Cyprus

A 32-year-old man was stabbed at his workplace near Larnaca on Thursday night, with one of his work colleagues having verbally admitted to the crime. Both the victim and the 31...

A parked car was set on fire in the Larnaca suburb of Aradippou in the early hours of Friday morning, with the police saying they believe the fire was started ...

Temperatures are expected to remain abnormally high through Friday, with the mercury inland set to rise to 40 degrees Celsius. Elsewhere, temperatures on the east and south coasts are set to ...

A one-day festival full of street vibes, tradition and community spirit is in the works and is about to dress one Larnaca neighbourhood with feel-good vibes. The Prodromos Street Festival ...

Restoration works have been completed at the monastery and church of Panayia Kanakaria in the Karpasia village of Lythrangomi, one of Cyprus’s most important cultural heritage monuments. The project, ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month were remanded for another seven days on Thursday and will likely enter pleas on August 21. All five briefly ...

A ‘silent protest’, organised by CY Movement to Gaza, was held in Nicosia today for the Palestinian journalists who’ve been targeted and killed in Gaza. Around 242 Palestinian journalists have ...

The continued unlawful detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north constitutes a flagrant breach of fundamental legal principles and human rights, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis told the Cyprus News ...

Cyprus increased its greenhouse gas emissions by 8.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, despite economic growth of 3 per cent, according to Eurostat. This ...

Several individuals of Syrian origin who took part in a brawl on Thursday, August 7, in the Zakaki area of Limassol have been deported from Cyprus, following coordinated actions by the ...

Turkish Cypriot authorities in the north are moving ahead with procedures to reunite 13-year-old Syrian boy Majed Alashtar – who had disappeared from a shelter in Nicosia last week – with his ...

Cyprus continues to struggle with extreme temperatures on Thursday, while the risk of wildfires remains at a ‘red alert’ level. The met office issued a new red warning in effect ...

Early on Thursday morning, an attempted murder and arson took place at a car rental company on the Larnaca–Dhekelia road, as a security guard came under gunfire and four ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is scheduled to meet on Monday morning with the team of American experts specialising in fire investigations at the presidential palace. According to the president’s official ...

Three elderly people are being treated for severe heatstroke at Nicosia general hospital as extreme temperatures and a prolonged heatwave continue to affect the population, with vulnerable groups most at ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday marked the 51st anniversary of the second phase of the 1974 Turkish invasion, pledging to continue efforts for the island’s liberation and reunification. In a ...

Let us start with the definition, what are experimental wines? They are wines born from uncertainty and the constant questioning that drives winemakers to seek new ways to interpret wine, ...

The labour inspection department has ordered employers and self-employed workers to suspend all heavy and moderate outdoor work between 11am and 5pm today, due to extreme heat. The department called ...

Limassol police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with a series of offences, including robbery, a shop break-in, and the theft of vehicles and other property committed in August ...

Police are investigating a case of illegal drug importation and possession with intent to supply, the drug squad (Ykan) said on Thursday. Two men, aged 59 and 32, have been arrested. According ...

Authorities are searching for a suspect in connection with the alleged abduction and assault of a 22-year-old foreign national residing at the Kofinou migrant reception centre. According to the police, ...

The island’s national holiday weekend is here! It is the busiest one of the year, when beaches are packed and agro-touristic lodges are fully booked. Typically, the events’ agenda ...

A website and Facebook page have been set up under the name ‘fothkia.com – The voice of Cyprus’ burned mountains’, urging people to sign a petition to force change so ...

Efforts to upgrade the electricity system have been intensified particularly due to the continuous strain on conventional power generating units during the summer months, the energy ministry said on Wednesday ...