Cyprus News

By Ioannis Tirkides The Cypriot tax system, which was designed almost a quarter of a century ago, in 2002, is facing problems of ageing. Although it was originally designed to be ...

Christmas week is almost upon us. For most, that means food feasts, nights out, secret Santa gifts and events-hopping. Oh, and some work crammed in between the festive mayhem. Several ...

Alpha Bank S.A. announced on Friday that it has agreed key commercial and legal terms for a strategic combination of insurance activities in Cyprus, aiming to create one of ...

Cyprus’ population, excluding the north, was estimated at 983,000 at the end of 2024, marking an increase of 1.7 per cent from the 966,400 recorded at the end of 2023, the Statistical Service (Cystat) said ...

Cyprus recorded the lowest forest growth rate among EU member states in 2023, at just 1.6 per cent, according to data released on Friday by the EU’s statistical service, Eurostat. State ...

Agricultural payments in 2025 reached €138.7 million, while the total amount the Republic has received from the EU since it acceded in 2004 totals €2.3 billion, commissioner Andreas Kyprianou said on Friday. Speaking at ...

Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre on Thursday night said that Cyprus should focus on “security and defence and competitiveness” when the island takes over the Council of the European ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Friday held a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, with the call coming just days after Iran summoned Cyprus’ ambassador in Tehran ...

The Cyprus grain producers’ organisation has reaffirmed its commitment to defending farmers’ rights following a protest in Nicosia on Thursday. The demonstration formed part of a wider, continent-wide mobilisation against ...

New revelations aired on state television on Friday regarding recent organised neo-Nazi activity at Vergina High School in Larnaca with allegations that more than 100 pupils are actively involved and others ...

The anti-flood measures implemented at 21 locations in the mountainous areas of Limassol, which were devastated by a three-day wildfire in July, have so far withstood seasonal rainfall, Agriculture Minister Maria ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday said that it is expected that United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will return to Cyprus in January, with a fresh enlarged meeting ...

The criminal court trial of former transport minister Marios Demetriades, seven other individuals and two companies, over the issuance of Cypriot passports to foreign nationals, was postponed on Friday until ...

A minimarket in Paphos was ordered on Friday to suspend operations for two days after inspectors uncovered serious breaches of food safety rules. The closure followed intensive inspections that began ...

Israeli property developer Simon Aykut, who was sentenced to five years in prison for the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north, has submitted a request to Justice Minister ...

In the festive spirit of the season, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation in collaboration with the Co-Productions Group, organises the educational, creative workshop Painting and Oral Storytelling for families ...

Beef prices have risen sharply in the run-up to Christmas, while pork has become cheaper, according to data published on Friday. Statistics released by the consumer protection service, inform that ...

Cyprus recorded one of the highest numbers of returns of non-EU citizens in the European Union in the third quarter of 2025, according to new EU data. Across the bloc, 115,440 non-EU ...

Cyprus is no longer a quiet player in innovation. It is now ranked among the top 25 countries in the Global Innovation Index and sits within the world’s top 40 startup ...

The anti-corruption authority has flagged possible criminal liability for former agriculture minister Nicos Kouyialis and two former department heads over the irregular approval of water extraction from the Kouris river ...

Local media on Friday reported that authorities were looking for two people suspected of being involved in the attack on the house of artist Giorgos Gavriel on Thursday night. The ...

The defence ministry declined to confirm or deny whether proposals for a joint rapid task force were discussed, following reports made in the Israeli and Greek press suggesting that such ...

Precautionary disinfection measures have been introduced at the Pergamos and Strovilia crossing points to reduce the risk of a potential outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease after cases were reported in ...

Postcards of the past are now on display at Larnaca airport, from a rare collection by the late Antonis Hadjipanayis. As Cyprus prepares to assume the Presidency of the Council ...