Cyprus News

Water pipes in Limassol are to be replaced, following the signing of a contract between the district government and a contractor, which, according to the district government, will “upgrade, modernise, ...

Average rainfall in May reached 46.7 millimetres, equivalent to 238 per cent of the normal amount for the month, the meteorological department said on Tuesday. According to the department, rainfall exceeded the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met both experts and representatives of farmers on Tuesday to discuss the government’s handling of the ongoing outbreak of foot and mouth disease at farms across ...

Seven people were arrested overnight for drug possession, offensive weapons and illegal residency, police reported on Tuesday. Officers stopped 345 vehicles and checked 146 occupants during targeted patrols. A further 31 premises were ...

German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan on Monday was diverted to Larnaca airport, being forced to abort plans to visit Lebanon after Israel threatened to its attacks on the country’...

If you have seen viral clips online of audience members singing their names into an autotuned microphone, they are probably at a Morgan Jay event. The Los Angeles-based musician and ...

Cyprus and the European Commission have signed the country’s loan agreement allowing the country to receive funds under the European Union’s €150 billion Security Action for Europe (Safe) programme. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday hailed a deal struck between the institutions of the European Union over a new law which will allow the bloc’s member states to establish “...

Tuesday’s weather will be mostly clear across most of the island for most of the day, but increased cloud cover is expected in parts during the afternoon. Those clouds ...

Cyprus’ tourism sector is currently down by around 20 per cent due to ongoing instability in the Middle East, according to the head of the Cyprus hotel managers association (Pasydixe) Christos ...

A 76-year-old woman has reported losing €42,500 after falling victim to a telephone scam, police said on Monday. According to the police, the woman said she received a phone call earlier ...

A 24-year-old driver was involved in a road collision in the early hours of Monday in Pera Chorio, after allegedly returning a breathalyser reading nearly five times over the legal ...

Single-parent households with children stood at 10.2 per cent in Cyprus in 2025, according to data published on Monday by Eurostat to mark Global Day of Parents – observed annually on June 1. Across ...

Police have arrested two more men as part of an ongoing investigation into a cache of drugs and firearms discovered at a house in Nicosia, bringing the total number of ...

Police arrested 10 people and issued 337 traffic citations during overnight operations carried out across the island. The 10 arrests were made for a range of offences, including assault, extortion, failure to appear ...

Police have arrested two 22-year-old men in connection with a serious assault that left a 46-year-old man hospitalised in Paphos municipality. According to the police, the arrests were made on ...

A vehicle was destroyed after catching fire on the Limassol-Nicosia highway on Sunday evening, though no injuries were reported. The fire broke out at around 8.30pm on the highway heading ...

Three days of dance, audio-walks, screenings and performances arrive as soon as June rolls in, bringing with it the 23rd Summer Dance Festival by Nea Kinisi. Eight artistic proposals will ...

With the long, hot summer fast approaching, parents are steeling themselves for nearly 12 weeks of dealing with their often fractious children. Parents frequently complain that schools close far too often – ...

Until this week, if I heard the word “space”, I would probably have followed it up with something cliché like “the final frontier” or “beam me up, Scotty”. Like many ...

An operative of Hamas living in Cyprus was, according to an indictment filed in Israel, the mastermind behind a major case of planned terrorist attacks there, leading to two people ...

The government’s newly launched nationwide emergency warning system and its ability to reach residents using older mobile devices has come under scrutiny, particularly regarding elderly people in remote communities ...

A gradual improvement in hotel bookings, however they are still moving at lower levels than expected for the period, chairman of the Cyprus Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides said on ...

Summer is on its way, and that means that outdoor film screenings. First up is Nicosia’s Images and Views of Alternative Cinema Festival, which returns to the old town ...