Cyprus News

“Severe irregularities” in the construction of embankments and a platform in the Ayios Georgios sea caves area of Peyia were detected by the town planning department, it said on Friday. “...

Polis Chrysochous municipality has opened two new viewing points, one at the town hall and one on Latsi beach, ideal for taking photos at, it announced on Friday. The municipality ...

Friday marked the start of the 2025-2026 school year for senior school students in Cyprus, and the education ministry pledged the education system would undergo significant changes. The reforms are ...

Hailed as the event of the year in Cyprus, an extraordinary ballet performance is said to mark a historic moment for the cultural world. Renowned global ballet performers are coming ...

Members of the US Congress have called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene over the “unlawful arrest and detention of five Greek Cypriots” in the north. The members ...

A 17-year-old boy is in serious condition at Paphos general hospital after being hit by a car late on Thursday night, police said on Friday. The incident occurred at around 10.30...

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty is in Cyprus on Friday for official meetings. He is joined in Nicosia by Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawi. ...

Cyprus woke up Friday, to low clouds and patches of mist, with conditions expected to clear gradually into mainly fine weather. The Meteorological Service said that isolated showers may develop ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday that fast-track clinics have proven to be an effective solution to long-standing problems in the public health system. He said their establishment was ...

Compensation payments of about €44.36 million were made to 4,524 affected depositors and holders of securities from the 2013 banking crisis, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters at the ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Thursday expressed his distaste at the arrest of Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested ...

The Larnaca district court on Thursday renewed the remand of two men, aged 44 and 27, for eight days in connection with the attempted murder of a security guard and the arson ...

The European Commission’s proposal to at least double support to Cyprus for protecting its external borders was a key topic discussed here on Thursday between Finance Minister Makis Keravnos ...

The Cyprus grain producers’ organisation has donated ten tonnes of bulgur wheat and ten tonnes of flour to the Church of Cyprus. The food was made from Cypriot durum wheat ...

A joint appeal has been made to the health ministry by the employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev), the Cyprus association of private hospitals (Pasin) and the Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA), ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday offered his “deepest condolences” to Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro and “the people of Portugal” following the death of 17 people after the derailment of a ...

The former contractor for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project at Vasiliko on Thursday laid the blame squarely on the Cypriot side, accusing it of incompetence and of often acting ...

The transport ministry has instructed the road transport department and the information technology services department to rectify matters after motorists were left without valid road tax certificates despite paying their ...

The government has approved the programmes of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, making it the first Greek university branch to operate in Cyprus. “This marks the foundation of ...

The government has stepped up efforts to revoke citizenships granted under the Cyprus investment scheme, with new cases identified this week. At a meeting on Wednesday, the cabinet approved the ...

The European chief public prosecutor’s office (EPPO) on Thursday confirmed that it had launched an investigation into the Great Sea Interconnector project, which has been planned to link the ...

Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Christodoulos Patsalides on Thursday welcomed the introduction of financial literacy in primary and secondary schools, calling it an essential step for the country’s ...

Police on Thursday announced security measures to be implemented between September 4 and 5 to prevent juvenile delinquency and ensure public safety. With the start of the new academic year on Friday, ...

Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north, was released on bail on Thursday after having been arrested himself on Wednesday. He ...