Cyprus

A new online platform has been launched in Cyprus to help the public report fires in real time, following the devastating wildfires that swept across the island on July 23. The ...

A total of 426 more vehicles are now subject to a recall due to the fact that they may have been fitted with faulty airbags, with all 426 having had their MOT ...

The Larnaca criminal court on Wednesday handed down prison sentences of up to four years to five individuals involved in an organised crime ring behind a cross-border network of sham ...

Cyprus’ leading trade unions have confirmed that talks over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) have reached a deadlock and preparations for possible strike action are back on the table. The latest ...

A major standoff has emerged between private pharmacists and the health ministry over proposed changes to pharmacy opening hours. At an extraordinary general assembly held on Wednesday, the Cyprus pharmaceutical ...

Cypriot shipping company Safe Bulkers, led by Polys Hajioannou (CEO), will fully fund and carry out the reconstruction of two churches destroyed by the wildfires that devastated mountainous areas of ...

A “person who is known to the authorities” survived an attempted murder in the Larnaca district on Thursday. The crime was committed at around 11.30am near the Dromolaxia industrial area, ...

A 36-year-old Israeli man appeared in court in Kyrenia on Thursday after having been arrested the previous day following an Interpol red notice in his name, after he was accused ...

Private criminal prosecutions against the seven people held responsible for the death of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou, who was killed in 2005, are to be filed within the next two weeks, the ...

Reports from the various government departments involved in the wildfire response are expected to be submitted to the Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou by the end of Thursday. Once reviewed, the ...

A 74-year-old man was remanded for four days by Larnaca district court on Thursday for the attempted destruction of property. The warrant was issued to facilitate police investigations into a ...

Developments in the region, the shaping of strategic bilateral cooperation and the Cyprus problem will be at the centre of the meeting between Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and French Foreign ...

Nicosia’s central Larnaca avenue has been closed from the University of Cyprus roundabout to the traffic lights near the Sklavenitis supermarket in Aglandija since 8am on Thursday. The road ...

Residents in several villages in the Larnaca district are facing reduced water supply on Thursday due to a fault in a main water transmission pipeline, the Larnaca district organisation (EOA) ...

A Cyprus-based shipping company by the name of “GMCG Ltd” was designated as “blocked property” by the United States’ government as part of the country’s latest round of sanctions ...

Cyprus Public Transport expressed its fury on Thursday over workers in Larnaca’s decision to go on strike on Wednesday evening. A total of 120 Larnaca-based Cyprus Public Transport employees, including ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday instructed the commissioner for mountainous communities Charalambos Christofinas to monitor and supervise the implementation of the wildfire relief measures decided by the cabinet on Wednesday. “...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested over alleged spying in the north on July 19 are set to appear before Trikomo court on Thursday as their trial proceedings resume. Their ...

A 66-year-old woman is in critical condition after being run over by a vehicle in Limassol on Wednesday evening. According to the police, the accident occurred around, when a car ...

On Thursday, the weather is expected to be mainly clear, although there may be an increased likelihood of low clouds in some areas. The temperature will reach up to 36 degrees ...

August arrives with a plethora of festivals, so if you are wondering how to beat the heat while enjoying the season’s events, here is our selection of what not ...

More than 10,000 student grant applications remain unexamined, the progressive student movement has warned, calling the delay “a breaking point” for students who depend on state support to continue their studies. ...

Former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Kudret Ozersay on Wednesday night announced that he will not stand in this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election. Ozersay had stood in both the 2015 ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym Jomart-Tokayev had “discussed respecting the equal and inherent rights of the Turkish Cypriots”. Speaking following a bilateral ...