Cyprus

The forestry department on Tuesday found illegal waste dumped in a state forest in Pelendri that blocked vehicle access to a fire lane. According to a statement from the forestry ...

A 76-year-old man who travelled to Cyprus for a holiday in April was on Tuesday sentenced to six years in jail for sexually abusing a six-year-old child. According to newspaper ...

A fire on Tuesday at Dierona burning dry grass and wild vegetation has been contained and houses on the outskirts of the village are now out of danger, despite strong ...

There has been “no wave of cancellations” of tourist bookings in Cyprus in recent days while the conflict Israel and Iran has escalated, Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) ...

Wizz Air is suspending all flights to and from Tel Aviv, Israel, and European flights to Amman, Jordan, effective immediately, until 15 September 2025, the airline announced on Tuesday. It also said ...

Deputy research ministry handed out funds without due diligence, audit office says By Tom Cleaver The deputy research ministry handed out funds without conducting the correct due diligence, an audit ...

Summer in Cyprus comes not with a whisper, but with a whoosh of heatwaves, iced coffees and the annual search for the perfect beach umbrella that won’t take flight ...

The United Kingdom’s bases in Cyprus are “hugely important at this time”, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Monday night, amid an escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. ...

A fire in the bedroom of a ground-floor apartment in Pallouriotissa and another in the Avlona area buffer zone, were the among incidents the Fire Service was called to over ...

A 55-year-old man in Paphos was conned out of €17,000 in an online scam, the police said on Tuesday. The man reported to the police on Monday that he had received ...

A 41-year-old man was arrested on Sunday evening at Paphos airport after getting drunk, causing a public disturbance and resisting lawful arrest, it was made known on Tuesday. The police ...

The police found an improvised explosive device in the early hours of Tuesday, after the pursuit of a motorcyclist. At around 2.30am, a police patrol noticed a suspicious motorcycle with ...

The latest developments in the Middle East were discussed on Monday in Limassol between the defence ministers of Cyprus and Greece, Vasilis Palmas and Nikos Dendias respectively. In a post ...

Five people were injured in a brawl between foreigners on Monday night in Paphos’ Dasoudi park and the police are investigating attempted murder. The police are looking or three more ...

Tuesday’s skies will be mainly clear until midday, when clouds over the mountains will bring isolated showers. Winds will initially be a northeast to southeast gentle to moderate breeze ...

The government’s weekend launch of its SafeCY app, showing the location of bombs shelters in Cyprus so shortly after Iran and Israel started bombarding each other with missiles, was ...

Four people were reportedly taken to hospital on Monday night in Paphos after a brawl erupted between two groups of Syrians. According to reports, police were alerted around 8pm about ...

The former mayor of Paralimni Theodoros Pyrillis died suddenly on Monday aged 60. Pyrillis served as mayor of the town from 2011 to July 2024. Political parties issued their condolences and paid tribute ...

By Tom Cleaver A road tunnel is to be built under the Pentadaktylos mountain range to connect Kyrenia with the town of Kythrea, the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli ...

Defence attorneys in the ‘golden passports’ trial on Monday sought again to demonstrate that throughout the years the cabinet had total discretion on which naturalisation applications to recommend, seeking to ...

The drug problem in the island’s schools has risen to the level of organised crime involving recruitment, trafficking and distribution and the failure to put a stop to it ...

The foreign ministers of Cyprus and Germany on Monday jointly called for a de-escalation of the crisis in the region during a meeting they had at the old Larnaca airport. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will brief the ‘parliament’ in the north on Tuesday on the Cyprus issue and the Israel-Iran war as he accused President Nikos Christodoulides of putting ...

A scam claiming people could earn money through a new initiative is posing as a Cyprus Mail journalist. The website, which has copied the layout of the Cyprus Mail, purports ...