Cyprus

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Berlin on November 14 for a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, deputy government spokesman Sebastian Hille announced on Friday. The meeting is scheduled for 1...

A bill proposing an €85 fine for a total of 22 unusual offences was submitted to parliament on Thursday, the legislature announced on Friday. Drafted by the justice ministry following a recommendation ...

Cyprus’ Amalthea corridor for sending humanitarian aid to Gaza has been tried and tested in harsh conditions and remains a secure way to get the necessary help those in need, ...

Greek Cypriots found not guilty By Tom Cleaver The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were on Friday found not guilty of the charges they ...

Cyprus, Greece, Israel and the United States have reaffirmed their commitment to energy security and regional stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, head of the president’s press office Victor Papadopoulos ...

Were you born in a wet year? Or a dry year? According to the data, Cyprus was seriously soggy in 1951, 1966 and 1968 – if you were born over one of those winters, ...

What has been described as “a joyful addition” has arrived at Pafos Zoo as one of its Vietnamese pot-bellied sows has given birth to a litter of four piglets. After ...

A total of 11 buses have been immobilised in Paphos to undergo inspections after a fire broke out in the engine of an electric bus on Thursday, the director of Paphos ...

The Paphos Colts took part in a fantastic youth rugby tournament hosted by Akrotiri Rugby at Happy Valley recently, where teams came together for a morning full of rugby, learning, ...

Over 10,000 boxes of duty-free cigarettes were seized by the customs department on Thursday in two separate vehicle inspections in Athienou and Pyla, authorities said on Friday. A search of a ...

A more than 50 per cent reduction in theft has been recorded since the beginning of June in the Dhekelia area, the Sovereign Base Areas police said on Friday. The significant ...

During a routine inspection of a vehicle at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point on Thursday, authorities seized around 200kg of fresh meat and bones, the customs department said on Friday. ...

A 51-year-old motorcyclist died after being seriously injured in a collision with a van, driven by a 41-year-old who was driving twice over the alcohol limit in Limassol on Thursday ...

The daughter of Tasos Isaac has won an appeal against the Paralimni municipality, which failed to return the unused land from an expropriated plot belonging to her father, who had ...

A man was on Thursday found dead in a house in Nicosia, authorities said. According to police, the man’s body was discovered around 2.30pm in his home in the ...

Multilingualism remains a key pillar of our education policy, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Thursday, expressing the ministry’s full support for the newly introduced annual German Language Weeks. ...

Parliament on Thursday passed a law tightening up the rules on owning certain types of firearms, giving the chief of police total discretion on the granting of gun permits. The ...

Holders of prepaid mobile phone numbers will get a month’s reprieve to register, under a law passed by the House on Thursday. The bill was fast-tracked through parliament, as ...

Government officials on Thursday promised that a series of measures are on the way to correct distortions in the awarding of public contracts, after a recent report revealed a disproportionate ...

ArtCargo Performing Arts Festival enters its first week, filling Limassol’s streets and squares with performances. Following the motto “art belongs everywhere,” more than 30 productions by 12 international collectives will bring ...

The finance minister said on Thursday he is “confident” that the government and parliament will work together to push through the tax reform so that the new system takes effect ...

The government will soon have “specific announcements” to make relating to energy matters, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. He made the cryptic remarks on his way to a luncheon ...

The civilian case against two of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July will continue next Tuesday after the conclusion of this week’s hearings ...

Cyprus’ success in managing scarce water resources could serve as an example for the rest of Europe, the executive director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) Leena Yla-Mononen said on ...