Cyprus

Members of the Cyprus customs agents association, who began an indefinite strike on Friday morning over concerns surrounding the new automated import system (AIS), held a meeting with the finance ...

Gender equality commissioner Josie Christodoulou on Friday voiced concern over the low level of female participation in Cyprus’ political life ahead of the 2026 parliamentary elections, warning that unbalanced representation in ...

Police found evidence of illegal bird trapping and possession of related equipment, following an investigation at a residence and enclosed field in Larnaca carried out on Friday, Specifically, police seized ...

Akel on Friday blasted the government of former president Nicos Anastasiades for “criminally erroneous and suspicious decisions” and of incumbent Nikos Christodoulides for “incompetence and irresponsibility” regarding the Vasiliko liquefied ...

The north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Friday said teachers should apologise to him over the months-long saga which enveloped the north’s education system over the ruling coalition’...

The government is awaiting legal advice after the European Commission demanded the return of €67 million it had paid for the Vasiliko liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that was never completed, ...

Trade union representatives on Friday left a meeting with Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) without making any statements. The representatives were quizzed by journalists while leaving ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Friday that people with thalassaemia account for 34 per cent of all blood transfusions in Cyprus. Speaking at a press conference ahead of the launch ...

The legal service on Friday confirmed that it had filed an appeal against the sentence handed down to former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, who pled guilty to three charges related ...

Former directors of the Forestry Department have accused the cabinet of illegally transferring forest firefighting duties to the interior ministry, urging President Christodoulides to overturn the decision. “The attempted reform ...

The presidential palace announced on Friday that the October 1 Independence Day military parade will begin at 9am instead of the traditional 11am – the first time in 40 years the start time ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday ruled out any return to negotiations towards a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, regardless of who wins next month’s Turkish Cypriot ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu met Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York late on Thursday. According ...

There are “unacceptable shortages” of oncologists in Cyprus, state hospital doctors’ union Pasyki warned on Friday, saying that health organisation Okypy had not only failed to solve the problem, but ...

The prosecution in the civilian court case of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July named the witnesses it intends to call to testify against ...

A large quantity of counterfeit goods was seized on Wednesday from tourist shops in the Ayia Napa area, the customs department said on Friday. Following a coordinated operation at four ...

The case against Israeli property developer Simon Aykut, accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, was on Friday adjourned until ...

A 23-year old woman was arrested after a car was stolen in Larnaca on Thursday, police said on Friday morning. She is expected to appear in court later in the ...

Following the success of its premiere last May, the documentary The History of Copper in Cyprus will be screened again in Nicosia. The second screening will take place on October 2 ...

Cyprus has found “sizeable quantities” of natural gas in blocks Pegasus and Glaucus, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou told the Cyprus Mail on Friday, following an earlier announcement by the president ...

Maintenance works on the Limassol-Nicosia motorway will be carried out in the direction of Nicosia from 8 pm until 5:30 am and will be completed by Thursday, October 2. Due to a machine ...

The five Greek Cypriots who had been arrested in the north in July and were later accused of privacy violations, trespassing and breaching the peace, are scheduled to appear before ...

On Friday, the weather will remain mainly clear with temperatures rising up to 35 degrees Celsius inland, 29 degrees on the west coast, around 32 degrees on the remaining coastal areas and up ...

The latest Eurobarometer survey on food safety shows that 95 per cent of Cypriots are interested in food-safety issues and other factors influencing food choices – far above the EU average of 72 ...