Cyprus

Limassol is the soul of economic progress and development, shipping operations and technology companies,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday as he continued a tour of the island’s districts. ...

Summer temperatures will sweep the island on Saturday as the weather is influenced by a very warm air mass, causing temperatures to rise around five to nine degrees above normal ...

One of the most important dance and performance festivals in Cyprus is back again for another edition. From May 22 to 25, Dance House Lefkosia presents the On Bodies festival 2025 taking place ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested in Paphos on Friday evening after police discovered a large quantity of duty-free tobacco in his vehicle. The arrest took place at around 7:30pm on ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested in Nicosia on Friday afternoon after pushing a police officer who asked for his personal details off his motorcycle. The incident occurred when an officer ...

A 25-year-old motorcyclist was arrested driving without a licence, insurance or registration plates and in possession of 2.8g of methamphetamine after a chase by police in Limassol on Friday evening. ...

A fire broke out at 5:30am on Saturday morning in a parked vehicle in Lakatamia, police said. The scene has been sealed off and is being guarded by police officers ...

The flames came faster, hotter, higher than anyone expected. By the time Graham sent out the emergency WhatsApp alert, the sky above Avdimou was the colour of blood. Ash was ...

The north’s ruling coalition on Friday changed its legislation regarding the purchase of real estate by non-Turkish Cypriots, allowing them to buy more properties. Foreign nationals are now allowed ...

The Forestry Department is further upgrading recreation areas in forests to secure access and mobility for disabled people, it was announced on Friday. The department said the works are being ...

The sea turtle nesting season has begun in Cyprus and the first nests for this year have been identified on the beaches of Polis Chrysochous, it was announced on Friday. ...

Slovakia’s Foreign State Secretary Ratislav Chovanec expressed hope on Friday that the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus would find “sufficient political courage, goodwill and statesmanship” to move ...

Investigations into the fate of missing persons are not only a legal obligation but a moral imperative and a prerequisite for peace, Cyprus’ Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Maria ...

The priority is covering basic water needs and then supporting professional farmers, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. Responding to press reports, the ministry urged professional farmers to seek temporary ...

The importance of regularly checking one’s blood pressure was stressed on Friday by the Cyprus Cardiological Society and the Cyprus Society of Pathology, on the occasion of World Hypertension ...

A 43-year-old man was arrested on Friday in connection with over 1,500 dangerous products found in and confiscated from buildings and his home in Larnaca. The police said members of the ...

The Consumer Protection Service forwarded 4,966 Rapex notifications concerning vehicle recalls to the Road Transport Department (TOM) between 2011 and 2025, but has yet to receive a single response, the service’s director ...

Cross-border digital health services were officially launched on Friday, with Health Minister Michael Damianos highlighting the reform as a major step toward the future of healthcare in Cyprus. The launch ...

The trial of the two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday agreed on the importance of maintaining dialogue, particularly in relation to the Cyprus problem and Turkey’s ties with ...

The European parliament on Friday distanced itself from Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou’s visit to Moscow last week, saying that he and others who travelled to the Russian capital “did ...

Mixed reactions to the European Commission’s decision to appoint Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem have continued, with the United Nations “looking forward” to working ...

House President Annita Demetriou is set to pay an official three-day visit to Armenia on Sunday, at the invitation of the Armenian National Assembly. During her stay, Demetriou will meet ...

Teachers were locked out of a school in the north on Friday as relations between them and the north’s ruling coalition continue to sour over the ruling coalition’s ...