Cyprus News

A 46-year-old man was handed an eight-day remand on Wednesday after stabbing a supermarket worker following a failed attempt to steal products from the shop. The police said that shortly ...

Cyprus seeks to offer “operational support” for United States President Donald Trump’s plan for the future of Gaza, and does not seek to become a political mediator, President Nikos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said the election of pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman as Turkish Cypriot leader is a “positive development”. “I believe this was a positive development but we ...

A fire broke out in a car in the Nicosia suburb of Strovolos late on Wednesday night, the police said on Thursday. The fire broke out at around 11.50pm, with ...

A pickup truck was completely destroyed by a fire in the Paphos district village of Mandria in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to the police, the car was ...

An arrest warrant was issued for a 57-year-old driver following a fatal head-on collision on the road between Avdimou and Anogyra in Limassol district on Thursday, which claimed the life ...

A weak barometric system is affecting Cyprus, bringing a mix of clear skies and scattered clouds across the island on Thursday, according to the meteorological service. Thursday morning’s weather ...

Tucked along the island’s southeastern coast, Protaras is the sun-drenched, soft-spoken sibling of nearby Ayia Napa. Once a sleepy fishing village, it has grown into a polished seaside resort ...

Can you believe October’s last weekend is already here? It has been a packed month events-wise and its final days are no different so if you are looking for ...

The establishing of a registry of specialised volunteers is considered necessary to ensure maximum effectiveness of volunteer support in a crisis, Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou said in a meeting with ...

Cyprus’ forthcoming six-month term as the holder of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency is “a golden national opportunity for our country”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on ...

Members of the European parliament on Wednesday approved a motion to build a monument to the victims and missing persons of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus at one of the ...

A planned new online platform, which would be named “Diafaneia” – transparency in Greek – was the topic of discussion at Wednesday’s session of the House institutions committee, with MPs hoping ...

Members of the European parliament on Wednesday demanded that the European Union allocate an extra €1 million of funding to Cyprus’ committee on missing persons (CMP) and to the bicommunal technical ...

Pame Kaimakli returns for its 11th edition this weekend, transforming the Nicosia neighbourhood into a hub of creativity and connection. Organised by Urban Gorillas, this year’s theme, Oikeiotopia, explores ...

United States President Donald Trump has nominated John Breslow of the state of Arizona to be the country’s new ambassador in Nicosia. Breslow’s nomination will now be reviewed ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Cyprus violated the right to free elections by failing to address a legislative gap that left a parliamentary seat vacant ...

Discussions were held at the House institutions committee on Wednesday regarding plans to create a registry of all public contracts. The bill has been put forward by Green Party leader ...

The education ministry and teaching unions have until November 5 to submit a plan for the teacher evaluation system reforms, The House education chair Pavlos Mylonas said on Wednesday. Education Minister ...

A 23-year-old woman was remanded for eight days on Wednesday after more than a half a kilogram of cocaine was seized at Larnaca airport on Tuesday. She is believed to ...

Depositors who lost their savings in the 2013 bank bail-in, commonly known as the “haircut”, have been given until the end of the month to file applications for reimbursement from the ...

A plenary session vote on regulating the lighting of Easter bonfires (‘lambradjies’) is expected to take place within the next 15 days, after Archbishop Georgios agreed to the bill, the House ...

Strict measures were agreed on Wednesday after an incident on Tuesday, when students from Larnaca technical school threw objects, including olives, inside their school bus, forcing the driver to stop ...

The union of municipalities on Wednesday called an urgent meeting with all mayors to assess the government’s commitment to the reform and financial sustainability of the municipalities. The union ...