Cyprus

The government on Wednesday denied carrying out pushbacks, arguing its migration policy is in line with EU and international law. Its defence came a day after a damning European Court ...

More than 2,000 people, citizens of 20 different countries, have now arrived in Cyprus as part of assisted departures to remove people from Lebanon as the political situation continues to deteriorate, government ...

The cabinet decided on Wednesday to create a national strategy for the LGBTQI community in Cyprus, to address discrimination, safeguard equality and safety and build a society without exclusions. Citizen’...

A scientist of Greek Cypriot origin, Demis Hassabis, has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize for chemistry, along with other two other colleagues. The trio won the award for having successfully ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved the purchase of 100,000 digital identity cards, Research Deputy Minister Nikodemos Damianou said. He said the first 30,000 identity cards will be made available free of charge to ...

Trade union Pasydy on Wednesday said civil servants are “under attack” as the debate regarding a planned pay rise rumbles on. They said the agreement they had reached with the ...

The public works department have got the go-ahead to proclaim an architectural competition for the new courts in Nicosia, replacing the existing building near the buffer zone, at a cost ...

CyBC trade unions call off strike after president says no one to be wronged Trade unions have called off strikes at the CyBC planned for Thursday and next week, after ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to amend the structure of health state service organisation Okypy. The legislations will enable its board of directors to set internal regulations for the ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s head of office in Cyprus Jakhongir Khaydarov has welcomed the new third member of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) Pierre Gentile to ...

The director of a hotel in the Kyrenia district was released on bail on Wednesday after being arrested in connection with the death of a hotel worker who was electrocuted. ...

The University of Cyprus (UCy) has been ranked among the top 401-500 universities globally in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2025. This marks an improvement from ...

Making agreements with Lebanon to stem the tide of would-be refugees is misguided, Associate International Law and Human Rights’ professor Aristotelis Constantinides said on Wednesday. The UCy expert made the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said he hopes next week’s meeting in New York with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will lead to positive results. The ...

Get ready for a test of brute strength like no other! This Saturday, October 12, the Strongman Champions League Cyprus returns to Limassol Old Port at 4 pm, where titans of strength ...

The digital platform e-kalathi (e-basket), designed to inform consumers about the prices of essential goods and allow them to compare prices on a daily basis, is expected to be operational ...

Tremendous things have happened at Limanaki Harbour in Paphos over the last few years. One new restaurant opening which quietly happened was the relocation of the central Paphos Ocean Basket ...

Increased traffic in Nicosia along with a reported event to be attended by President Nikos Christodoulides caused tailbacks in the centre of the capital on Wednesday morning. A police spokesman ...

The Cypriot firefighting mission dispatched to Greece on October 2 had successfully returned to the island, it emerged on Wednesday. For five days, the Cypriot team operated in various parts of ...

The Larnaca municipality announced on Wednesday that systematic mosquito spraying is ongoing throughout the city. According to a statement, municipal health teams are focusing on stormwater drains and open water ...

The Paphos municipality on Wednesday announced it had outlawed the use of scooters on public roads within the town’s municipal boundaries. The ban applies to all roads except for ...

Mayor of Paphos Phedonas Phedonos is ruffling feathers in his determined campaign to beautify the city and do away with the ‘eyesore’ of illegal billboards, it emerged on Wednesday. Speaking ...

The Republic of Cyprus in the running for the first time, for a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, who has ...

The strike measures announced by the Larnaca public transport company were withdrawn after the acceptance of a mediation proposal and buses are operating normally on Wednesday, authorities announced. The labour ...