Cyprus

An incident involving the injury of an anti-poaching officer in Nicosia was reported on Thursday. According to local media, the incident unfolded on Wednesday around 1pm when members of the ...

Police have requested the cooperation of the bicommunal crime committee in the ongoing Potamia case from its outset, the force said on Thursday. They have also requested the help from ...

Police in Nicosia arrested two people, aged 36 and 29, wfor an investigated case of burglary and theft. According to the police the crimes were committed between January 8 and 9, by unknown persons ...

Thursday will see largely clear skies and mild weather in most areas of the island, with a chance of showers in the mountains and in the southeast. Temperatures will rise ...

Spain’s decision to impose steep taxes on non-EU property investors using platforms like Airbnb has sparked debate over whether countries like Cyprus and Greece will benefit from the shift ...

Two of the three Turkish Cypriots who were declared wanted by the Republic of Cyprus’ police in relation to the shooting of a 24-year-old Pakistani national on Wednesday publicly denied ...

Cyprus’ first Vice President Dr Fazil Kucuk and his successor Rauf Denktash, who went on to serve as Turkish Cypriot leader for over three decades, were remembered at ceremonies in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday night hailed the ceasefire agreement struck between the State of Israel and insurgent group Hamas in Gaza. “I welcome the ceasefire agreement in Gaza with ...

Cyprus has been authorised to buy military hardware directly from the United States government after joining three programmes run by the country’s department of defence on Wednesday night. As ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads the way in the first poll of the year to ask Turkish Cypriots who they plan ...

An explosion at the entrance of an empty house in Limassol, in the early hours of Wednesday, damaged the door and some furniture. The owners, who are in the process ...

Cyprus’ population recorded an increase of 1.8 per cent in 2023 compared to 2022, according to demographic data released on Wednesday by the Statistical Service. The number of births increased in 2023, while the ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides presented three reports on Wednesday to President Nikos Christodoulides, informing him that over 3,000 complaints had been processed by her office in 2024. The reports on work done ...

The labour minister, Yiannis Panayiotou’s public row with Apoel football club took a new twist on Wednesday when he told Alpha TV that he and his family had been ...

The Polemi community leader, Polykarpos Polykarpou has demanded the removal of an illegal dump site and its replacement with a green spot. “This is an illegal dump where residents from ...

The Cyprus College of Art will host an art exhibition on Saturday in protest of the government’s decision regarding the school’s future. Following the completion of works for ...

In the spring of 2022, which was declared the year of women’s chess by FIDE (International Chess Federation), the first national women’s championship was held in Cyprus. Three months ...

The cabinet has approved an amount of €1.5 million for the dredging and renovation of the Larnaca marina, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Wednesday. The work is seen as essential ...

Pulmonologist Dr Alexis Papadopoulos, speaking on Sigma TV’s Protoselido, warned that high dust levels pose dangers not only to members of vulnerable groups but to the entire population. With ...

Two new bills facilitating breastfeeding in public areas and the workplace were approved by the cabinet on Wednesday, as part of the government’s policy to protect, encourage and support ...

After being on the rotation of clean, cook, eat, repeat over the holiday period, we could take no more gave ourselves a rest and went out for a well-deserved treat. ...

Lawyer Theophanis Andreou on Wednesday slammed the health minister for his handling of the suspension of state pathologist Nicholas Charalambous over the Potamia fatal shooting case. “The minister was completely ...

The Cyprus Consumers Association (CCA) recorded thousands of consumer complaints in 2024, marking a 24 per cent increase compared to the previous year. The association’s annual report, released on Wednesday, showed ...

Ten flu-related deaths have been recorded this season in Cyprus, primarily among vulnerable elderly individuals with underlying health conditions, while one infant died of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), health ministry ...