A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
Cyprus on Monday became the first country to announce the name of its entry into the 2025 Eurovision song contest, with Theo Evan set to represent the island in Basel.
Theo ...
A man was arrested after taking a total of €2,000 on the promise that he would help illegally transport migrants from the Republic to the north.
He was summoned by the ...
Cyprus’ Health Minister Michael Damianos on Monday hailed the finding of eight kidney cross-transplant pairs between Cyprus and Israel.
He explained that the implementation of an agreement between the countries ...
A solar panel company, “CP Altech Energy Ltd”, was issued a €7,000 fine on Monday after it was found that it had failed to ensure its workers’ safety.
The labour inspection ...
President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday denied rumours about a cabinet reshuffle, following a report that it could be coming as some ministers have been in their positions since the beginning ...
President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday expressed his readiness for a tripartite meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in New York.
Speaking to a pool of reporters outside Tepak university ...
‘It may be my seventh medal but it feels like my first’
After winning silver at the Paralympic games in Paris, Cyprus swimmer Karolina Pelendritou on Sunday night said the ...
A 20-year-old man was arrested after having allegedly attempted to strangle a woman to death, police said on Monday.
The man was arrested by the British Bases police in Akrotiri ...
Monday marked a return to school for teachers, as Education Minister Athena Michaelidou expressed satisfaction over recent upgrades.
The school year starts with the operation of many more all-day schools, ...
The Paphos District Court issued a three-day remand for an 18-year-old woman on Monday in a case of impersonation, forgery and circulation of a forged document.
According to the police, ...
Paphos police arrested a 39-year-old man on Sunday for an ongoing case of illegal employment in a restaurant, while the owner of the restaurant was also accused.
According to police, ...
A 23-year-old Famagusta resident was arrested in a case of illegal drug possession on Sunday.
The Famagusta drug squad secured a warrant to search the man’s apartment in the ...
Paphos police on Sunday confiscated ten computers used for illegal electronic gambling.
According to Paphos assistant police chief Michalis Nikolaou, officers undertook a targeted raid on an electronic gambling venue ...
Paphos police arrested a 32-year-old man on Sunday for an investigated case of burglaries and thefts.
According to the police, the owner of a flower shop reported a break-in and ...
The highway between Limassol and Nicosia was reopened in full shortly after Midday on Monday, after being closed twice due to a serious accident which took place overnight.
Both lanes ...
On Monday the weather will start off mostly clear although later there will be increased clouds and a chance of isolated rain or a storm, mainly in the mountains and ...
Strong rains were witnessed across some areas of the island on Sunday, with the weather set to clear up into the evening, the met office said.
There were storms in ...
“I think that the mismatch between me and Cyprus,” says Jared Willis, “was that Cyprus doesn’t want boot-strappers. Cyprus doesn’t want people coming here with an idea, and ...
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was outraged on Sunday over a decision of streaming service Netflix to show the series ‘Famagusta’.
The series covers what happened in the summer of 1974 ...
Cypriot athlete Valentina Savva secured a silver medal in the women’s hammer throw at the 20th World Athletics U20 Championships with a throw of 67.21 meters.
The event, held in ...
A protest will be held on Sunday in front of the Presidential Palace calling for an end in Cyprus’ involvement in the Gaza crisis on World Peace Day.
The organisers ...
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Sunday this school year will certainly be better than the previous ones, because they are implementing their goals, they are implementing the policies announced.
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Car-owners in Cyprus have been facing the dilemma of putting their lives at risk by driving a car with potentially deadly airbags or leaving their vehicles parked as weeks turn ...
House speaker Annita Demetriou said on Sunday said the state’s sole priority remains to reunite Cyprus.
She added that only a solution of the Cyprus issue will ensure peace ...