Cyprus

The 700 troops, border force and foreign office officials the UK sent to Cyprus on Wednesday will help contingency planning for a range of scenarios as the crisis in Lebanon escalates, ...

Cyprus is seeking to broaden its diplomatic footprint, through contacts with countries it is not in regular communication with, focusing on finding common ground that will prove beneficial to all ...

Limassol police arrested a 26-year-old after illegal tobacco products were found in his home. Police found a kilo of narghile tobacco, 27,760 cigarettes of various brands and 12kg and 250gr of ...

The Cyprus problem and the Middle East were on the agenda of a meeting on Wednesday between President Nikos Christodoulides and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani in New ...

Low pressure is affecting the area, bringing mainly fine weather on Thursday. Winds will be a gentle breeze, 3 Beaufort, gradually becoming a southwest to northwest, gentle to moderate breeze, 3 to 4 ...

Larnaca Airport has been facing increasing complaints from passengers about long queues, prompting Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades to address the issue on Wednesday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Vafeades acknowledged that ...

The United States and France are trying to hammer out an interim accord to halt hostilities between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah with a view to opening broader diplomatic talks, ...

The Parliamentary Committee of the Council of Europe has recommended rejecting the list of candidates submitted by Cyprus for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). According to a decision ...

Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou stressed the need to remain focused on finding a solution to the Cyprus problem through a realistic approach and diplomatic efforts to change Turkey’s ...

The volatile situation in the Middle East, its consequences, and methods for de-escalation were key topics during the meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, on ...

Members of the House ethics committee on Wednesday heard that four cases related to revenue from money laundering are currently before the criminal court. The topic was discussed by the ...

Deputy Minister for Migration Nicholas Ioannides on Wednesday said Cyprus is prepared to deal with any migrant arrivals in light of the escalating situation in Lebanon. “If there are people ...

The government on Wednesday said it was at its highest level of preparedness for evacuations from the region, as Britain announced 700 troops were being deployed to Cyprus to help UK ...

A bill which would ban the use of mobile phones in schools by law will be voted on in parliament within the next fortnight, House education committee chairman and Diko ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday addressed the 79th United Nations General Assembly, focusing on Cyprus’ role in promoting peace in the Eastern Mediterranean, condemning ongoing conflicts, and highlighting the persistent ...

The Larnaca municipality on Wednesday said it will step up safety measures in response to the incidents that took place on Monday evening, when a 17-year-old boy was hospitalised and ...

The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek has the right to cancel its 15-year procurement contract with Turkish energy company Aksa over contract breaches with regard to the planned subsea electricity ...

The House legal committee on Wednesday discussed a bill which would allow parliament to force ministers, deputy ministers and other officials to appear before house committees. However, a legal service ...

Cyprus’ cooperation with Armenia is “excellent”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Wednesday. Palmas was speaking after a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Suren Papikyan in the country’s capital ...

Police on Wednesday were on the hunt for two people who assaulted an officer while trying to visit a detained woman in Paphos. Two individuals aged 33 and 37 walked into the ...

A man is suing a doctor and the hospital at which he was treated after undergoing an operation on his left knee when he had intended to undergo an operation ...

Cyprus’ transition to renewable energy sources has thus far been “slow”, environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on Wednesday. Speaking at a workshop on the future of water, energy, food, and ...

Two companies have been fined a total of €5,500 for violations of the law on health and safety at work, the Labour Inspection Department announced on Wednesday. The Nicosia district court ...

The upgraded version of the government’s online tax portal, Tax For All, went live on Wednesday, the tax department said. The website had been “interrupted” for five days. However, ...