Cyprus

A session of the House audit committee looking into a €14 million tax debt to the state ended abruptly on Thursday amid accusations of disrespect and obstruction by a state’s ...

A 35-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday evening after being found to be in possession of large quantities of cannabis, which were kept in his vehicle, in his ...

A 17-year-old boy was assaulted in a homophobic attack carried out by two unidentified suspects in a homophobic attack in Lakatamia, Nicosia, shortly after midnight on Thursday. “We are investigating ...

The launch of a new nationwide screening programme for bowel cancer on Thursday offers free testing to thousands of people across Cyprus to detect the disease early and save lives. ...

Parents reacted with fury on Wednesday night after a school bus overturned in the Karpas peninsula village of Yialousa and 28 children and the bus driver were hospitalised. The bus had, ...

Greece expressed its support for the European Commission’s announcement of Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem, though Turkey was less enamoured by the decision. Greece’...

The government is pursuing a full postponement of payment of so-called “green taxes” by Cyprus, according to recent statements of President Nikos Christodoulides on the matter. Negotiations to officially alter ...

Authorities conducted a large scale operation in old Nicosia which resulted in the arrest of two people, it was reported on Thursday. According to the police, the operation was carried ...

Authorities were on the alert on Thursday after a fire broke out at a lyceum in Lakatamia, Nicosia. Police reported that the fire service had been called shortly after 6am ...

A 25-year-old man is hospitalized in serious condition on Thursday after being injured in a traffic accident on the new Nicosia-Tseri highway. According to the police, the accident happened shortly ...

Thursday will be mainly fine with periodic increased clouds, and temperatures rising to 30C inland, 21C in the mountains, 24C on the west coast, and 27C on the remaining coasts. ...

While the growth in Airbnb accommodations boosted the broader regional economy, it has raised concerns over its impact on the traditional hotel sector, the Paphos Tourism Board (Etap) said on ...

Cyprus is preparing to roll out a global campaign aimed at bringing back talented Cypriots from abroad, President Nikos Christodoulides announced during the IN Business Awards 2025. The initiative, titled “Minds ...

Austrian politician Johannes Hahn has been appointed as the European commission’s special envoy for the Cyprus issue, a move broadly welcomed by political parties in the republic. The appointment, ...

Austria’s Johannes Hahn was on Tuesday appointed as European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s special envoy for the Cyprus problem. President Nikos Christodoulides welcomed Hahn’s appointment ...

The battle to free nearly 10,000 “trapped buyers” in Cyprus is heating up, as banks and credit institutions voiced strong opposition to a new law proposal discussed on Wednesday in Parliament. ...

Residents in Nicosia and its western suburbs on Wednesday faced reduced access to drinking water after a serious fault was detected in a main water supply pipeline. The water development ...

The thirteen mobile desalination units set to arrive on the island as a gift from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are to be reserved solely for use in Limassol, it ...

Wednesday’s parliamentary session on controversial protest legislation abruptly ended after too few MPs turned up to begin the debate. A key discussion on a bill to replace Cyprus’ current ...

A Nicosia court ruled on Tuesday against the state-owned Housing Finance Corporation (HFC) for including unfair terms in its loan agreements with consumers, in breach of Cyprus’ consumer protection laws. ...

The Cyprus bar association said on Wednesday it was “surprised” that the Cyprus Public Audit Oversight Board could not back allegations it made in parliament on Monday that lawyers were ...

The demand by descendants of artist Stass Paraskos to have use of facilities at the Lemba Cultural Village is not supported by legislation nor by the opinion of the legal ...

The education ministry has started providing materials to schools to improve Greek language learning for students for whom it is a second language, it announced on Wednesday. The materials, which ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP ‘MP’ Sami Ozuslu on Tuesday night suggested that the north be renamed as the “hitman’s paradise of northern Cyprus”, in response to the ...