Cyprus

Increased traffic checks will be in force over the next few days starting on Tuesday, police have announced. The stepped-up traffic operations went into effect to ensure safety of drivers ...

There will be no relief from the high temperatures in Cyprus of over 40C through early September, according to the Climate Watch body of the German Meteorological Service (DWD). According ...

A five-and-a-half-year-old child was responsible for the latest Limassol fire, it was reported on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBC, police spokesman Christos Andreou said the facts of the case emerged after ...

A 47-year-old Ayia Napa man was arrested for cases of indecent exposure and assault against five women. According to the police, one of them is a 17-year-old minor. Five women, ...

The foreign ministry remains in close contact with Greek authorities through its embassy in Athens on Tuesday, and is monitoring developments regarding the severe wildfires raging in northeastern Attica. So ...

Police on Monday prevented an attempt to supply drugs to a person held in custody at Polis Chrysochous police station in Paphos. According to the police, the incident happened around ...

A yellow warning for extreme maximum temperature has been issued on Tuesday by the Department of Meteorology in effect from 11am until 5 pm. The maximum temperature is expected to reach 41...

The carob – sit in its shade and enjoy its sweet pods, but not before August 15 You may know the carob tree from its ‘fat shade’ or pashia skia – as the ...

A red alert for forest fires has been issued by the Forestry Department for Tuesday. Lighting fires without permission is an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to ten ...

The Supreme Court ordered that a Syrian, in custody for the past 18 months pending his deportation for reasons of national security, be released. In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court ...

Serdal Gunduz, the 30-per-cent shareholder and secretary-general of the now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou, who stands accused of 98 charges of fraud, falsifying documents, money laundering, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday pilloried Nicosia for actions he said put the entire island’s security at risk amid rising tensions in the Middle East, even accusing ...

A group of around 60 delivery drivers from different companies gathered near Limassol’s old port on Monday to protest against the recent wave of violence against them. Shouting slogans and ...

The 64-officer mission set to fly to Greece in the early hours of Tuesday has been called off. Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the Greek government has changed its request ...

A church trial will begin on August 30 seeking to defrocks Archimandrites Nektarios and Porfyrios for unethical acts in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal. The indictment is based on the charges ...

The man who was arrested on suspicion of having stolen a caravan from the suburb of Yenikent in Kioneli is a Greek Cypriot, it emerged on Monday. The man appeared ...

How many Marias do you know? Give yourself a point for each one. Ten points if they’re a Maria Georgiou; together these two make up the most common full ...

The fire which broke out near the Limassol district villages of Souni and Zanatzia is “manageable”, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Monday. The fire had broken out shortly ...

Disy MP and former party leader Averof Neophytou has accused President Nikos Christodoulides of generating “delusions” about the Cyprus problem. Neophytou, who had also run for president in 2023, said over ...

The Paphos district government announced on Monday that their offices will be closed on Friday. They also listed telephone numbers which residents can call should they encounter serious issues. Residents ...

Police in Famagusta on Monday announced the arrest of eight more people who had been living illegally in Cyprus following raids carried out over the weekend. Raids were conducted on ...

A total of 20 arrests have been made in the last two and a half months of people caught stealing unguarded items belonging to beachgoers at Finikoudes beach. The latest arrests ...

Environmentalists have once again raised questions over the validity of analysis reports conducted by the north’s ‘health ministry’ declaring the seawater off the north’s beaches to be clean. ...

Police on Monday cautioned drivers to be careful when travelling through the Limassol-Paphos tunnel, due to a water leak. According to police, the leak was due to maintenance works on ...