Cyprus News

The Met Office has issued an orange warning for extreme high temperatures, with inland areas expected to reach 43C on Wednesday. The warning was issued on Tuesday and will be ...

Ten months after its launch, the automated import system (AIS) continues to cause issues for customs agents and importers, the agents association said on Tuesday. Head of the association, Christos ...

In the ongoing trial of Giorgos ‘Zavrantonas’ Christodoulou on Tuesday, the defence suggested that the quantity of narcotics presented as evidence is not the same as that seized by police ...

A wildfire northwest of the Ergates industrial area was brought under control on Tuesday after burning around seven hectares of land and causing minor damage to a solar park. The ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin will travel to both Brussels and Ankara ahead of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ visit to the island next week. Holguin ...

The appeals court has upheld a nine-month prison sentence imposed on a woman convicted of distributing intimate photographs and videos of another woman without her consent, rejecting arguments that the ...

The Customs department apologised on Tuesday after an image featuring Archbishop Makarios was republished on its official Facebook page, attributing the incident to what it described as an accidental repost. ...

The Supreme Court has rejected an application by two welfare services officers seeking to overturn a district court ruling, admitting statements made by the late Stylianos Constantinou as hearsay evidence ...

The international promotion of Cypriot artists was the greatest achievement of the cultural programme organised during Cyprus’ EU Council presidency, deputy culture minister Lina Kassianidou said on Tuesday. “This was ...

The Committee of Occupied Communities of Kyrenia, Nicosia and Famagusta expressed support for President Nikos Christodoulides’ efforts to resume negotiations on the Cyprus issue following a meeting at the presidential ...

Cypriot cinema is making a significant impact on the international scene, with several locally funded productions winning prestigious awards at film festivals in Europe and Asia, producers said on Tuesday. ...

Away from the busy summer hotspots and loud late-night parties is a festival tucked away among tall pine trees. There, in the cool evening breeze found only in the mountains ...

A Cypriot family, a Jewish volunteer donor and two Arab couples living in Israel were recently linked through a domino effect transplant system involving a chain of donors that saved ...

Fuel tanker owners, protesting on Tuesday outside the presidential palace, handed a memorandum to deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou demanding more time to comply with ADR requirements, but the road ...

Police on Tuesday said investigations into the case surrounding the publishing of a Down syndrome abuse video are ongoing, assuring its cybercrime unit had undertaken the necessary steps to identify ...

A 44-year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of rape by the Paphos permanent criminal court. The Paphos CID launched a case ...

The father of a three-year-old boy who fell to his death from a fourth-floor window of a hotel in Chlorakas, Paphos was on Tuesday charged with causing death by recklessness ...

A British woman was on Monday arrested at Paphos airport after customs officers seized a total of 44 cartons in her luggage. The cartons, containing 200 cigarettes each, did not bear the ...

Former justice minister Nicos Papaioannou died on Tuesday at the age of 79. Born in Larnaca in 1947, he served on the ports authority’s board of directors between 1982 and 1988, before being ...

Cypriot sailor Pavlos Kontides is sixth overall in the ILCA 7 class after the opening five races of the Los Angeles Grand Slam. After finishing 27th in the first race, a ...

The tender award process for the first phase of the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road remains pending, with an update on the project expected by the end of the month, Paphos chamber ...

The Cyprus Red Cross has launched a nationwide back-to-school campaign to collect school supplies for children from financially vulnerable families ahead of the new academic year. The “Back to School – ...

Authorities in Larnaca have agreed on a series of measures to tackle a rise in vandalism across the city, including the installation of CCTV cameras, increased police patrols and the ...

Moroccan nationals who studied at universities in northern Cyprus have announced their intention to hold a sit-in protest outside the education ministry in Rabat, with the country continuing to refuse ...