Cyprus News

Cyprus’ long-running debate over who can claim halloumi intensified recently after a new statue in Pissouri drew waves of online attention and revived an old dispute over the cheese’s ...

Cyprus is home to some of the most significant cultural sites in the eastern Mediterranean, several of which have been recognised by UNESCO for their universal value. From Neolithic settlements ...

Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Menelaos Menelaou and undersecretary to the Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Dana will hold a one-on-one meeting before President Nikos Christodoulides, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, and ...

A British member of parliament from the country’s ruling Labour Party has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Girne American University in Kyrenia, the university announced on Sunday. ...

A 36-year-old man has been arrested pursuant to an international arrest warrant at the Ledra Street crossing point, and stands accused of attempted murder, among other allegations, the police said ...

A car was abandoned in the middle of a road after a fight broke out between what the police on Sunday described as “unidentified individuals” in the Famagusta district village ...

A food delivery rider said he was attacked and robbed while returning from a delivery in Limassol, the police said on Sunday. According to the police, the man said he ...

Storm Byron will continue to batter Cyprus with thunder, lightning, wind, and rain on Sunday, with hailstones also expected in some parts of the island. Temperatures will reach a high ...

In a world ever more treacherous to navigate, its certainties drowned in a rising tide of noise and falsehood, a new initiative promises to hand the public a compass. EnPsema? (...

MPs literally have their work cut out for them as the clock winds down on the calendar year, before the end of which the government expects them to have passed ...

A fresh yellow weather warning for rain and storms on Sunday was issued by the met office on Saturday evening as Storm Byron’s effect begins to be felt in ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Saturday decried the “constant arms race undertaken by the Greek Cypriot side” during a meeting with Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz in Ankara. ...

The European Union’s envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn is to return to Cyprus next week, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Saturday. Speaking after President Nikos Christodoulides’ ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Saturday promised that Friday’s cabinet reshuffle will have no effect on Cyprus’ preparations to undertake the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency ...

Edek leader Nikos Anastasiou on Saturday ruled out the prospect of his party withdrawing its support for the government after his party had hours earlier released a statement expressing fury ...

The European Commission has allocated €2.3 million from the European Union solidarity fund to help Cyprus recover from the extensive wildfires which broke out in the Limassol and Paphos districts in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides “has answers for all issues” related to ongoing talks on the Cyprus problem, including Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s four points to restart negotiations, government spokesman ...

A 44-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a holy relic from a church in the Nicosia district village of Pano Deftera, the police said on Saturday. The ...

A yellow weather warning has been issued by the met office for storms on Saturday. The warning will remain in effect between midday and 6.30pm, with storms expected to hit ...

Storm Byron is set to bring with it rain and storms on Saturday afternoon, with it possible that hailstones will also fall in various parts of the island. As such, ...

The footsteps of the people of the city become the common ground of memory, says the Larnaca 2030 team as it presents an exhibition by visual artist Marios Spiliopoulos, Human Traces ...

Following the passage of a new bill on Thursday, migrants granted asylum in Cyprus will soon be at risk of losing their international protection status if they commit crimes, making ...

George Penintaex is to become a member of parliament for Dipa after one of the party’s MPs, Marinos Mousiouttas left parliament to become labour minister on Friday. He joins ...

Four new names are set to be added to Cyprus’ cabinet on Monday with six positions changing hands following President Nikos Christodoulides’ announcement of a cabinet reshuffle on Friday evening, ...