Cyprus

Cyprus police and the British bases have completed a week-long training course on addressing a hostage crisis, aimed at making Cyprus safer. The Cyprus police hostage negotiators’ refresher training took ...

Pogo women’s group on Thursday slammed what it called an inadequate sentence after a teacher was jailed for 4.5 years for sexually abusing his students. “Sexual offences against underage girls ...

The eight people arrested in connection with an alleged terrorist financing network in Cyprus have been released, police confirmed on Tuesday, after failing to secure sufficient evidence to support the ...

Two suspects, aged 21 and 28, are expected to appear before a court at a date yet to be set in connection with the explosion of a bomb near a car belonging ...

There is intense concern over ongoing unacceptable hold ups with the mooted Paphos to Polis Chrysochous road, Mayor Yiotis Papachristofis said on Wednesday. Papachristofi requested an urgent meeting with Transport ...

A formal process on the Cyprus problem can only begin with the confirmation of sovereign equality and equal international status, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday during a ...

Efforts are underway to resolve the issue of trapped buyers, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday at the House legal affairs committee. Presenting a solution, he explained around 50 per ...

The 16 European Union countries participating in the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) believe that the rules of engagement need to be made more effective, the Italian defence ministry said ...

There is a glaring gap in training and security protocols for the prison service and police officers, which became all the more apparent after convict Doros Theofanous last month escaped ...

All eyes are fixed on whether the two leaders in Cyprus will be willing and able to engage sufficiently to allow an informal five-party meeting with the three guarantor powers ...

Fees and entrance criteria for foreign language undergraduate programmes to be offered in public universities remain a thorny issue in a new updated bill presented by Education Minister Athena Michaelidou. ...

A 37-year-old man is wanted by police after allegedly evading arrest during a drug car chase in Limassol on Wednesday morning. According to police, members of the drugs squad Ykan ...

Labour MP Bambos Charalambous has been elected as the new chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Cyprus in London, following the group’s first general assembly of the ...

As the two leaders may be set to revisit the often-fraught issue of new crossing points following the tripartite meeting in New York, the people of Athienou, close to the ...

Over 2,000 teachers have been trained this year to save lives, who will in turn pass on the knowledge to their students, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Wednesday. Speaking at ...

Reactions on Wednesday to the tripartite meeting between the two Cyprus leaders and the UN secretary-general in New York in the early hours was cautiously optimistic but not without the ...

Preparations for the historic hosting in Cyprus of the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 are in full swing! The upgrade works at the “Spyros Kyprianou” arena in Limassol are progressing steadily, while at ...

A few days after the government’s unexpected decision to reintroduce zero VAT on six categories of products, reversing a previous plan to end the measure aimed at tackling rising ...

Environmentalists on Wednesday demanded that authorities stop turning a deaf ear to concerns over moves to create a new quarry in the area of Androlikou in Paphos, which has already ...

Migration should be handled centrally by the EU, while all member states should be supported and cooperate so they are ready to address this huge issue, Deputy Minister for Migration ...

Investigations by police in Limassol into the explosion of a bomb on October 3 near a car belonging to a 78-year-old man have resulted in the arrest of a 32-year-old suspect ...

This wasn’t the first place I intended to write about after moving to the area a couple of months ago. That spot will have its moment soon, but after ...

Two new cases involving assaults and robberies against food delivery workers were reported during Tuesday night in Limassol, amid ongoing investigations by the police into similar incidents. Since the beginning ...

An event celebrating 30 years of Telethon’s charitable work in Cyprus was held at the Presidential Palace and attended by first lady Philippa Karsera, representing President Nikos Christodoulides, it was ...