Cyprus

Cyprus has moved a step closer to joining the United States Visa Waiver Programme (VWP), following what President Nikos Christodoulides described as “absolutely constructive” talks with a visiting American delegation. ...

Recommendations included in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) report on Cyprus reaffirm the government’s “responsible fiscal policy”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Many of the IMF recommendations ...

President Nikos Christodoulides confirmed on Tuesday he will meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on May 5 and expressed hope for progress on appointing a new UN envoy to support future ...

Authorities have arrested 23 people in the run-up to Easter during a series of joint operations near Pyla village, police confirmed on Holy Tuesday. The arrests followed six coordinated raids involving ...

A gun and more than 350 firecrackers were discovered during a police search in a Nicosia home on Holy Monday. Officers carried out the raid as part of an ongoing investigation. ...

Police stepped up their patrols overnight and into the early hours of Holy Tuesday, carrying out 235 targeted checks on premises and open spaces in a coordinated effort to tackle juvenile ...

The president of the Eurogroup and Ireland’s finance minister, Paschal Donohoe, is paying an official visit to Cyprus on Holy Tuesday. Donohoe’s visit aims to strengthen cooperation on ...

The Paphos District Court is expected to decide on Wednesday whether a 40-year-old man, arrested for disturbing a church service in Yeroskipou on Holy Monday, will remain in custody until ...

Cyprus is set for a stretch of sunny weather, with temperatures expected to rise well above seasonal averages by the end of the week. Weak high pressure is taking hold ...

Without proper adaptation measures, public expenditures needed in the coming decades for the rehabilitation of infrastructure and compensation for climate-related disasters may derail government spending, the Cyprus Institute (CyI) warned ...

Police are urging the public to remain alert following the emergence of a new phone scam targeting citizens across the country. The electronic crime sub-directorate has issued a warning about ...

An estimated 2,000 Turkish Cypriots gathered outside the north’s ‘parliament’ on Monday evening for the first of the planned nightly lighting of fires to protest against the ruling coalition’s ...

A push for closer cooperation between Cyprus and the European Union on economic policy took centre stage on Monday during a meeting between Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and Independent MEP ...

Cypriot and Egyptian authorities co-organized a conference on combating the illicit trafficking of cultural heritage within the framework of the Euromed Justice Project, with the assistance of Eurojust (European Judicial ...

A teenager has been arrested on Monday, in connection with a suspected arson attack on a car in Paphos. According to police, the arrest was made under a court warrant ...

Green Dot Cyprus on Monday sought to reassure the public it is doing what it can to deal with disruptions to collection of recyclable material, following the non-renewal of a ...

Several electrical parts used in solar energy systems have been taken off the market in Cyprus because they may be unsafe, the department of electromechanical services announced on Monday. According ...

Fresh discussions on the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) will get underway after the Easter holiday, media reported on Monday, on the back of the release of an International Monetary ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos strongly condemned Russia’s latest assault on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Holy Monday. He called the attack “unacceptable” during a key meeting of the ...

Parents of children with severe autism in Cyprus are being left without vital support due to serious gaps in the national health scheme, according to an urgent complaint submitted to ...

The court of appeals has dismissed an appeal filed by a man who was fined €1,350 for wearing a face mask below his chin during the Covid-19 pandemic. The man was ...

A child who was turned away from a school in northern Nicosia when attempting to go to class wearing a hijab on Monday officially left the school. The girl had ...

Drilling at the Elektra-1 well offshore Cyprus has found natural gas but not in marketable quantities, the energy ministry stated on Monday. “Well data and preliminary evaluation work indicate the ...

Police ramped up their operations as of Holy Monday in a firm bid to stop the use of illegal firecrackers and fireworks. Police warn that the risks to public safety ...