Cyprus

It is not too often that we get to hear mandolin sounds during the festive period, the two aren’t too closely related, yet this December a concert brings just ...

A Limassol company lost €1.2 million in an online fraud scam, its 35-year-old owner told police on Monday. The company is registered abroad but operates an office in Limassol. According to ...

Parliament will hold a vote on the government’s tax reform next week, MPs decided on Monday. The vote at the House plenum will take place on Monday, December 22 – cutting ...

A violent incident that took place on Saturday at Nicosia general hospital, was condemned by the nursing and radiology branches of the Pasydy civil servants union on Monday. The incident ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Monday described last week’s tripartite meeting she held with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman as “a very good ...

Being married to a Cypriot national does not automatically confer the right to become a Cypriot citizen, the attorney-general’s office said on Monday following a supreme constitutional court ruling. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday thanked France for the country’s “concrete support” for Cyprus’ endeavours to join Europe’s border-free Schengen area next year. To this end, he said ...

France “can count on” Cyprus when the island takes over the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency at the beginning of next month, French President Emmanuel Macron said ...

December rainfall across Cyprus has reached 67 per cent of the month’s average, the met office said on Monday. Average rain since the start of the month stands at 71 millimetres. ...

A planned meeting on Monday between United Nations special representative for Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara was on Monday postponed until Thursday. ...

Cyprus has been unanimously admitted as a full member of the Ancient Civilizations Forum, joining Greece, Armenia, Bolivia, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Italy and Peru. Founded in 2017 at the initiative ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said he hopes for a solution to the Cyprus problem “so that all Cypriots can live together on a reunified island”. Speaking after the ...

Second-hand fashion has stepped out of the shadows; what was once seen as niche, alternative or even unfashionable has now evolved into a global mainstream movement defined by sustainability, individual ...

Cyprus and France signed a new strategic partnership at Paris’ Elysee Palace on Monday, which declared both countries’ “unwavering willingness to substantially strengthen bilateral relations”. French President Emmanuel Macron described ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos expressed confidence on Monday that the 2026 state budget will be approved by parliament. Speaking after signing a tax avoidance agreement with Vietnam, Keravnos said he expects ...

Take control and behave responsibly, the Gaming and Casino Supervision Commission urged people on Monday ahead of a projected increase of online gambling over the festive season. Timed to coincide ...

Young in people in Cyprus were less likely than most of their European peers to drop out of formal education or training during 2024, according to Eurostat, highlighting the island’s ...

The situation at the crossing points which connect Cyprus’ two sides “will not be easier” than it is today after Cyprus joins Europe’s border-free Schengen area, former Turkish Cypriot ...

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been detected on a farm in the Famagusta district village of Ayios Sergios, the Cyprus Turkish veterinarians’ association said on Monday. It explained that ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos emphasised Cyprus’ readiness to work towards a more substantial EU energy union on Monday, during a meeting with his counterparts on the EU council of energy ...

The unrest in the education sector is solely the education ministry’s responsibility, primary school teachers’ union (Poed) chairwoman Myria Vasiliou said on Monday. Speaking on the teacher evaluation legislation, ...

A dead body found near Kyrenia on Sunday belonged to a man who had gone missing in Turkey almost two weeks prior. The body had been found on rocks in ...

“People are of vital importance,” said Zhou Yunliang, chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Cyprus, speaking on Friday at the seminar Mirror of Culture – Enhancing Inter-Civilization Dialogue between ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Sunday night denied telephoning Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during last week’s tripartite meeting on the Cyprus problem, saying that he had instead ...