Cyprus News

Police are investigating a shooting incident that caused damage to two houses in Ayia Napa in the early hours of Thursday. According to the police, shots were fired at around 2...

The proposed legislation allowing the employment of nurses from third countries was postponed on Thursday after the House health committee failed to reach agreement, effectively placing the bill on hold ...

Cyprus has become an associate member of the European Space Agency, the agency announced on Thursday. It said that a seven-year agreement for the island’s associate membership entered force ...

Suspended Paphos mayor, Phedonas Phedonos, will face the first court proceedings on April 2 at the Limassol district court in criminal case involving allegations of rape. The case, relating to incidents ...

Reform of the catering and entertainment sector is set for a decisive vote in Parliament on Thursday, with the proposed legislation introducing extended opening hours, simplified licensing procedures and the ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Thursday said that the purpose of a solution to the Cyprus problem is to re-examine the role of the island’s three guarantor powers, amid ...

Cyprus fell to 62nd place out of 147 countries surveyed in the 2026 World Happiness Report published on Thursday. Cyprus continued its decline in the rankings, from 39th in 2019, 43rd in 2023 and 50...

Cyprus reported one of the lowest shares of internet users engaging in online education in 2025, according to Eurostat. The statistical office reported that only 21 per cent of internet users in ...

One man was arrested and two were taken to hospital after a fight broke in a block of flats in Larnaca on Wednesday night, the police said on Thursday. The ...

Veterinary Services spokeswoman Sotiria Georgiadou clarified processes surrounding the handling of animal carcasses following recent culling measures, outlining what is a tightly regulated process designed to protect public health and ...

Turkey has issued a new notice to airmen (Notam) regarding possible military activities in the airspace above and surrounding the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport, following a back-and-forth of Notams ...

The buildup of foreign military assets in and around Cyprus should not be permanent, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhruman said on Thursday. “I do not think that the military assets ...

Strong objections from students and trade unions were raised on Thursday over proposed legislation allowing the employment of nurses from third countries, as parliament prepares to examine the amendments amid ...

Cyprus faces the risk of losing tens of millions from the European Union’s recovery and resilience fund, with the audit office warning on Thursday that deficiencies in planning and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday promised that “we are going to have an open and frank discussion with the British government” over the future of the United Kingdom’s bases ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said that countries in the Middle East expect there to be “some initiative” to end the ongoing conflict in the region, and suggested that the ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday evening in Limassol after police allegedly discovered drugs in his possession during a search of his property. According to the police, officers arrived ...

Value added tax on fuel has been zeroed in the north to combat price rises amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the north’s ‘energy minister’ Olgun Amcaoglu ...

By Dr Arkadius Sybaris  In 2025, Cyprus curtailed an estimated 306 gigawatt-hours of clean solar energy — enough to power roughly 51,000 homes for a year. Approaching half of all distributed solar generation on ...

The radiotelevision and digital services authority on Thursday announced that it is accepting applications from entities and organisations which wish to act as “trusted flaggers” of illegal online content. “Trusted ...

A fire broke out in an abandoned house in Larnaca late on Wednesday night, the fire brigade said on Thursday. According to the fire brigade, the fire broke out at ...

A yellow weather warning has been issued for “strong thunderstorms” on Thursday. The warning will be in effect between 11am and 6pm, with the met office saying that at the ...

Police in Limassol on Thursday said they are investigating an incident in which a 22-year-old food delivery rider said he had been robbed and beaten. The man informed the police ...

Two people were arrested at Paphos airport on Wednesday after being found to have in their possession large quantities of tobacco products for which the requisite taxes had not been ...