Cyprus News

Three more arrested over shooting of businessman Three more arrests were made in connection with the shooting of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous, bringing the total number of arrests to four, ...

Turkish nationalist political party MHP leader Devlet Bahceli on Sunday night declared the landslide victory of pro-reunification Turkish Cypriot leader-elect Tufan Erhurman to be “unacceptable” and called for northern Cyprus ...

Outgoing Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday night lamented “internal party problems” within the three political parties which endorsed his re-election campaign after suffering a landslide defeat to pro-reunification ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Sunday night said the election of pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman as Turkish Cypriot leader “opens a new chapter of hope and expectations for the ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday night said that the result of the day’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election – which saw pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman elected in a landslide – “...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday night congratulated Turkish Cypriot leader-elect Tufan Erhurman on being elected to the role, and declared his readiness to resume negotiations towards a federal solution to ...

Monday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across the island, though with heightened dust in the atmosphere, and the possibility of sporadic increased cloud cover. Temperatures will rise ...

Pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman was on Sunday elected as Turkish Cypriot leader, unseating pro-two-state solution incumbent Ersin Tatar and winning a record number of votes in an unprecedented landslide victory. ...

A 48-year-old man was arrested in the Famagusta district on Sunday after police discovered 860 grams of cannabis and 270 grams of cocaine at his home during a coordinated operation by the ...

Residents of Anarita staged a protest on Sunday over what they describe as serious accessibility problems caused by stalled roadworks in their community. According to the Coordinating Committee of the ...

Plans to build two new shopping malls just 300 metres apart in Limassol have sparked opposition from MPs and local councillors alike who have raised serious concerns over traffic, urban planning ...

Three volumes about a city totalling more than a thousand pages may appear over-long but not when it covers 37 centuries of history, starting from 1600BC. The three-volume work, titled Walking ...

Opening its doors to book lovers and industry professionals, the Limassol International Book Fair returns to Lanitis Carob Mills on November 21, 22 and 23. The fair opens with a conference where professionals ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was on Sunday reported to the police by the north’s supreme election council after allegedly breaking electoral law during a television appearance on Saturday ...

Cyprus is not merely a recipient of aid but a strategic partner capable of shaping Europe’s future, outgoing European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Kyriakos Kakouris said in an interview ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) will hold an extraordinary meeting via teleconference on Monday at 5pm to discuss the issue of the Cost-of-Living Allowance (CoLA), General Director Michalis Antoniou ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos is travelling to Luxembourg on Sunday to take part in the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC), which will convene there on Monday. According to a statement ...

Psychiatry is currently at a turning point as a new potential trend has been emerging in Cypriot mental healthcare. While still strictly illegal in Cyprus, elsewhere psychedelics are moving away ...

The government remains firmly committed to the goal of Cyprus’ liberation and reunification, making full use of all diplomatic and negotiating avenues to resume peace talks, Deputy Government Spokesman Giannis ...

The police force recently received its first EU-funded armoured vehicle, capable of withstanding high-powered rifle bullets. It’s an impressive, if extremely intimidating, piece of kit. Fully funded at €755,000, the ...

Five people were arrested for various offences during coordinated police operations in Larnaca on Saturday night and early Sunday, police said. The checks were carried out as part of ongoing ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with his Omani counterpart, Dr Hilal bin Ali Al Sabti, covering cooperation in healthcare, medical and pharmaceutical sciences, and ...

Archbishop Georgios on Sunday said that the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s decision regarding former Paphos Bishop Tychikos is accepted by the Church of Cyprus, expressing hope that ...

A new community playground in Farmakas was officially inaugurated on Saturday by Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou, marking what he described as “a meaningful investment in our children and in the ...