Cyprus News

All of the electric vehicle subsidies made available by the government were claimed within minutes of applications opening on Tuesday morning. In total, 260 subsidies with a combined value of €2.5 million ...

Deputy attorney-general Savvas Angelides on Tuesday said calls for his resignation over a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling that Cyprus had breached a woman’s human rights after ...

Serving in the national guard is a “special honour”, Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas told new conscripts on Tuesday as he visited the Sergeant Lazaros Georgiou camp in Larnaca where teens ...

An event dedicated to the welfare and protection of animals will be held at the coast soon under the auspices of the Larnaca mayor. The Fun Day for Animals, co-organised ...

A 32-year-old man suspected of attempted arson on July 3 was on Tuesday remanded in police custody for eight days by Larnaca district court. He was arrested on Monday afternoon after ...

Disy issued a statement on Tuesday responding to Alma’s demands, sharply criticising auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, who has been a vocal figure in the fallout of the ECtHR ruling. The ...

Tuesday’s wildfire between the villages of Galataria and Pentalia in Paphos has been described as a “crime” by Cyprus’ top forestry official, who said centuries-old heritage had gone up ...

A bizonal, bicommunal, federal solution to the Cyprus problem is no longer a “common point of reference” for the island’s two sides, United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides welcomed children of the diaspora from the US and Canada at the presidential palace on Tuesday. Welcoming the children, aged 14 to 17, Christodoulides said that “we are very ...

Lebanese president Joeseph Aoun will visit Cyprus on Wednesday morning for a one-day visit to hold official talks with president Nikos Christodoulides. Government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said that Christodoulides will ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday evening ahead of next week’s planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to ...

Boris Demash, the founder, owner, and editor-in-chief of Cyprus Daily News and the associated websites Cyprus-Daily.News and Cynews.cc, has been arrested in Cyprus, it was announced today. An ...

An unexpected accident at a fish farm off the southern coast of Cyprus has turned the sea between Alaminos and Moni into a busy fishing ground, raising concerns about illegal ...

Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou has gone ahead with publishing his highly controversial interview with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, following days of criticism from political parties and government officials. The ...

Potato farmers are demanding sweeping changes to compensation rules for extreme weather, warning that prolonged drought has pushed many to the brink of survival. Farmers from across Cyprus are set ...

Soaring energy costs and suffocating bureaucracy are the biggest threats facing Limassol’s industries, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou has warned, pledging swift action to tackle the crisis. Speaking after a ...

A 27-year-old motorcyclist is fighting for his life after suffering severe head injuries in a crash on the Pera Pedi to Saittas road on Monday night. Police said the accident ...

Cyprus is facing very high temperatures, with the mercury reaching 40C inland on Tuesday as a heatwave continues across the island. The forestry department has announced that the risk of ...

The government on Monday began accepting applications for the issuance of the European Union Blue Card for workers from outside the EU. The deputy ministry of migration said those eligible ...

Cyprus was touted as a potential location for a planned camp to be built to house Palestinian people who are to be “temporarily” relocated out of Gaza, according to reports ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday expressed “anguish and anger” over a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling which found that Cyprus had violated the human rights of a ...

The Turkish Cypriot authorities on Monday announced that an agreement has been struck with both Turkish Airlines and subsidiary AJet to cap air ticket prices to and from the north ...

More than 2,000 patients have visited Nicosia general hospital’s “fast-track clinic” in the first three months of its operation, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday. The clinic is operating ...

Drilling at the Pegasus-1 well has detected a 350-metre column of natural gas, the government announced on Monday, giving no more clues about the significance of the find – but separately ...