Cyprus News

Cyprus will experience widespread disruption on Thursday as a three-hour nationwide strike affects airports, schools and public services amid a dispute over the Cost-of-Living Allowance (CoLA). Hermes Airports confirmed on ...

A solidarity gathering was held on Wednesday outside the central prisons in Nicosia, calling for the immediate release of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz. Supporters demanded his freedom either through a ...

The University of Cyprus successfully welcomed the new academic year, with 1,350 new students, the university’s deputy director of academic affairs, Kleanthis Pissarides told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will hold a tripartite meeting on September 27, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday. The sources informed the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday held a telephone conversation in which they discussed, among other things, “cooperation on security and defence”. ...

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in a speech on Wednesday that the commission intended to propose the creation of a new European firefighting hub based in Cyprus, ...

British actor Paul Anderson, best known for his role as Arthur Shelby in the acclaimed BBC/Netflix series Peaky Blinders, will be a special guest at this year’s Cyprus ...

Three of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were released on bail on Wednesday. All five appeared at a military court in Nicosia, where ...

One of the latest places in Paphos offering a touch of culinary theatre is Geppetto restaurant, the adult-only dining space at M-Boutique hotel, which opened just over a year ago. ...

Cyprus will spend the €1.1 billion loan from the EU’s SAFE programme over the next five years to help boost its defence industry, Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas announced on Wednesday ...

An email was sent to the Kykkos high school in Paphos on Thursday declaring that an explosive device had been left within the school grounds. As a result, the school’...

More than 300 Cypriots living abroad have registered on the ‘Minds in Cyprus’ platform in less than two weeks since its launch, the president’s office said on Wednesday in a ...

The parents of an infant hospitalised with a brain haemorrhage were remanded in custody for four days on Wednesday, after doctors said they were looking into shaken baby syndrome. The ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday called out the wealth of online bots writing comments critical of him and supportive of incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said that Greek Cypriots are “trying to manipulate voters with messages” ahead of next month’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election. While he did ...

Veyzi Bandur was on Wednesday sentenced to life in prison for the premeditated murder of Turkish Cypriot Tansu Cidan, who died in the central prison in 2022. Bandur had been found ...

The cabinet appointed Lieutenant General Emmanuel Theodorou as the new chief of the National Guard on Wednesday, said Defence Minister Vassilis Palmas. Theodorou is expected to assume duties from October 9, ...

Four people were arrested in Nicosia on Tuesday night after a police check on the vehicle they were travelling in, for offences relating to illegal possession of property, illegal stay ...

More than 50 flights at Larnaca and Paphos airports will be affected by the three-hour strike on Thursday, Hermes Airports told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday. A representative said that “...

The government’s reform of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) is “a huge reform”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, just a day before a three-hour general strike called by the ...

Discussions begin on Wednesday at the House of Representatives regarding the legal framework concerning the distinction of the current double role of the attorney-general, with the creation of a general ...

Cypriot artist Della will take Cyprus music to Europe with three performances at some of its most important showcase festivals, it was announced on Wednesday. Della will first perform on ...

Israel’s airstrike on Qatar was “utterly unacceptable”, Cyprus’ foreign ministry said on Wednesday. It described the attack as a “violation of Qatar’s sovereignty”, and said that while Palestinian ...

Cyprus, as the host country of one of the longest-running peacekeeping operations in the world, is fully aware of the necessity of sustaining a UN force to prevent the recurrence ...