Cyprus

Residents of Larnaca district villages on Sunday staged a protest outside the Dhekelia power station, demanding that it be upgraded with “less polluting machinery” so as to be “less harmful” ...

Disabled people in Cyprus are “invisible” and “deprived of their most basic human rights”, Cyprus Confederation of Disability Organisations (Kysoa) chairwoman Themis Anthopoulou said on Sunday. Speaking to newspaper Politis, ...

Women should be invited to sit at the Cyprus problem negotiating table, not to join the armed forces, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Dogus Derya said. She took to ...

Cyprus must “completely rethink” its relationship with the environment if it truly wants to achieve climate neutrality, environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on Sunday. “If we want to achieve climate ...

Plans are afoot to build two new reservoirs in Nicosia, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Sunday. Speaking to Tak, the north’s news agency, he said plans ...

A 70-year-old man was arrested on Saturday evening after being found to have been almost five times over the legal alcohol limit to drive after running a 62-year-old woman over ...

Sunday’s weather will be partly cloudy across most of the island, with isolated rain possible in some parts, particularly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 17 degrees Celsius inland, 19 ...

Three presidents and 13 years after the discovery of gas in the Aphrodite field, the government this week clinched a deal with US oil giant Chevron for the development of the ...

An agreement was signed on Saturday at the presential palace for the construction of a new Paediatric Oncology Centre in Nicosia, which is expected to significantly upgrade the services provided. ...

A female diver who went missing at the Zenovia shipwreck in Larnaca was rescused on Saturday in an operation led by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC). She was eventually ...

A family of five died in a fire that burned their home in Limassol on Saturday morning, as relatives spoke in horror about how they tried to help but were ...

Cyprus-US defence cooperation was at the centre of discussions held by Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou The Lambousa II vessel was submerged at the Oroklini marine protected area on Saturday to enrich the site with artificial reeds. Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said this ...

Everywhere in the world, two to three babies out of every 1,000 live births will be born with cerebral palsy, described by the World Health Organisation as a complex motor disorder ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday said he might receive an update from the United Nations on the contacts of its Deputy Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo next week, adding that some minor ...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou Cabinet members in President Nikos Christodoulides’ government were ousted from Disy on Saturday after a majority vote among party members. In a party conference to decide Disy’...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou Monday will be a “historic day” for the Republic of Cyprus as two “major agreements” to commercialise natural gas in the Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone will be ...

The left lane of the Larnaca-Kofinou highway that was temporarily closed at noon on Saturday, after a car burst into flames, has reopened, police said. The incident affected the Kofinou ...

The rhythms of the carnival have started in Limassol, where the new King of the Carnival will be crowned on Thursday. In a surprise announcement, Rio Carnival’s King and ...

Two people, aged 30 and 35, were arrested in Paphos on Friday for illegal possession of drugs, police said on Saturday. An arrest warrant was pending for both, and officers found the ...

As spring approaches, the village of Yiolou in Paphos prepares to celebrate the season’s arrival with a festival dedicated to one of its most enchanting sights – the blossoming almond ...

A few weeks ago, we ran a news article on the worst-rated Cypriot food: shamishi! But who decided shamishi was bloody awful, and how? Why is it universally detested? And, ...

Cyprus’ economy grew, albeit at a slower pace, during the fourth quarter of 2024, with GDP increasing by 2.6 per cent compared to the same quarter of the previous year. According to ...

The municipality of Limassol has issued on Friday a final warning to the owners of abandoned vehicles and objects, urging them to remove their property by the end of the ...