Cyprus News

Nicosia municipality is taking flak from all sides over its recent decision to partly reopen Makarios avenue to normal traffic, with media reports on Tuesday suggesting that it could also ...

High school online registrations are currently open for students to attend the second and third classes of the gymnasium and all classes of the lyceum and technical schools, the education ...

Two industrial dustbins were torched behind the Elias Neocleous & Co law offices in central Limassol over the weekend, fuelling growing concern over a string of unexplained bin fires in ...

Official efforts towards nursery school teachers to cancel strike measures were unsuccessful, the education ministry said on Tuesday, hours after the teachers went on strike. The ministry said a dialogue ...

Cyprus’ defence industry has expanded significantly in recent years, growing from just a handful of companies to around 30, and now generates approximately €40 million in annual revenue, the House energy, commerce ...

The government said on Tuesday it has no intention of scrapping the so-called ‘penalty’ on pensions imposed on those retiring early at age 63, provoking a tussle in parliament between the ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Tuesday once again insisted that the arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north are ...

Two young tourists were injured on Tuesday afternoon after their off-road vehicle plunged into a 29-metre-deep gorge in the Akamas region. The incident occurred at around 1.10pm, according to Paphos ...

Cyprus will roll out a €67.5 million investment scheme this Thursday as part of its strategic plan under the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP), government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed on ...

The government is committed to implementing tax reform on January 1, 2026, and “this is something that cannot be changed,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. The president convened a meeting to ...

A fake news scam which has circulated on social media in recent weeks has posed as the Cyprus Mail and Cypriot businessman Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. The website, hosted at “zenform....

The new technical gymnasium will open its doors in September, “signalling a new era for education in Cyprus” and providing “real opportunities” to students, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

The electricity authority (EAC) is to propose a 3 per cent increase in the price of electricity paid by consumers, its chairman George Petrou said on Tuesday. The plan comes after ...

More than a thousand people have added their fan cards to the government’s digital citizen app since its integration to promote sports safety was launched on Monday, government spokesman ...

If you are a certain age and live in Cyprus, you will have probably partied at an AfroBanana Festival. Music stages in the forest, village installations and community art happenings ...

House president Annita Demetriou spent over €15,000 for luxury hotel rooms for three nights for those accompanying her on a trip to London, according to a report released by the audit ...

Cyprus enters 2025’s wildfire season with the strongest firefighting force in its history, the government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. According to the government spokesman’s announcement, Cyprus is ...

The community advocacy group Syrians in Cyprus on Tuesday expressed concerns about the “tight” timeline set out in the government’s new voluntary repatriation plan for Syrian nationals who have ...

Energy Minister Geroge Papanastasiou on Tuesday praised the “common political will” of his eight counterparts from the European Union’s other ‘Med9’ states to “promote a coherent green development strategy”. ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou visited the social insurance offices in Paphos on Tuesday afternoon, following damage to a window caused by an object launched at high speed. Earlier in the ...

The Cyprus securities and exchange commission (CySEC) on Tuesday said it is “taking practical steps to collect all the available data and information” before deciding whether it will investigate claims ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin will meet Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis in Athens on Thursday, according to reports. The Cyprus News Agency reported that Holguin will meet Gerapetritis ...

Can the worlds of classical ballet and Zorba the Greek collide? It seems so as a highly anticipated production this year brings a unique celebration of Greek spirit, movement and ...

A car was completely destroyed by a fire in the Larnaca suburb of Oroklini in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Larnaca police spokesman Christodoulos Konsolos said the fire broke ...