Cyprus News

The October 1military parade has moved its commencement time from 11am to 9am, the defence ministry on Wednesday. The parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Cyprus’ Independence will be ...

MPs on Wednesday took the first concrete step towards modernising the Audit Office, agreeing to send part of a long-debated reform plan to the House plenum for a vote. The ...

As Cyprus, and the world, embraces digital payments, the latest report from the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) serves as a sobering reminder: with innovation comes vulnerability. The CBC’s ...

A proposal to amend the law governing the central intelligence service (KYP) has been submitted by Volt MP Alexandra Attalides, it was reported on Wednesday. The change seeks to protect ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call at the United Nations general assembly for the world to recognise the north as an independent country is “unlikely to succeed”, former Turkish ...

Trade unions will “escalate measures” if their planned meeting over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) with Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou yields no results, Sek secretary-general Andreas Matsas said on Wednesday. Speaking ...

Limassol Wine Festival: September 27-October 5 The historic Limassol Wine Festival is in its 62nd year. Running until October 5, the Limassol Municipal Gardens will showcase local winemakers and wineries, many of ...

When friends visit from abroad, there are always one or two restaurants they insist on going back to. For our guests this summer, that place was Militzis in Larnaca, a ...

The entry and exit records of the Strovilia crossing point, through which the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July had entered the north, were the ...

The first phase of flood control work in Limassol’s mountainous region is scheduled for completion by the end of October, agriculture ministry permanent secretary Andreas Grigoriou said on Wednesday. ...

Cyprus is experiencing a milestone moment in its labour market. With unemployment dropping to 3.7 per cent in April 2025, the country is not only demonstrating economic resilience, but also leading the ...

The heads of the three political parties which make up the north’s ruling coalition on Wednesday met Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz in Ankara. The delegation, made up of ‘...

The Tenders Review Authority has cancelled a foreign ministry decision to award a contract for visa application services in 17 embassies, following serious complaints from a rival bidder. The complaints were ...

More than €30.000 have been stolen from two men aged 63 and 66 in Limassol, in a case of online fraud, police said on Wednesday. In the complaint filed by the two men, ...

More than 68 tourism businesses and organisations across Cyprus will hold clean-up and awareness actions on Friday, September 26, World Tourism Day. The Tourism Cares campaign encourages tourism professionals to show respect ...

A 19-year-old woman has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for importing a large quantity of cocaine into Cyprus. The decision was handed down on Wednesday by the Larnaca criminal ...

Cyprus has been given until November to repay millions of euros which had been paid by the European Commission in grants for the construction of the liquefied natural gas terminal ...

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in connection to an ongoing case of burglary and the theft of a shotgun and an air pistol, which took place in Larnaca ...

For the first time, Cyprus has a dedicated centre focused entirely on space technologies, Deputy Research Minister Nicodemos Damianou announced on Tuesday evening. The Space Business Innovation Centre (Space BIC) ...

Applications have opened for land owners in the Akamas who do not develop and are entitled to a subsidy, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. They will be able to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will travel to New York on Friday ahead of a planned tripartite meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and President Nikos Christodoulides. The tripartite ...

A 50-year-old was seriously injured on Tuesday when the quad bike he was on overturned in Famagusta, police said on Wednesday. At around 5pm, a 19-year-old was driving a quad ...

Trade unions were meeting on Wednesday morning to decide their next steps in the ongoing Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) dispute. The meeting included unions Sek, Peo, Deok and Pasydy. ...

A 26-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday at Larnaca airport for importing large amounts of cannabis into the island and has been remanded for eight days, police said on Wednesday. ...