Cyprus News

Workers at Cyprus Turkish Petroleum (K-Pet) on Saturday brought to an end their strike after the company reversed its decision to lay off nine workers, the Turkish Cypriot federation of ...

Direct Democracy Cyprus leader Fidias Panayiotou on Saturday led a march to the presidential palace to demonstrate against high and rising electricity prices, with the protesters submitting a letter to ...

Customs officers seized over six kilograms of cannabis which had been shipped to Larnaca airport, the department said on Saturday. The cannabis was found on Friday, when officers inspected a ...

The police on Saturday announced that they had arrested a ninth individual, a 17-year-old boy, as investigations into an assault on a 16-year-old boy in the Nicosia suburb of Latsia ...

One of the most distinctive musical creators of his generation, virtuoso oud player and profound connoisseur of Eastern Mediterranean musical traditions, presents his album at the Cyprus Museum this October ...

A 38-year-old man was on Saturday morning arrested for reversing his car into two women who were walking through a car park in Nicosia, while the police said that the ...

Oleg is Ukrainian, 33, and in finance. It’s 7pm on a Friday, the end of a long working week. You’d expect him to be in a bar, letting off ...

Limassol welcomes several new exhibitions this month, many of which coincide with the 5th edition of Limassol Art Walks that took place in early October. Eins gallery currently hosts Alexandros ...

A baby who was diagnosed with legionnaires disease is in a “critical condition” at Nicosia’s Makarios children’s hospital, state health services organisation (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on ...

A 31-year-old food delivery rider based in Limassol has reported being attacked and robbed, the police said on Saturday, with the incident the latest in an ongoing series of similar ...

An 18-year-old male is said to be in a “serious” condition at the Nicosia general hospital on Saturday after having been injured after being involved in a motorcycle incident shortly ...

The police on Saturday announced that they had arrested an eighth individual, a 16-year-old boy, as investigations into an assault on a 16-year-old boy in the Nicosia suburb of Latsia ...

Confidence-building measures across Cyprus’ divide “need to be implemented” so as to “create trust and demonstrate with facts the actual political will” for rapprochement, United Nations Cyprus problem envoy Maria ...

The European Council on Friday night offered its support for Cyprus’ Amalthea humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, calling on the State of Israel to “allow immediate, unimpeded access and sustained ...

Saturday is expected to begin with partial cloud cover across most of the island and rain showers in the Karpas peninsula, with that rain expected to progress across the island ...

For one evening, three neighbouring locations in central Limassol become part of a single happening. Conceived by visual artist Evelyn Anastasiou, TWELFTH NIGHT unfolds across Pattihio Municipal Theatre, its public ...

Larnaca’s self-government district organisation (EOA) has completed almost 92 per cent of backlogged permit applications received from the previous authorities, while at the same time processing all new applications, which ...

Cyprus’ dietitians and nutritionists joined the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Friday in calling for innovation, cooperation and policies that secure adequate, safe, nutritious and affordable food for ...

Stadium authorities have submitted comparative tables of their CCTV systems, the Cyprus Sports Organisation said on Friday. The stadium licencing authority will now examine the information to determine and agree ...

The health ministry has approved the distribution of 10,000 anti-flu vaccines for the private sector from the total secured by the ministry. The decision follows a request submitted this month to ...

A full-scale field exercise at the Central Bank on Friday evaluated the operational readiness and coordination of authorities in addressing a terrorist attack, which could impact the security of crucial ...

The transport ministry assured on Friday that works on the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous highway would continue, based on legal procedures, realistic planning and financially substantiated positions. Responding to criticism, the ministry ...

The Cyprus problem was “all caused by Turkey” and its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, United States Senator Rick Scott said on Friday, as he paid a visit to the island ...

Farmers are set to receive emergency support from the EU to help cover the rising cost of fertiliser and ‘coloured’ fuel used in farming, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. ...