Cyprus

With an occupancy rate of 226.2 per cent, Cyprus had the most overcrowded prisons among EU member states in 2023, according to data released by Eurostat on Monday. In 2023, 13 EU member states ...

The first meeting of the bicommunal Technical Committee for Youth Matters took place on Monday at Ledra Palace. Committee members briefly checked in with both President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish ...

A total of 1,970 packs of cigarettes and over 20 kilos of rolling tobacco were seized off two British tourists departing from Larnaca airport on Friday. According to police the tobacco products ...

The Cyprus Journalists’ Union (Esk) on Monday expressed serious concern for the safety of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ayşemden Akin after she reportedly received death threats over a corruption story ...

A large quantity of untaxed tobacco products was discovered in Nicosia during a police operation on Friday, prompting swift action from customs officials. Members of the Nicosia crime prevention unit ...

Cyprus on Monday publicly thanked the United Arab Emirates for its swift and generous assistance in tackling the island’s growing water crisis. President Nikos Christodoulides called UAE President Mohammed ...

A 51-year-old man is being treated in Nicosia general hospital after colliding with two parked vehicles in Nicosia on Sunday afternoon while drunk driving. Police said the man lost control ...

Officials from the agriculture ministry are expected to carry out onsite assessment of crop damages in Paphos on Monday, caused by severe weather over the weekend. Hailstorms on Sunday wreaked ...

A major agreement to connect Cyprus and Israel’s electricity systems is expected to be signed within 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Monday. The deal, part ...

Sections of the Nicosia-Limassol and Nicosia-Larnaca highway will be closed for overnight works, starting on Monday. The works are expected to last until Thursday. On the Nicosia-Limassol highway, works will ...

A second meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will take place on Monday following the informal meeting between the two leaders in Geneva, Switzerland in ...

Monday will be mainly clear with some localised clouds and a chance of afternoon showers in the mountains and in the south. Temperatures will rise to 27C inland, 25C on ...

Roads were closed and the electricity briefly turned off in Nicosia’s Engomi on Sunday night when the fire service responded to a reported leak of gas at a restaurant. ...

Cyprus and Israel share common values and common interests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday after a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides in Jerusalem. As two democracies in ...

Two people were arrested late Sunday afternoon in what police said was a murder case after a man’s dead body was found outside an apartment building in the Neapolis ...

Those who ignore the Turkish Cypriots should know that they will face a stronger Turkey, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters travelling back to Turkey with him from ...

The new Limassol port has rapidly become a daily reminder of Cyprus’ omission to provide the general public with basic facilities. Quite aside from the busy port and cruise ship ...

The invasion of Cyprus served as a stimulus for the defence industry in Turkey and a revolution has taken place in this sector in the last 20 years, Turkish Vice President ...

President Nikos Christodoulides had a “forward looking discussion with my good friend President Isaac Herzog” on Sunday during his one-day trip to Jerusalem. He said the meeting with his Israeli ...

Flights between Cyprus’ Larnaca and Paphos airports and Tel Aviv airport were cancelled on Sunday after a Houthi-claimed missile struck inside the perimeter of Israel’s main international airport, the ...

Now that the weather is improving and hopefully no more storms, we can assess any damage from the earlier colder temperatures and even frosts in some parts. This was always ...

Hello May, hello spring festivals. Over a dozen festivals are about to pop up and add colour and life to every corner of the island. Here are some not to ...

Paphos fishermen on Sunday complained of a lack of support, poor infrastructure and crippling limitations on their ability to fish imposed on them by the municipality and the Ports Authority. ...

The sympathy of the Cypriot people was on Sunday offered by President Nikos Christodoulides during his visit to Jerusalem to relatives of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023. “We ...