Cyprus

A second protest is set to take place in Limassol on Friday evening, following a mass demonstration on Thursday night over the government’s handling of last week’s deadly ...

A seasonal low-pressure system is currently influencing the region’s weather, bringing mostly clear skies across much of the island on Friday. However, some areas in the west and north ...

Donations for the support of wildfire victims in Cyprus have reached approximately €1.2 million, according to accountant-general Andreas Antoniades, who spoke to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Tuesday. The funds, ...

Compensation payouts to the victims of last week’s wildfires have already begun, the government said on Thursday. In a post on X, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said that already €122,000 ...

The energy regulator on Thursday gave a provisional green light to the payment by Cyprus of €25 million to the project promoter for the Great Sea Interconnector, the planned subsea electricity ...

Authorities are prepping for a potential contamination of the water in Kouris dam by ash and cinders once the rainy season begins, media reports said on Thursday. Located in Limassol ...

The next couple of months will see crucial developments regarding the future commercialisation of the Kronos offshore gas field, the energy minister said on Thursday. George Papanastasiou said important talks ...

Thousands, of people held a demonstration in Limassol on Thursday evening, demanding accountability and protesting the government’s perceived inaction during last week’s deadly fires that swept through mountainous ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, who served in the post between 2015 and 2020, described the arrest of five Greek Cypriots in the north on suspicion of espionage it as a “...

Despite a law having just come into force, allowing state officials to waive receiving a pension while still in active service, it turns out this has no practical application, media ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday hailed Cyprus’ “excellent” relationship with France, saying, “whenever there is a crisis, whenever there is an opportunity, our two countries stand together”. “Our two ...

Parents’ groups and children’s cancer foundations have voiced strong disappointment over the transfer of teacher Eleni Anastasiou from the Makarios hospital school in Nicosia, where she had served children ...

The temporary desalination unit in Potima, with a daily capacity of two thousand cubic metres, is its final testing stage and is expected to be up and running soon, Akamas ...

In a major step towards enhancing child safety in Cypriot football, the health ministry and the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) have launched a joint initiative to train hundreds of football ...

In response to growing public concern over roads turning into “racing tracks,” the police are stepping up targeted enforcement efforts to curb excessive speeding, which remains one of the leading ...

Two of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested near the village of Galatia, near Trikomo, on suspicion of espionage, were all remanded in custody for a further three months ...

Two large-scale demonstrations are being held in Limassol on Thursday afternoon, to protest the government’s perceived inactivity during the deadly fires which swept through the mountainous area of the ...

Authorities in Limassol are working around the clock to assess the full scale of destruction caused by the recent wildfire in the mountainous areas of the district. Speaking to the ...

A new online platform has been launched in Cyprus to help the public report fires in real time, following the devastating wildfires that swept across the island on July 23. The ...

A total of 426 more vehicles are now subject to a recall due to the fact that they may have been fitted with faulty airbags, with all 426 having had their MOT ...

The Larnaca criminal court on Wednesday handed down prison sentences of up to four years to five individuals involved in an organised crime ring behind a cross-border network of sham ...

Cyprus’ leading trade unions have confirmed that talks over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) have reached a deadlock and preparations for possible strike action are back on the table. The latest ...

A major standoff has emerged between private pharmacists and the health ministry over proposed changes to pharmacy opening hours. At an extraordinary general assembly held on Wednesday, the Cyprus pharmaceutical ...

Cypriot shipping company Safe Bulkers, led by Polys Hajioannou (CEO), will fully fund and carry out the reconstruction of two churches destroyed by the wildfires that devastated mountainous areas of ...