Cyprus News

Clocks will go back one hour at 04:00 am on Sunday, October 26, as the summertime period for 2025 ends. The time change applies to all countries of the European Union. The summertime ...

Coming to shake things up in Nicosia’s nightlife scene is an after-dark show from Athens. House Hedon presents the Venus in Furs: An Alternative Cabaret performance this December at ...

The 16th Limassol Economic Forum convened prominent figures to dissect how global disruption is reshaping economies and trade, stressing that resilience, reform, and leadership are crucial for Cyprus and Europe. ...

The first mobile language app dedicated entirely to Cypriot Greek, Cyprusays, was launched on Thursday, offering users around the world the chance to learn and speak this distinctive Mediterranean dialect. ...

Cyprus does not have an official registry of how many cameras are installed by public services, local government and other organisations, as there was no legislative obligation to do so, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday took part in a meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing,” chaired by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at ...

A few days after the election of Tufan Erhurman as the new Turkish Cypriot leader, we asked a selection of people on the streets of north Nicosia how they felt ...

Housing scarcity in Cyprus is intensifying, creating a growing crisis that strains residents’ access to affordable homes. With demand outpacing supply, competition among tenants has increased, complicating the search for ...

The federation of patients’ associations (Osak), the Cyprus confederation of disability organisations (Kysoa) and the Third Age Observatory on Friday jointly expressed their disagreement over recent changes made to the ...

The draft framework for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), presented earlier this week, was sharply criticised by the employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev) and the Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (...

The health ministry has presented a budget of €1.51 billion for 2026, marking a significant investment in the country’s healthcare system, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Friday. The budget includes €333 ...

Trade unions Peo and Sek on Friday sent a joint letter to the interior minister, expressing opposition to the government’s interpretation of how municipal wage costs are calculated under ...

The reconstruction of Strovolos’ historic core will begin early next year, the Strovolos municipality announced on Friday. The initial phase focuses on the area around the historic churches of Panayia ...

A 69-year-old man was arrested on Thursday after police discovered large quantities of tobacco products in his vehicle in the Larnaca district, police said on Friday. The customs department spotted ...

By Tom Cleaver Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said the Turkish Cypriots’ will “is highly respected by us” as federal Cyprus advocate Tufan Erhurman was sworn in as ...

The antiquities department on Friday said that recent reports describing the unification project of Larnaca’s archaeological sites as “stalled” or “completely halted” do not reflect the full situation. The ...

The “blue folder” which the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were carrying while walking around the village of Gastria, near Trikomo, was on Friday ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Friday promised to “strengthen our deterrent power” while attending a ceremony to award ‘black berets’ to armed infantrymen in the Larnaca district village of Kornos. ...

New Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman called for a solution to the Cyprus problem “where everyone wins” and for “lasting peace” in his first speech after being sworn in, at ...

Israeli property developer Simon Aykut was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison, after having last week pled guilty to a total of 40 of the charges he faced related ...

Extensive damages were caused to the car of a 50-year-old Larnaca man when it was set fire to outside his house. Examinations at the scene discovered a flammable substance, while ...

The Lebanese government on Thursday night approved the delimitation of its maritime border with Cyprus. Thursday’s cabinet meeting was attended by both the country’s President Joseph Aoun and ...

Cypriot citizens can now apply to study at three United States military academies – West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy – the defence ministry announced on Friday. The ...

We’ve all asked it: “Where’s the rain?” Well, there was promise of isolated showers earlier in the week. (Did it rain where you were? It didn’t here!) ...