Cyprus

Chinese New Year (on Wednesday) was welcomed in Cyprus in a festive atmosphere, full of colour and traditional decorations that transformed the usually quite drab university amphitheatre into a Chinese ...

The number of asylum seekers has dropped considerably over the past two years, the interior ministry said on Tuesday citing data after the mayor of Nicosia claimed that migrants released ...

Two people arrested in connection with an attempted murder in Kornos were remanded in police custody for eight days on Tuesday by Larnaca district court. The suspects, aged 25 and 24, were ...

Paphos airport is safe, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou insisted on Tuesday, after Israeli airlines suspended their operations in and out of Paphos, Cyprus’ second airport. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

The owner of a hotel development in Latsi has continued construction work despite a lack of permits as the Paphos district organisation (EOA) said on Tuesday it will seek its ...

Russian billionaire and former Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich avoided paying tax on his fleet of yachts through a scheme based in Cyprus, according to reports released on Tuesday. ...

Wizz Air, as part of its aim to connect people from Cyprus to Europe and the Middle East, has broken its own record once again, by welcoming 62.8 million passengers in 2024 ...

Banana farmers in the Paphos district are anxious over the district’s water supply and the impact it may have on their bananas after the draining of the Mavrokolympos reservoir ...

One of two Ukrainian brothers masterminding massive money laundering operations from Limassol has been arrested abroad on a European warrant in the framework of a Europe-wide clampdown, according to Cyprus ...

Negotiators from Cyprus’ two sides will meet on Thursday to discuss the opening of new crossing points, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s special representative Gunes Onar confirmed on Tuesday. ...

After the initial hiccups, the major problems faced by district organisations in their first months since they took over in the summer last year, have boiled down to sewerage, waste ...

To tackle traffic congestion and improve urban development, the municipalities of Limassol, Amathus, and Polemidia have teamed up on a collaborative spatial planning initiative, aimed at enhancing the city’s ...

Tuesday’s weather will be mainly clear, with increased clouds present during parts of the day. Temperatures will rise to around 20 degrees Celsius inland and on the coasts, and 10 degrees ...

Cypriot natural gas will be extracted from under the sea for the first time in 2027, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. Speaking to Politis radio, he said he expects ...

The construction of a new crematorium in Paphos may not be complete until next year, according to reports on Monday. News website Reporter wrote that while the initial plan was ...

Paphos district court issued three-day remand orders against two people, aged 37 and 34, to facilitate investigations into a burglary. Police said the suspects were found in possession of property stolen from ...

A third person was arrested after 9pm on Monday in Larnaca to facilitate investigations into the January 9 attempted murder of a 30-year-old in Kornos. The man, aged 24, is a foreigner ...

January 2025 is the second worst regarding rainfall for the month, the Meteorological Department said on Monday. On Monday morning, rainfall for the month had just touched 17 per cent. The dryest ...

Efforts are underway to determine the source of a sewerage spill in Vati, Limassol, near the biological sewage treatment plant, with the Water Development Department assuring the leak was not ...

A doctor at a state hospital accused of trying to skim a patient’s relatives out of money has been sacked, booted out of the state health services organisation (Okypy) ...

There is no proper record of bullying incidents from previous years, as things were “less formal” and cases were “concealed” for fear of giving schools a bad name, Education Minister ...

Balancing wages and the cost of life was the focus of a meeting on Monday that gathered trade unions from across Cyprus, with trade unionists calling for a meeting with ...

Lawmakers on Monday began discussing two government bills aimed at boosting the stock of residential units and providing affordable housing, but not all were convinced this was enough to drive ...

Children born in Cyprus to one Cypriot parent and the other from a third country are being denied Cypriot citizenship and complaints have spurred the House human rights committee to ...