Cyprus News

The number of inspectors responsible for tackling undeclared and illegal work will be doubled following cabinet approval, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas affirmed on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday said that United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ forthcoming visit to the island will allow the island’s two sides to “understand each other ...

A 44-year-old police officer has been suspended following a road collision in Nicosia on Thursday after testing positive for alcohol, with criminal and disciplinary investigations now underway. The suspension was ...

Edek has not been informed of any intention for Agriculture Maria Panayiotou to leave the government, either on her part or the government’s, party spokesman Giorgos Georgiou said on ...

Cypriot consumers continued to place large numbers of orders through online platforms such as Shein and Temuafter the introduction of a temporary €3 customs duty, with more than 100,000 parcels recorded during ...

Seatrack systems installed on beaches to give people with mobility disabilities safe access to the sea are being damaged through misuse, sometimes preventing wheelchair users from entering the water, the ...

Food trucks in Cyprus used to be linked with one item: sandwiches. In fact, even the term ‘food truck’, which now finds itself inserted seamlessly in spoken Greek, is a ...

No response on McIntyre’s employment status after May 2025 The Anti-Corruption Authority issued an announcement on Friday denying there was any substance to public claims “doubting the validity and impartiality ...

€1 million in emergency aid for the cleanup of illegal waste dumping sites was approved by the Council of Ministers on Thursday, the third consecutive year in which such aid has ...

According to verified information, legal proceedings are under way in Cyprus and abroad with the aim of identifying certain individuals operating anonymous accounts on X, formerly Twitter, which have repeatedly ...

Maria Panayiotou will leave her post as agriculture minister, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Friday, as the prospect of a cabinet reshuffle appears to draw closer. He told ...

The 46-year-old woman who was shot by her husband, a police officer who subsequently died by suicide, has regained consciousness at Nicosia general hospital, police said on Friday. Investigators are ...

The cabinet has approved the development of a Limassol Mall, ending a lengthy process involving competing applications for two shopping centres planned just 300 metres apart and paving the way for ...

Turkey’s defence ministry on Friday released a video in which it decried the “bloody legacy” of Greek Cypriot paramilitary group Eoka, two days after the 52nd anniversary of the ...

Planned reform to sick leave rules must not undermine the rights of employees with genuine medical conditions, union officials said on Friday as the government moves to tighten controls on ...

A pregnant woman was taken to hospital after a traffic accident on the Nicosia to Limassol motorway on Friday morning. Police said the collision led to the closure of the ...

Forty-seven people were arrested during a nationwide operation targeting illegal employment in catering establishments across Cyprus, police said on Friday. The joint operation involved the aliens and immigration service and ...

A restaurant in Limassol that offers hookah services has been fined after customs officers seized 7kg of duty-free tobacco during a routine inspection, police said on Friday. The search was ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Friday described UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ upcoming visit to Cyprus as “very significant”, saying it marks the first visit by a UN chief to the ...

The government remains committed to securing a Cyprus settlement through negotiations based on the United Nations framework and European Union law, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday night. He ...

An Aradippou coffee shop is redefining the village’s nightlife scene with its intimate, cultural events. Every summer, the rooftop of Kafeneion Ermis hosts live music nights, film screenings and ...

The British father arrested following the death of his three-year-old son in a fall from a fourth-floor hotel window in Paphos is expected to be released under strict conditions, with ...

Four people were arrested on Thursday night while 79 motorists were reported for speeding during islandwide police operations aimed at preventing serious crime and boosting public safety. According to police, the ...

The UN secretary-general’s latest reports on Cyprus were the focus of a closed-door briefing to members of the UN Security Council on Thursday by the UN’s Special Representative ...