Cyprus News

Kiosk owners have sent a letter to the finance ministry asking it to seek an exemption from the EU in relation to an imminent hike in tobacco taxes that would ...

Cyprus on Wednesday kicked off a core conference ahead of officially assuming the presidency of the Council of the European Union in January with topics such as defence, migration, energy, ...

Back for the sixth consecutive year is Rialto Theatre’s Flash Art, which evolved from an initiative supporting Cypriot creators into a festival of contemporary performing arts. Flash Art Festival 2025 (...

On Wednesday, the weather will remain overwhelmingly clear with a chance of temporary cloudiness at times. The temperature is expected to rise to around 25 degrees Celsius inland, around 26 degrees on ...

Consumer satisfaction with internet services in Cyprus remained high in 2025, a survey conducted by the Communications Commissioner showed on Tuesday. The questionnaire, prepared by the commissioner’s market observatory team, ...

The government will push forward with its efforts aimed at modernising what President Nikos Christodoulides described as a “state of the 1960s,” he said on Tuesday evening. “We will do ...

Ensuring reliable and sustainable energy supply across Europe will be a key priority on the agenda during Cyprus’ upcoming EU Council Presidency, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday evening. “...

Due to boxes which fell from a truck, the lane of the Limassol-Paphos highway after the tunnel near Paramali currently remains closed, police said on Tuesday night. Drivers are urged ...

The decision to transfer parts of the forestry department’s responsibilities to the interior ministry lacks supporting studies and was taken without consultation, MPs at the House agriculture committee said ...

The allegations brought up by former central prisons director Anna Aristotelous against assistant police chief Michalis Katsounotos were not only unfounded but also undermined public trust in the judiciary, his ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides could in theory face perjury charges and land in jail should a former ally of his deliver on a promise to provide evidence showing that the ...

All 13 union branches during a joint meeting on Tuesday expressed their support for the final agreement on the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) signed last week. “The permanent agreement establishes CoLA as ...

The government on Tuesday made much of the “strategic ties” between Nicosia and Washington, but offered little in the way of details of what the two countries’ chief diplomats discussed ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos will take over as acting president of the Eurogroup following Pascal Donoghue’s resignation, it was announced on Tuesday. Donoghue announced his resignation ahead of plans ...

The remand of five suspects arrested in connection with the murder of 30-year-old Victory Osarumen Thompson, found dead in a flat in Limassol on November 9, was renewed for another eight ...

Proposals to resume elevator installations in refugee housing complexes have been put back on the agenda of the House refugee committee with the aim of submitting a bill to the ...

The historically unequal power relations between men and women not only continue to exist, but any attempt to dismantle them is met with resistance from “leadership interests”, human rights commissioner ...

Oelmek president Demetris Taliadoros said he would not be retracting a remark he made about Education Minister Athena Michaelidou, construed as “sexist”, despite his union’s plea for him to ...

A 22-year-old man arrested on Monday in connection with the attempted murder of a 47-year-old businessman in July was remanded for eight days on Tuesday. The suspect faces six charges, ...

Akrotiri SBA police on Monday intervened in a serious welfare case in which a foreign mother and her young child were located in what the bases described as a “distressed ...

The defence ministry continues to face organisational issues and structural inertia that in many cases incur a fiscal cost, a report published on Tuesday said. The Audit Office report covers ...

A system that remains essentially unchanged for five decades cannot respond to modern needs, teaching methods, or the dynamism required by the times, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will approach Thursday’s meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman with the same political will he has demonstrated since talks collapsed in 2017, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

With December just around the corner, the busiest time of the year is approaching. The season, packed with festive events and markets, is an eagerly awaited period for one group ...