Cyprus News

Three prosecution witnesses in the Avakoum monastery fraud trial testified on Monday, saying that the monastery had either taken amounts from them without issuing receipts or owned them thousands of ...

The security forces are featured on a commemorative set of postage stamps presented on Monday in Nicosia, when Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki stressed that safety was a fundamental priority for ...

Book lovers, publishers, authors and everyone in between, get ready for the 11th Nicosia Book Fest. With more than 100 exhibitors and over 100 events, the festival opens its doors this October, ...

The police and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) warned the public on Monday that false and malicious messages appearing as sms notifications from the national health system (Gesy) are still ...

MPs said no on Monday to the release of €146,000 to upgrade traffic camera systems and to the photo radar list, which would enable authorities to collect outstanding fines at crossing ...

Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis on Monday said he was unaware of any plans to redesign the route of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) between Greece and Cyprus. Asked about ...

Changes to the bill concerning the ‘first pillar’ of pension reform may be made after the legislation has been tabled to parliament, the labour minister said on Monday. Marinos Mousiouttas ...

An improved government proposal aimed at resolving the ongoing dispute with hourly-paid public sector workers will be put before employees for a decision, unions said on Monday following a meeting ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday hailed the government’s new system of allocating property which belongs to Turkish Cypriots who fled northwards during and after 1974, with those properties now ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday promised that “new measures” will be put before cabinet when it meets later this week to ease the rising cost of living. “The government ...

The Red Flag platform aimed at reporting high-risk cases of violence early and allowing authorities to intervene before it escalates is expected to become operational in early 2027, the justice ministry ...

Low-flying aircraft will pass over Nicosia on Tuesday morning as part of preparations for Cyprus’ Independence Day military parade, the National Guard warned on Monday. The National Guard said the ...

Police said the cause of a fire which broke out on Monday morning at a car hire office in Larnaca remain unclear after government services visited the site of the ...

Almost 3,000 years ago, someone in what is now Larnaca (and was then Kition) was buried with an extraordinary collection of gold jewellery. There were earrings, bracelets, rings, a necklace and ...

The forestry department on Monday urged mushroom pickers to avoid damaging forest ecosystems as the wild mushroom season gets under way. The department called on the public to collect mushrooms ...

House President and Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Monday announced that she will stand for the party’s nomination to be its candidate at the 2028 presidential election. “I feel the ...

It is “inconceivable” that the Great Sea Interconnector project, which, if completed, will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, could be “obstructed” by Turkey when seabed surveys ...

In 2025, just 1.9 per cent of Cypriots aged 16 and over consumed alcohol daily, falling significantly below the European Union average of 4.8 per cent, according to Eurostat data released on Monday. While ...

Two more bodies have been found near the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia last month, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Monday, ...

Twenty-one people were rescued after a boat capsized off Dasoudi in Limassol on Monday morning, with some managing to make their own way to shore. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, ...

The Greek Cypriot side has accused the Turkish Cypriot side of following a “pattern of obstruction” which is preventing efforts to accelerate moves towards renewed Cyprus talks, negotiator Menelaos Menelaou ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday excoriated President Nikos Christodoulides’ course of action during the United Nations’ “high-level week” in New York, saying that in the circumstances, a tripartite ...

Police have begun questioning 27 people over more than 100 social media posts and advertisements allegedly linked to May’s parliamentary elections and published during a period when election-related campaigning was prohibited. ...

Five establishments in Paphos were reported for noise violations during a coordinated police operation, authorities said on Monday. The operation was carried out overnight between September 25 and 26 as part of ...