Cyprus News

A squadron of Turkish fighter jets on Thursday carried out flybys over Kyrenia, in what was a practice flight ahead of ‘celebrations’ in the occupied north marking the anniversary of ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday placed back on the table the prospect of his country becoming an associate member of the European Union, with a readout of his ...

The interior ministry on Thursday panned Diko MP Zacharias Koulias after he asserted that 27 senior civil servants were appointed without written exams because they were ‘connected’. In parliament, Koulias spoke ...

The chief warden at the central prisons was spotted carrying bags containing papers, a witness told Nicosia criminal court on Thursday in the ongoing trial concerning the alleged theft of ...

Assets worth more than €51.5 million have been frozen in Cyprus since 2023, with approximately half the total linked to investigations involving the controversial golden passport scheme, police told parliament on Thursday. ...

The House transport committee on Thursday discussed proposed legislation aimed at tightening regulations on electric scooters, including registration requirements, third-party insurance and restrictions on where they can be used. Speaking ...

Deputy Culture Minister Clea Hadjistefanou-Papaellina announced on Friday a €100,000 sponsorship scheme to collect the testimonies and archives of the those who lived before the Turkish invasion. The scheme, called ‘Nostos’ (...

A 27-year-old Thai national was arrested at Larnaca airport on Thursday after authorities discovered 22.5kg of cannabis in his luggage. According to authorities, the drugs were discovered during a joint ...

Alma leader Odysseas Michaelides said on Thursday that his party has ruled out supporting Akel secretary-general Stefanos Stefanou as a candidate in the 2028 presidential election. Asked on Sigma whether Alma ...

A 38-year-old Turkish Cypriot man was arrested on Thursday after customs officers discovered 399 vials of Botox in his possession at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point. According to the customs department, ...

Each volunteer firefighting team will receive €1,000 in financial support from the interior ministry, with payments expected to be made early next year, the fire service announced on Thursday. The funding ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday told the day’s European Political Community summit that Europe “cannot allow” hybrid attacks to become “the new normal”, with bomb hoaxes and hacking incidents ...

Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou met with the President of Israel Isaac Herzog at his residence in Jerusalem on Thursday. According to the Israeli presidency, Herzog informed Lambrou of his “deep ...

Turkey may be allowed access to the European Union’s planned “Made in EU” scheme should progress be achieved in talks to resolved the Cyprus problem, the Cyprus Mail understands. ...

Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Nicodemos Damianou has outlined plans to develop Cyprus into a centre for video game creation and investment, saying the ambition is to ...

A British soldier serving with the Royal Regiment of Scotland has been charged with raping a woman serving with British Forces Cyprus. Lance Corporal Nicholas Horne, a member of the 4...

President Nikos Christodoulides and the European Commission’s Cyprus problem envoy Raffaele Fitto on Thursday held a telephone conversation to discuss the Cyprus problem, ahead of Fitto’s planned trip ...

A 35-year-old hunter was taken into police custody on Thursday after two environmental activists were wounded by shotgun pellets in a hunting area at Cape Greco, with police investigating whether ...

Foreign buyers continued to underpin demand in Cyprus’ property market during the first nine months of 2026, with transactions involving European Union citizens recording particularly strong growth, according to figures released ...

The Republic of Cyprus was “the only recognised state on the island” represented at the Cop31 climate summit in Antalya, presidential press office director Victor Papadopoulos said on Thursday. Speaking ...

Every worker in Cyprus should be able to retire with two sources of income, combining their state pension with an occupational retirement scheme, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said this week, ...

Household electricity prices in Cyprus have risen by 5 per cent in November, the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) said on Thursday. EAC spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou told CNA that the increase ...

Police are searching for a seventh person in connection with the alleged plot to murder Giorgos Xiourouppas in Limassol, while also investigating claims that two other businessmen may have been ...

MEP Fidias Panayiotou said he is considered an “enemy of Ukraine” after his personal data was published on the Ukrainian website Myrotvorets (peacemaker) in early November. “Apparently I’m an ...