Cyprus News

Cyprus’ Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek) on Monday presented a new roadmap to upgrade the centre of Nicosia. “The aim of the report is to formulate a realistic and implementable ...

Cyprus and France took another step towards closer defence cooperation on Monday, signing an agreement aimed at making it easier for their armed forces to operate together and French troops ...

A strong warning against the illegal use of the title psychologist was issued by the Cyprus Psychologists Registration Council on Monday. It has adopted a zero-tolerance policy following a recent ...

The European Council on Monday approved a European Union law to “reinforce” the rights of victims of crime to receive information, support and protection via a new EU-hotline available via 116 006, ...

A conference on mosquito-borne diseases will take place in Nicosia on Wednesday during a “critical juncture for public health in Europe,” the health ministry said on Monday. The conference is ...

Food is not generally thought of as a record of history. But, recipes get handed down, meals are repeated, and habits turn into routines. In Cyprus, familiar dishes often hold ...

Cyprus is set to receive around €800 million for 2028-2034 to tackle immigration, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. Earlier Deputy Minister for Immigration Nicholas Ioannides said Cyprus, as a ...

Curium municipality and the city of Dazhou, China have signed a friendly cooperation agreement following a visit from Chinese officials to promote long-term relations between the two cities, including in ...

Traditional Cypriot music drifts across Zygi harbour, ice cream melts in children’s hands, and crowds gather in anticipation of the Kataklysmos aquatic games. I arrive just as the event ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday expressed optimism regarding the next steps to be taken on the Cyprus problem after meeting United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin, saying, like Holguin, that ...

The government plans to report what it described as “interference” with communications between air traffic control and aircraft carrying ministers from Greece, France and the Netherlands by the Turkish Cypriot ...

Police and state services are on constant alert to prevent potential terrorist activity, especially following recent developments in the Middle East, police spokesperson Vyron Vyronos said on Monday. He said ...

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities accused of disrupting maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first use of the bloc’s new ...

A forest fire which broke out in the Nicosia district village of Kampia was fully brought under control by 10.20am, the forestry department said on Monday The fire had started ...

Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev on Monday warned his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos that the European Union’s “intensification” of its sanctions on Russia may harm the central Asian country, ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Monday stressed that the Pancyprian examinations are not “the end” for children taking them, but a new beginning, as she visited a high school in ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Monday said that the groundwork is being laid for an enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held, involving the island’s ...

The summer season may be just beginning but for Nicosia’s popular Fork Food Markets, it is coming to an end. For its final event of the summer, it teams ...

Reports that Turkish Cypriot air traffic controllers “harassed” the aircraft on which Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias was flying to Cyprus overnight are “misrepresentations” of the truth, Turkish Cypriot air ...

The ongoing war in Ukraine is set to dominate proceedings on Monday, with the European Union’s 27 defence ministers having descended on Nicosia for an informal meeting of the European ...

A pickup truck collided with a car which was stationary on the hard shoulder of the motorway connecting Larnaca and the island’s east on Monday morning. According to the ...

A fire broke out in a car in the Paphos district village of Tremithousa during the early hours of Monday morning. According to the police, the fire broke out at ...

Monday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across most of the island, though clouds may gather later in the day, with rain and even the odd storm possible ...

If you have been to Governor’s beach over the past year, you may have wondered about the large tetrahedron-shaped blocks that have been piled up further up on the ...