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Cyprus has recorded a sharp rise in drug seizures in 2025, with cannabis and cocaine quantities doubling compared to last year. The rise comes amid intensified, targeted operations at the country’...

Cyprus has “no intention”a to “create a confrontation with the Greek government” over the matter of the Great Sea Interconnector, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday. He had ...

Environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou on Friday hit back and those who had criticised her for her appearance at Thursday’s joint session of the House agriculture, environment, and interior committees ...

Cyprus has relocated more than 3,000 asylum seekers to nine different EU member states between 2022 until September 2025, the deputy ministry of migration said on Thursday. “The relocations are being implemented in ...

The finance ministry has released €3.3 million to subsidise foreign television series and films, aiming to promote Cyprus both as a filming location and as a tourist destination, officials announced on ...

A family of Irish repeat visitors has been honoured by the Larnaca mayor and the tourism development authority for making more than 30 trips to the city, the municipality announced on ...

Construction of a new water tank in the Nicosia suburb of Lakatamia has been completed. The tank is a “glass-lined steel tank”, meaning that it was constructed from steel panels ...

The water development department on Friday moved to defend itself after receiving criticism from MPs during Thursday’s session of the House audit committee. It said it has undertaken a “...

It is “inconceivable” that workers and employers are yet to reach an agreement over the future of the cost-of-living allowance, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday. Asked whether he ...

The prosecutor in the case of the five Greek Cypriots in the north accused of privacy violations, trespassing and breaching the peace at a civilian court in Trikomo on Friday ...

A 35-year-old man was arrested in Limassol late on Thursday after police seized nearly one kilogram of cocaine, along with MDMA and cannabis, during a targeted drug trafficking operation. Shortly ...

Students at Polis Chrysochous gymnasium and Kykkos A lyceum in Nicosia on Friday staged a walkout over broken fans and air conditioning units in the school’s classrooms, saying that ...

An Indian naval warship will arrive in Cyprus on Sunday as part of efforts to strengthen defence ties between the two countries, the Indian High Commission said on Friday. The ...

Women who complete voluntary service in the National Guard will pay half price for their university tuition if they subsequently enrol at a private university in Cyprus, Defence Minister Vasilis ...

Nine people were remanded for eight days after they helped 16 irregular migrants into the country in the Peristerona area of Nicosia, police said on Friday. At around 9.30pm on Thursday, ...

Having cemented its place in the island’s cultural and cinematic landscape, Queer Wave returns to Nicosia for its 6th edition. Unfolding at NiMAC throughout this week until Sunday, the ...

Seven people were arrested overnight in connection with a mass brawl which broke out in the Limassol suburb of Mesa Yitonia, the police said on Friday. The arrestees were six ...

Friday’s weather will see clear skies throughout most of the day, with the possibility of increased cloud cover in parts. Temperatures will be cooler than they have been for ...

The civil defence will assume an “upgraded role” as part of the government’s reforms of its crisis management framework and the planned creation of a national civil protection mechanism, ...

Bringing young people to the forefront of public life constitutes a fundamental priority, the purpose of which is to promote their substantive participation in politics, society, the economy and diplomacy, ...

Four men at the Menoyia migrant reception centre began a hunger strike on Tuesday, with two more joining on Thursday, to protest what they call inadequate legal procedures and unjustified ...

Every day some 60,000 cubic metres of desalinated water has to be re-processed as it does not end up in the general water supply, MPs heard on Thursday. The reveal was ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman and former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci both accused the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel of misinformation on Thursday, after Ustel ...

Serious concerns were raised on Thursday during a session of the House transport committee about the enforcement of laws regulating personal mobility devices, particularly electric scooters. The committee heard that ...