Nikolaos, near Dhekelia on Wednesday, between 9am and noon, the British bases said in an ...

Police are investigating a case of shooting and malicious damage to a car owned by a 52-year-old in Limassol. The incident happened at 3.10am on Wednesday, when, according to the ...

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) this week announced that a research team under its nursing department has been selected to participate in the Cyprus Seeds programme, one of only ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit increased by 38.9 per cent between January and November 2022, reaching €6.8 billion compared to €4.9 billion in the corresponding period of 2021, according to a report released this week by the ...

By Martin Clark As a child in 1963, I first became aware that all was not well with our beautiful planet. I know this sounds like rather a young age (I ...

The creation of a palliative care centre has long been a vision and a strategy of Pasykaf, its director of medical services Dr Kyriacos Stylianides said on Tuesday at the ...

President-elect Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday expressed his readiness to meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar whether Unficyp’s chief Colin Stewart would be present or not. Commenting on reports ...

One lane on the Paphos – Limassol highway will be closed from Wednesday through to Friday between 8am – 3pm. According to an announcement by the road works department, the road will ...