Cyprus News

A 13-year-old boy was found holding a knife at the scene of a fire which was set in the Paphos district, the police said on Wednesday. The boy was found ...

Seven people were arrested during coordinated police operations carried out across Cyprus on Tuesday night. The arrests relate to offences including stabbing, drink-driving, failure to appear in court and living ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he welcomes the two-week conditional ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, which will bring a temporary two-week halt to the country’s ongoing ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has vetoed plans for forest land in the Karpas peninsula to be developed by Turkey’s Istanbul Technical University, sending the plans back to the ...

Two more Merlin Mk2 helicopters have arrived at Cyprus’ British Akrotiri air force base, the British defence ministry has said. The helicopters’ arrival brings the total number of British Merlin ...

A notice to airmen (Notam) has been issued regarding a planned Russian naval exercise which is to take place off the coast of Cyprus, between the island’s east coast ...

In Cyprus, the climate crisis is no longer something we meet in reports about the future. We meet it in shrinking water reservoirs, punishing electricity bills and a transport system ...

The British destroyer the HMS Dragon, which had arrived in Cyprus at the end of March, has stopped at a port in the region for maintenance works and resupply, the ...

Thousands of foreigners owe the Republic several million euros legal fees, with the total sum amounting to €26.3 million, according to an audit report published on Tuesday. “Amounts payable to the ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court has upheld a €2.1 million fine previously slapped on the Organisation of Cattle Farmers (POA) for practices severely constraining market competition, it emerged on Tuesday. The fine ...

In collaboration with STYX Film Encounters and in parallel with the temporary exhibition Christoforos Savva: Simple — Complicated — Invisible: An Unknown Archive, the AG Leventis Gallery presents a series of cinematic ...

Foot and mouth disease has been identified at five additional farms, authorities said on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infected farming units to 59. Three of the new cases were ...

Nearly seven in ten households face financial distress to a lesser or higher degree, while four in ten families have taken out bank loans, according to a survey published on ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Tuesday expressed his “steadfast solidarity” with Qatar amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, during a meeting with his Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman ...

A total of 36.4 per cent of Cypriots aged 65 and older see their health as very good or good, with men at 37.6 per cent feeling slightly better than women, at 35.3 per ...

A total of 510 incidents of violence were reported in 98 schools taking part in a survey for the 2024-2025 academic year, a safe school group report made public on Tuesday said. ...

The Greek frigate Kimon is departing Cyprus, government sources confirmed on Tuesday, following its deployment to the island in March amid heightened regional security concerns. Meanwhile, Elli has already left ...

The Cyprus Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Federation on Tuesday expressed strong concern and dissatisfaction over the dog law passed by parliament on April 2. The federation called on President Nikos Christodoulides ...

Farmers on Tuesday called for immediate compensation and realistic solutions for replacing their livestock after over 30,000 animals have been lost to culling. Chairman of Panagrotiki farming union Christos Papapetrou said ...

A 31-year-old Cypriot citizen of Iraqi origin received a four-year prison sentence on Tuesday for stabbing his colleague. The man admitted to charges of causing grievous bodily harm and making ...

Journalist and Volt candidate Makarios Drousiotis delivered a dossier of documents to investigators at police headquarters on Tuesday, stating that it contains extensive material linked to allegations he has raised ...

Alcohol and drugs are responsible for around 24 per cent of fatal car accidents in Cyprus, while mobile phone use behind the wheel increases the risk of a crash fourfold, Transport ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Tuesday said “things must move forward” on the Cyprus problem after Monday’s meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman ended ...

Airport operator Hermes Airports on Tuesday reported a 15.3 per cent decline in air passenger traffic at Cyprus airports, reflecting the impact of the Middle East crisis on tourism flows. According ...