Cyprus News

The police will stop issuing individual invitation sheets to reservists for National Guard service, under a decision taken by Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis on Thursday. The change ends a process ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday moved to defend the Immovable Property Commission (IPC), with plans having been mulled in the Republic of Cyprus’ parliament in recent months for ...

A Mediterranean monk seal was spotted swimming in Kato Paphos harbour on Thursday, drawing the attention of passersby. The animal remained near the shore for some time, carrying out a ...

The transport ministry on Thursday announced that traffic lights at the junction of October 28 Avenue and Makarios III Avenue in Nicosia have been temporarily taken out of service due to “...

Fiscal council chairman Andreas Charalambous on Thursday called on the government to be responsible with its plans to invest the social insurance fund’s cash reserves in the hope of ...

Larnaca has been ranked the third-best destination in southern Europe for an autumn shoulder-season getaway, according to a new travel index examining sunshine, temperatures, rainfall and accommodation costs. The Cypriot ...

The additional €50 million per year which the government’s planned pension reform will cost the taxpayer for the first five years after the reform’s implementation falls “within the framework ...

Music was meant to bring people together, not place communities on opposing sides, EXIT said on Thursday as it formally announced its withdrawal from the planned Nexus festival near Kyrenia ...

Hourly paid civil servants remain on course for a nationwide strike on September 17 unless the government submits a revised pay proposal beforehand, representatives of three trade unions informed on Thursday. ...

The Turkish Cypriot ‘health ministry’ on Thursday called on people who believe their children have been conceived through in vitro fertilisation using the wrong sperm or egg donors at clinics ...

The presidential palace on Thursday extolled Cyprus’ relations with the United Arab Emirates, pointing out that those ties allowed for the island to be gifted mobile desalination units from the ...

Warships from Cyprus, Greece, Germany, Italy and the United States carried out a multinational exercise in waters south of Limassol on Monday, the results of which were disclosed on Thursday ...

A 74-year-old man has tested positive for West Nile virus and is being treated in the ICU at Nicosia general hospital, the health ministry confirmed on Thursday. Speaking to the ...

The Cyprus air traffic controllers’ union on Thursday said that flight safety in and around the island is “affected by unauthorised Turkish air force aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles” operating ...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of 500 grams of cocaine during a search of a residential property in the Famagusta district last week, the police ...

A 35-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an attack on five delivery rider in Paphos, the police said on Thursday. The man was arrested shortly before midnight on ...

A total of three people were arrested in Larnaca as part of the police’s ongoing crackdown on drugs-related offences, with around a kilogram of cannabis being seized as a ...

Thursday’s weather is expected to be mostly sunny across most of the island for most of the day, though clouds are expected to gather in the mountains during the ...

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Thursday said her country is “outraged” after the Israeli authorities elected not to pursue criminal proceedings against those responsible for the killing of seven ...

Nicosia district In the rural district of Nicosia, near the sea, Kato Pyrgos Tyllirias organises its 9th Fig and Halidji Cheese Festival on August 20. Head to the elementary school’s ...

Businesses and shopkeepers are again calling for Makarios avenue in Nicosia to be reopened to traffic, with a joint platform claiming on Wednesday that two out of every three shops ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou is reportedly “furious” over remarks made by predecessor, Averof Neophytou, accusing the party of responsibility for past failures on the Cyprus problem. According to Phileleftheros, the ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request by Equality (Isotita) trade unionist Giorgos Maltezos to register a private criminal indictment against five state officials over alleged violations of protections ...

Serbian music company EXIT has withdrawn from the planned Nexus electronic music festival at Kyrenia Castle, Elam MEP Geadis Geadi said on Wednesday, following diplomatic and political pressure over the ...