Cyprus News

The fifth and final production of this year’s International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama arrives soon as the National Theatre of Greece presenting Euripides’ Alcestis under the direction of ...

Recent opinion surveys indicate that the affordability crisis is the most pressing concern for Cyprus households. Indeed, many state their inability to cope with daily cost-of-living pressures and doubt that ...

Thirty-three people died from drowning in Cyprus during 2025, with authorities warning that prevention measures remain necessary. Marking world drowning prevention day (July 25), the health ministry presented the figures on Friday. ...

The Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition was largely silent on Friday over a bill which was put forward to and eventually rejected by the Turkish parliament late on Thursday night, demanding ...

A new northern bypass road will be built around Limassol, as part of a wider effort to ease congestion in Cyprus’ second city, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced on Friday. ...

The Larnaca district government has launched an educational initiative to encourage water conservation among children as part of its “Larnaca -26” campaign, the authority said on Friday. The initiative includes ...

One in five Europeans and one in four children live in poverty, Social Welfare Deputy Minister Clea Hadjistefanou-Papaellina said on Friday, highlighting Cyprus’ efforts during its presidency of the Council ...

The appeals court has upheld the conviction of a landlord found guilty of burgling a property he had rented out and stealing his tenant’s belongings following a dispute over ...

Non-governmental organisation Kisa on Friday expressed fury after the social welfare services department “abruptly terminated the accommodation and food support” it had provided to 23 Indian nationals, who, it said, are ...

An Israeli football fan was fined €1,200 on Friday after pleading guilty to offences arising from clashes outside the AEK Arena yesterday. The 24-year-old appeared before Larnaca district court, pleaded guilty ...

Up to 33,000 healthy piglets will be slaughtered under a government support scheme aimed at preventing the collapse of Cyprus’ pig farming sector after an export ban left producers facing a ...

A man died on Friday after a 2,500-tonne grain silo collapsed in the Karpas peninsula village of Koma tou Yialou. The man, named as 46-year-old Lokman Hacihasanoglu, was initially rescued ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin on Friday met Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara, as she completed her latest round of contacts ahead of ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested after allegedly driving a stolen vehicle, crashing into another car and assaulting a police officer during a pursuit in the Paphos district, police said on ...

Public safety, crime prevention and strengthening policing in areas with larger migrant populations were the focus of a meeting chaired by Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Friday. The meeting, attended ...

Lawyers Yiannis Ioannou and Simos Angelides have called for the full publication of independent criminal investigator Andreas Paschalides’ Videogate report, arguing on Friday that his second public statement materially changed ...

The Justice Ministry is moving to establish special rapid intervention teams following the seven-hour closure of the Nicosia Limassol highway after a lorry overturned. In a statement issued on Friday, ...

The prosecution in the ‘golden passport’ case concerning alleged irregularities in Cyprus’ citizenship-by-investment scheme told the court on Friday that it had provided all the information requested by the defence ...

The government has assured that any proposals for a settlement on the Cyprus problem falling outside the framework of UN Security Council resolutions would be rejected. Speaking on Friday, government ...

By Marko Ljubicic Sometimes I wonder about the motives of the friends, colleagues and family members who recommend restaurants for me to review. Most, I imagine, have good intentions. They ...

Police have defended their handling of Thursday’s motorway closure, saying the hours-long disruption on the Limassol-Nicosia highway was unavoidable because of the complexity of recovering a heavy goods vehicle ...

Fidias Panayiotou did not attend today’s National Council meeting ahead of next week’s UN talks on the Cyprus problem, claiming he did not possess sufficient knowledge to advise ...

The National Council reaffirmed its support on Friday for President Nikos Christodoulides’ efforts to restart negotiations on the Cyprus problem, welcoming next week’s visit by UN Secretary General Antonio ...

A section of wall surrounding a block of flats in Ayios Dometios, Nicosia, collapsed on Friday during excavation works for the foundations of a new building to be built next ...