Cyprus

Israeli businessman Simon Aykut, 73, will remain in custody until Wednesday when a bail hearing will take place the Nicosia Criminal Court decided on Monday. Aykut, who holds Portuguese, Israeli, and ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has “destroyed the Turkish Cypriots’ international prestige”, his predecessor Mehmet Ali Talat said on Monday. Speaking to newspaper Yeni Duzen, Talat, who served between 2005 and 2010, ...

As schools across Cyprus reopened on Monday, traffic congestion has returned to its normal levels, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, Vafeades acknowledged that the country’...

The new primary school year began on Monday for 51,590 students and 5,044 teachers in 329 public schools. A total of 274 nursery schools also opened their doors across Cyprus for 13,117 toddlers and preschoolers ...

The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) is both technically and financially viable and must go ahead, former finance minister and Disy MP Harris Georgiades said on Monday. He was speaking as ...

A 29-year-old was arrested on Monday evening in connection with a homophobic attack at the weekend. The attack, outside a nightclub in Limassol on Saturday night, was allegedly carried out ...

A marathon session of the Holy Synod court was held on Monday, as a trial got underway for monks involved in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal. The monks chose to ...

The cattle breeders’ coordinating committee on Monday expressed fury over the European Commission’s decision to provide €39.5 million in aid for the Turkish Cypriot community as part of its latest “...

Police on Monday were on the hunt for a 21-year-old man who allegedly threatened to kill a 26-year-old in Limassol. According to the latter, he received a call from the ...

Foul play in the case of a dead infant found at a Nicosia cemetery has been ruled out, police sources said on Monday. Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported a woman ...

A 96-year-old, permanent resident of London, was killed in a fatal accident in Larnaca on Sunday, police announced on Monday. The accident happened at 8.10pm on Sunday on the motorway ...

A 19-year-old has been arrested in Paphos for conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, hunting in a restricted area, transporting an assembled hunting rifle and failing to comply with a game ...

A decision to allow girls into the national guard when they graduate secondary school on a voluntary basis is in its final stages, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Monday. “...

Increased clouds will be observed on Monday which are expected to bring isolated afternoon rains or storms in the mountains, the interior and the north. Temperatures will rise to 37C ...

The island’s water security and the escalating water crisis in the southern Mediterranean have featured prominently of late with the specter of desertification looming large after a summer of ...

A memorial was held in the village of Acheritou on Sunday to a Turkish soldier who was shot dead in his guard post near the village in 1996. Allahverdi Kilic was ...

The government on Sunday said Turkey is using the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) to avoid its obligations to claimants who were displaced in 1974 and won cases in international courts. The ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project will go ahead “if its financial viability is ensured”, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. Speaking at the Thessaloniki international fair, he said, “...

A man reported having been the victim of a “homophobic attack” on Saturday night in Limassol. In a post on his Instagram story, the man said he had been walking ...

The government aims to “further implement measures which will strengthen young people’s access to culture”, deputy culture minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said on Sunday. Speaking at the Mountain Fest in ...

Villagers from the Limassol district on Saturday staged a protest against motorcyclists speeding along the road between the villages of Trimiklini and Ayia Eirini. The protest took place in the ...

Officers and non-commissioned officers who fought against Turkey during the 1974 invasion of Cyprus will be awarded medals by the Republic of Cyprus, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas announced on Sunday. Speaking ...

Will the government cross the Rubicon, take the plunge – pick your idiom – this coming Tuesday when all the players sit down in Nicosia for a powwow on the Great Sea ...

Television series Famagusta’s director Andreas Georgiou said the message the series was intended to convey was “to love each other”. In a post to his Instagram story in Greek, ...