Cyprus News

Cyprus will remain under mainly clear skies on Saturday, with temperatures reaching 40C inland as hot weather continues across the island. Temperatures will reach around 33C around Paphos and Kyrenia, ...

Residents and local groups began a protest march outside RAF Akrotiri on Saturday over plans for new military antennas in the area, amid concerns regarding both the potential environmental and ...

A series of free, creative workshops in two mountain villages is coming up this summer, connecting an old photographic process with Cypriot nature. Artist The.Curious.Curly participates in the ...

The Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) is encouraging beachgoers to use social media to inspire others to help keep the island’s beaches clean. Through its new ‘Beachfluencer’ campaign, the ...

The police arrested a 51-year-old monk on Friday in connection with an attempted murder at a monastery in the Paphos district, which resulted in the injury of two people. According ...

Cyprus’ myths, legends and traditions are the focus of a new exhibition in Ayia Napa curated by the Press and Information Office (PIO). The Myths of Cyprus is being hosted ...

Nicosia is willing to contribute to the full restoration of former Corner Pub, which burned down on Wednesday, mayor Charalambos Prountzos said on Friday. In a post on social media, ...

By Bulat Latypov In 2023, Freedom24 – one of the island’s largest financial companies – became the main partner of the Cyprus Chess Federation. Prior to 2023, Cyprus had not played a leading ...

The island’s LGBTQIA+ film festival returns to Nicosia late this summer to present its seventh edition. Approaching soon, festival preparations are already underway as Queer Wave 2026 gets ready to ...

Newly appointed Environment Commissioner Elias Myrianthos met Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou on Friday to discuss regional environmental issues, including the stalled Akamas National Forest Park project. “Personally, and due to ...

Cyprus repatriated 119 illegal immigrants on Friday in the framework of operations by the police and the deputy migration ministry. The police said that since January 1, at total of 5,288 immigrants residing ...

Motorcyclists of the Isaac-Solomou memorial initiative symbolically closed the Zodia-Astromeritis crossing point for a few minutes on Friday, in the context of events to commemorate 30 years since the deaths of ...

The government’s pension reform bill will be sent to trade unions and employers’ organisations in the coming days after President Nikos Christodoulides met Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas and Finance ...

Environmental organisations Terra Cypria and BirdLife Cyprus have raised concerns over plans to install new antennas in the Akrotiri area, warning that any development must be carefully assessed because of ...

An administrative court has dismissed the appeal of a Cameroonian asylum seeker after finding that his account had failed to establish grounds for international protection in Cyprus. The 35-year-old entered ...

The British Bases administration has defended plans to modernise infrastructure at the Akrotiri Salt Lake site, saying it remains committed to public consultation and engagement with local communities ahead of ...

The ferry connection between Cyprus and Greece cannot continue without renewed state subsidies, contract operator Scandro Holding Ltd’s chief executive Charalambos Manoli said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

The operation of the advisory council came under scrutiny on Friday after Akel accused the body of being bypassed during the appointment of semi-state organisation boards. Institutions Committee chairman and ...

By Andreas Nichola With summer in full swing, and the temperature at the point where most days are spent hopping from one air-conditioned room to another you begin to feel ...

The Chinese embassy on Thursday handed over a donation of €3,000 to support the humanitarian work of the Cyprus Red Cross. “The generous donation of the embassy of the People’s ...

Both the European Commission and former energy minister George Papanastasiou found themselves at odds with incumbent Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Friday over Damianos’ claim that the planned Great Sea ...

World War II veteran and Eoka fighter Pavlos M. Kasapis has died at the age of 103. In a statement issued by Disy, the party bid farewell to Kasapis “with respect”, ...

New Transport Minister Evie Tsolaki on Friday said that one of the initiatives she will consider is an expansion to system of park-and-ride services offered around the island, with the ...

Four of the seven people arrested in connection with the murder of 40-year-old Nizam Allanazarov appeared in court in Kyrenia on Friday, facing allegations related to the murder and drug ...