Cyprus

Cyprus’ exposure to the public over its handling of migrants has not been flattering. Accusations over pushbacks, violence and unhygienic living conditions have been documented in numerous reports from organisations ...

Police have arrested a 53-year-old woman in connection with a case of usurping Greek Cypriot property in the north. The woman was arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday, on arrival ...

The implementation for the revised strategy for people with disabilities, covering their needs form birth to old age, while addressing prejudice and discrimination, was a top priority for the government, ...

A 58-year-old man was found dead on Saturday under his car in Kolossi. Relatives had gone looking for him when Andreas Nicolaou did not return home from his field. They ...

The manhunt for 42-year-old escaped convict Doros Theophanous, serving a life sentence for the murder of his pregnant partner and her three-year-old child, continued on Saturday with a large team ...

A 35-year-old man wanted in Germany in connection with a kidnapping case was arrested on Friday at Larnaca airport. Police said the man arrived at Larnaca just before 5pm on ...

By Philippa Tracy Having binge-watched the latest episodes of Netflix’s Emily in Paris, I still love the blatant romanticisation of Paris as a city and Emily’s ever-expanding good ...

A 31-year-old man was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Friday afternoon and is being treated at the Nicosia general hospital ICU in critical condition. According to the police, ...

Shots were fired outside a coffeeshop in Yiolou, Paphos, in the early hours of Saturday, damaging a window and a car windshield. No one was reported to be hurt. Police ...

Mainly fine weather is forecast for Saturday, as low pressure is affecting the region. Winds will start off a variable gentle breeze, 3 Beaufort, before gradually becoming southwest to northwest, a ...

Renovation work at the Mia Milia bicommunal sewage treatment plant “will not harm birds”, the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (LTB) said on Friday. Concerns had been raised that the lagoons where ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday had a working lunch with the five permanent UN Security Council members in New York where they discussed growing concerns over the region, as well ...

Both foreign and Cypriot investors have shown interest in the Larnaca port project, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeadis said on Friday, urging Cypriots to enter the bidding process. In statements after ...

Island states in the EU face a unique set of challenges where migration is concerned and the EU should take these into account when shaping its policy, Deputy Minister of ...

Nicosia has a “special symbolism” for Cyprus’ forthcoming presidency of the European Council, European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna said on Friday. Speaking after a meeting with Nicosia mayor Charalambos ...

The convict with a life sentence who managed to slip away from police is armed, unlikely to give himself in and has a plan to travel to Colombia via the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday offered the Famagusta port to be used to transport humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Gaza. Speaking to the Anadolu Agency, he said the ...

Environment Commissioner Antonia Theodosiou on Friday put forward a list of suggestions which the town planning authority could utilise to ensure the alleged “illegal house” being built near the Kryos ...

The customs department on Friday announced that large quantities of food which had been produced in Turkey had been seized at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point from cars driving from ...

Over €17 million in state aid was provided to voluntary organisations in 2023, Deputy Social Welfare Minister Marilena Evangelou said on Friday, while outlining actions and policies aimed at supporting children, the ...

The four-person Greek Cypriot delegation and the two-person Turkish Cypriot delegation will both travel to Strasburg to attend the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s next session next ...

Cyprus, as the 2024 president of the Med9 group of Mediterranean EU countries, is focusing on transforming the Mediterranean into a green energy corridor, according to Energy Minister George Papanastasiou. Addressing ...

The trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to ten years in prison for “insulting” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was postponed again on Friday. Friday’s ...

A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the investigation of a mobile phone theft worth approximately €1,000 from an electronics store in Paralimni. According to Famagusta police spokesman Steve ...