Cyprus

A “person who is known to the authorities” survived an attempted murder in the Larnaca district on Thursday. The crime was committed at around 11.30am near the Dromolaxia industrial area, ...

A 36-year-old Israeli man appeared in court in Kyrenia on Thursday after having been arrested the previous day following an Interpol red notice in his name, after he was accused ...

Private criminal prosecutions against the seven people held responsible for the death of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou, who was killed in 2005, are to be filed within the next two weeks, the ...

Reports from the various government departments involved in the wildfire response are expected to be submitted to the Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou by the end of Thursday. Once reviewed, the ...

A 74-year-old man was remanded for four days by Larnaca district court on Thursday for the attempted destruction of property. The warrant was issued to facilitate police investigations into a ...

Developments in the region, the shaping of strategic bilateral cooperation and the Cyprus problem will be at the centre of the meeting between Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and French Foreign ...

Nicosia’s central Larnaca avenue has been closed from the University of Cyprus roundabout to the traffic lights near the Sklavenitis supermarket in Aglandija since 8am on Thursday. The road ...

Residents in several villages in the Larnaca district are facing reduced water supply on Thursday due to a fault in a main water transmission pipeline, the Larnaca district organisation (EOA) ...

A Cyprus-based shipping company by the name of “GMCG Ltd” was designated as “blocked property” by the United States’ government as part of the country’s latest round of sanctions ...

Cyprus Public Transport expressed its fury on Thursday over workers in Larnaca’s decision to go on strike on Wednesday evening. A total of 120 Larnaca-based Cyprus Public Transport employees, including ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday instructed the commissioner for mountainous communities Charalambos Christofinas to monitor and supervise the implementation of the wildfire relief measures decided by the cabinet on Wednesday. “...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested over alleged spying in the north on July 19 are set to appear before Trikomo court on Thursday as their trial proceedings resume. Their ...

A 66-year-old woman is in critical condition after being run over by a vehicle in Limassol on Wednesday evening. According to the police, the accident occurred around, when a car ...

On Thursday, the weather is expected to be mainly clear, although there may be an increased likelihood of low clouds in some areas. The temperature will reach up to 36 degrees ...

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More than 10,000 student grant applications remain unexamined, the progressive student movement has warned, calling the delay “a breaking point” for students who depend on state support to continue their studies. ...

Former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Kudret Ozersay on Wednesday night announced that he will not stand in this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election. Ozersay had stood in both the 2015 ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym Jomart-Tokayev had “discussed respecting the equal and inherent rights of the Turkish Cypriots”. Speaking following a bilateral ...

The diplomatic corps have been rattled by information that the cabinet had secretly decided to pay for a costly campaign in New York to get the foreign ministry’s permanent ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday backed, in principle, the new laws passed by parliament to regulate multiple pensions for state officials. However, following advice from the legal service, he has ...

The Department of Road Transport (TOM) has issued an urgent recall of specific Citroen vehicles in Cyprus due to serious safety concerns related to defective Takata passenger airbags. According to ...

Τhe two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, commonly known as ...

The electricity authority of Cyprus (EAC) will restart its large-scale installation of smart meters across the island on August 1. The move is part of a long-term plan to modernise electricity ...

Authorities have seized approximately 4,000 counterfeit clothing and accessory items in a coordinate operation targeting tourist shops in Ayia Napa and Protaras, the Customs Department announced on Wednesday. The raid, carried ...