Cyprus News

United States officials were flown from the Harir airbase near the Iraqi city of Erbil to the United Kingdom’s Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail has been informed, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met European animal health commissioner Oliver Varhelyi at the presidential palace on Friday as authorities pressed for the full implementation of strict containment measures to bring Cyprus’ ...

A 17-year-old was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of robbery after allegedly stealing a wallet, police said on Friday. According to police, the incident occurred at around 8pm on Wednesday, ...

Employees of the Electricity authority of Cyprus (EAC) have announced a three-hour work stoppage on March 18, from 8am to 11am, to protest what they described as “serious problems” that remain ...

Cyprus is “one of the safest countries for sports events”, European Athletics president Dobromir Karamarinov said on Friday, following a meeting in Nicosia with President Nikos Christodoulides. The meeting took ...

The now former civil defence chief Maria Papa left her post and took up a position at the audit office for purely administrative reasons, the Cyprus News Agency quoted sources ...

Awareness and information activities on fire prevention and safety were discussed during a meeting on Friday between the Paphos municipality and members of the fire brigade in Paphos. The meeting ...

A “security incident” which had been declared at the British Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus was announced to have concluded shortly afterwards. Base personnel had been urged to “remain ...

Nato air and missile assets located in the eastern Mediterranean have downed another ballistic missile launched from Iran, the Turkish defence ministry said. While the exact location of the missile ...

The case file concerning the suspended mayor of Paphos, Phedonas Phedonos, was returned to the legal service by police headquarters on Friday following the completion of investigative work. The file ...

The Pancyprian association of cancer patients and friends (Pasykaf) has welcomed the cabinet approval of the national cancer institute law of 2026, describing it as a major step forward in the ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he would do everything in his power to resolve the Cyprus problem, until his term ends at the end of this year. “We are ...

Some 37 applications have been received for the position of head of the central prison, following the suspension of former prison director Anna Aristotelous, local news media reported on Friday. According ...

European animal health commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi, told farmers and agricultural organisations on Friday that the European Union regulation on foot-and-mouth disease on mass culling will be implemented without relaxation. Speaking ...

The United Kingdom “exposed” Cypriots to drone attacks by virtue of maintaining its bases in Akrotiri and Dhekelia and leaving them undefended, shadow leader of the House of Commons Jesse ...

The interior ministry announced on Friday that special electoral rolls for Maronite, Armenian and Latin communities have been published in preparation for the parliamentary elections on May 24. The rolls, which ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos held a “substantive discussion” with his United Arab Emirates counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the developments in the region, he wrote in a ...

How many people fly in and out of Cyprus each year? Take a guess. A million? 10 million? The actual figure is staggering: close on 13 million passengers pass through Larnaca and ...

The evacuation order for the village of Akrotiri, which is located within the eponymous British base area and adjacent to the air force base, was suspended on Friday, with the ...

The 28-year-old Azerbaijani man and his 27-year-old Estonian partner who were arrested over terrorism allegations in Cyprus have been deported to Estonia, local media reported on Friday. The pair had ...

The European Commissioner for animal health and welfare, Oliver Varhelyi, is visiting the island on Friday to assess the current foot and mouth outbreak and how Cyprus is handling it. ...

The working week is coming to an end with slightly cloudy weather and temperatures remaining mild, reaching up to 21 degrees Celsius inland and on the coast and 11 degrees in the ...

Two workers were seriously injured after they fell off a two-metre-high scaffolding in Paralimni, police said on Friday. “Two people aged 64 and 56, while they were on scaffolding approximately two metres ...

For the moment, Cyprus does not face a problem in relation to its fuel stocks amid the Persian Gulf energy crunch, the Cyprus Mail has learned. “Right now we are ...