Cyprus

A Nicosia football club will be facing trial this week over the non-payment of €2.3 million in social insurance contributions, it emerged on Monday. It is apparently the first such trial ...

In a move aimed at addressing challenges faced by the media sector, President Nikos Christodoulides, announced an initiative for dialogue with all involved stakeholders to find solutions to the sector’...

It began with a theft.   The theft itself wasn’t unusual – Cyprus is all too used to its artefacts being plundered. In our time, we’ve lost the Kanakaria mosaics, ...

A 35-year-old woman died after falling from a block of flats in Yermasoyia, Limassol, and police are looking into all possibilities. A resident notified the police at 9.30am that a ...

Customs officers seized over 34,000 cigarettes at Paphos airport on Saturday, after checking the luggage of a three-member Turkish Cypriot family departing for the UK. The passengers, holding Republic of Cyprus ...

A special police officer already in custody was rearrested on Monday in connection with a second corruption case. Nicosia district court renewed the officers’ remand order for a further four ...

Stargazers have a treat coming up, when the seven planets of the solar system that are visible from Earth will align for just one night. This spectacular planetary phenomenon will ...

The first witnesses in the opening golden passport trial, linked to the Al Jazeera documentary, did not appear in court on Monday and the next hearings have been set for ...

Pressure is mounting on the government amid calls for the resignation of the justice minister and the police chief, following the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Pakistani man during a ...

The trial of Turkish-Jewish land developer Simon Aykut, who was arrested in early June and is accused of occupying Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied regions, has been rescheduled by ...

The opening of a crossing point at the Turkish Cypriot-held enclave of Kokkina was revisited by the mayor of Polis Chrysochous Yiotis Papachristofi, and Kato Pyrgos community cluster leader Nikos ...

The latest microbiological testing showed no pollution of the waters at Geroskipou beach, therefore it is safe to swim in the area, according to the Municipality of Ierokipia on Monday. ...

Announcements by political parties insinuating a police cover-up in the case of the death of the 24-year-old Pakistani national, are premature and utterly unsubstantiated, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on ...

An off-duty policeman caught two men red-handed on Sunday loading a stolen water heating solar panel into a car. The incident happened at 9.15pm on Sunday. A Polemidia police officer ...

Police arrested a 24-year-old on Sunday who had been wanted in relation to the vandalism at Nikos Solomonides stadium in Limassol on January 2. This was the fifth person to be ...

A 50-year-old was arrested on Sunday night in Limassol for attempting to steal copper wires from a photovoltaic park in Kouka village and causing damage estimated at €12,000. Police said the ...

Monday will gradually turn cloudy with isolated afternoon rains expected. Light dust will also be visible. Temperatures will rise to 19C inland, 21C on the coast, and 12C in the ...

An eight-day remand has been issued for an 18-year-old for attempted car robberies in Larnaca. The boy was reportedly trying to open parked cars on the street, when he was ...

Vehicle registrations in Cyprus rose by 9.1 per cent in 2024, reaching 49,616 compared to 45,494 in 2023, according to the state’s statistical service. Electric vehicles accounted for 4.0 per cent of registrations, up from 2.7 ...

By Leticia Jeeval Pala Throughout her life, the “Damsel of Cyprus” (born circa 1177) was used as a political and diplomatic tool in the conflicts of men. She was the daughter ...

Despite early progress in reducing road deaths, Cyprus experienced a 22 per cent surge in road fatalities in 2024, reversing a two-year downward trend. Authorities reported 41 deaths, compared to 34 in 2023, when the ...

An independent investigator has been appointed over the death of a 24-year-old Pakistani national, who was shot at by police, it was decided on Sunday. State pathologist Nicholas Charalambous will ...

Kurds in Cyprus participated in a protest in Nicosia on Sunday, demanding the termination of Turkey’s offensive against Rojava in north Syria, and stressing the need for the international ...

A pilot food waste management programme is about to be launched in Paphos, chairwoman of Paphos’ social welfare committee Mariella Theophanous has said. The food waste programme will give families ...