A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
Police in Limassol on Tuesday said they are investigating a new case of online fraud after a 68-year-old was scammed out of €183,000.
The pensioner said he found a website in ...
The murder trial of 45-year-old Costas Antoniou will resume on January 7 at the British bases court, it emerged on Tuesday.
Dhekelia police sources told the Cyprus News Agency that Antoniou ...
A six-year-old child buried face-down was among notable discoveries made during recent excavations at the Chalcolithic settlement of Chlorakas-Palloures, in the Paphos region, the department of antiquities said on Tuesday.
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The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has identified 52 per cent of the remains of those missing, Turkish Cypriot member of the committee Hakki Muftuzade said on Tuesday.
Turkish Cypriot news ...
The Uefa Europa Conference League trophy and the Uefa Youth League trophy will both be on display in Nicosia on Wednesday.
The trophies will be in Nicosia as part of ...
The European Commission on Tuesday announced the provision of just over €39.5 million of aid for the Turkish Cypriot community as part of its latest “annual action programme”.
It said the ...
Two people, aged 34 and 21, were remanded for eight days on Tuesday in connection with a mugging on August 30 in Ayia Napa.
Famagusta district court heard an 18-year-old had been assaulted ...
Larnaca district court issued eight-day remand orders against two 18-year-olds on Tuesday in connection with a punch-up in Larnaca on August 28, during which three were injured, one critically who was ...
Footage from a protest that took place in Nicosia calling for the Cyprus government to condemn Israel’s war in Gaza.
The event featured testimony from Palestinians in Gaza, and ...
The government on Tuesday was forced to deny media reports it has taken any final decisions hidden from the public eye regarding funding for the controversial electricity interconnector project.
“No ...
An eight-day remand was issued against a 20-year-old man by Famagusta District Court on Tuesday in connection with an attempted murder investigation after a woman said she was strangled.
The ...
Violations of lease agreements were found in one in seven contracts regarding Turkish Cypriot properties in the Republic, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the House refugees ...
Student bus fares have been slashed for the upcoming school year, the transport ministry announced on Tuesday, two days before classes begin.
The decision follows a directive from President Nikos ...
A man was killed after being knocked off his bicycle in a hit-and-run incident in the Limassol suburb of Ypsonas on Tuesday morning.
Police were called to the scene at ...
Cyprus is a perfect example of the severe challenges posed by water scarcity in the Eastern Mediterranean, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said during the MED9 summit of agriculture ministers held ...
Eight-day remand orders were issued on Tuesday by the Larnaca district court against an 18-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man for possession of over 25kg of cannabis.
The woman was ...
Chevron on Tuesday confirmed that on August 30, it resubmitted a revised development plan for the Aphrodite gas field to the energy ministry for evaluation.
The confirmation comes a day after ...
A massive volume of evidence has been gathered by investigators looking into the suspicious naturalisation of foreign investors, with the fourth case alone – involving former Transport Minister Marios Demetriades – filling 200 ...
Cyprus has ranked poorly in a recent study on air quality in European cities, with both Limassol and Nicosia falling near the bottom of the list.
According to the European ...
Limassol district court on Tuesday issued a three-day remand order against a 21-year-old man arrested in connection with a large drug seizure in Limassol on August 21.
The drugs were discovered ...
Police are investigating a case of hooliganism at a school in Nicosia. Two suspects were questioned in connection with the incident.
Police received a report at around 2.45am on Tuesday ...
British Foreign Minister David Lammy on Monday sidestepped a question put to him by an opposition MP regarding the country’s Akrotiri base’s potential involvement in the ongoing conflict ...
Two sailors from the United States’ amphibious assault ship the USS Wasp were attacked by a crowd in the Turkish Aegean city of Izmir on Monday evening.
The sailors were ...
By Richard Boxall
One match caught the eye in the first round of games in the BAOFinancial Autumn T20 Cup presented by HurryCurry, and that was the meeting of last ...