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President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman agreed to meet again next week following what the United Nations described as a constructive meeting on Tuesday in the UN ...

Israel Shipyards and Rafael are reportedly close to securing a €150 million agreement to supply Cyprus with naval vessels and weapons systems, in what would mark another significant step in the ...

The Green Party on Tuesday called for tougher measures to tackle animal abandonment following incidents in which dogs were struck by vehicles in Kornos, Kofinou and Anglisides. In a statement, ...

The special refrigerator placed next to the Paphos general hospital morgue is to temporarily store bodies while works are under way to repair the alarm system, state health services Okypy ...

Two former directors of a Cypriot company tied to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich are due to stand trial at the Limassol district court on November 26 over €25 million in unpaid VAT. ...

A campaign group opposing a planned desalination plant along the Mazotos coastline has collected 500 signatures from residents and is seeking a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides to raise its concerns. “...

Hadassah Hospital is under scrutiny after Israeli media reported that it opened a medical centre in Limassol without informing Israel’s health and finance ministries, which oversee its finances and ...

International Chess Federation (FIDE) president Timur Turlov and Freedom24 chief executive Evgenii Tiapkin met President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia on Monday to discuss the development of ...

The reduced tax on heating fuel is expected to come into force on Friday, deputy chairman of the House finance committee Diko MP Chrysis Pantelides said on Tuesday. Speaking to ...

The court of appeal ordered a three-year suspension of prison sentences imposed on a man for burglaries and other offences, deeming that the court of first instance had not taken ...

A new temporary exhibition is open at the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia, presenting for the first time a significant part of the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection. The exhibition Messages ...

A vehicle burst into flames in a mall carpark late on Monday afternoon in Nicosia. The fire brigade said the carpark was subsequently closed until the fire was extinguished and ...

The global call to action on thalassaemia, which was drafted in cooperation with the Cyprus government and announced during a high level meeting held in Cyprus to mark World Thalassaemia ...

Cyprus recorded the third-highest tourism intensity in the European Union in 2025, with an average of 19.4 nights spent in tourist accommodation per resident, according to a report from Eurostat. The island ...

A man was injured on Tuesday morning when he swerved off the road in Paliometocho, Nicosia, and ended up in a field, trapped in his car. The police were notified ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman meet on Tuesday at 11am in Nicosia, with Christodoulides saying he was approaching the meeting with the sole aim of achieving ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested early on Tuesday in connection with the kidnapping of a 24-year-old man on Friday in Limassol and causing grievous bodily harm. The police are searching ...

Six people were arrested, including for possession of drugs and illegal residence, during overnight police operations. The police pulled over 472 vehicles and checked 583 drivers and passengers. A total of 294 reports ...

Mostly sunny weather is forecast for Tuesday with a few passing clouds. Winds will be a variable gentle breeze of 3 Beaufort, gradually becoming a gentle to moderate breeze of 3 to 4 ...

Cyprus had 17.1 per cent of its population at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2025, below the European Union average of 20.9 per cent, according to figures published by Eurostat. The ...

Vine growers in Troodos have sounded the alarm over the future of vineyards in the Pitsillia area, calling on Monday for financial support from the state to counterbalance the damage ...

The termination of the contract for the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road was unavoidable, as was the rejection of tenders by the tenders board, the public works department said in a statement ...

Monitoring and tackling ‘hate speech’ online require a comprehensive legal framework, with care taken to ensure that free speech is not unduly infringed upon, MPs heard on Monday. At the ...

The government expects the LNG import terminal at Vasiliko to be up and running by 2030, Energy Minister Michalis Damianos said on Monday. Taking questions from MPs after presenting the ministry’...