Cyprus

The Nicosia criminal court decided on Thursday that Israeli land developer Simon Aykut, charged with the usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north, will remain in custody until March 26, ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Thursday urged pharmacies to carry out their duties properly, following the discovery of new irregularities in the filling of prescriptions. This reminder comes after ...

The debate over tighter regulations for electric scooters has intensified after new data revealed a significant number of violations and accidents involving the popular personal mobility devices. At a meeting ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Thursday said it is “not fair” to blame Turkey for the failure of talks to solve the Cyprus problem at Crans Montana in 2017, ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas will participate in the Munich Security Conference, which will take place from 14 to 16 February 2025. According to a press release from the ministry, the minister will meet ...

Allowing children of mothers who are registered as displaced persons to vote for MPs-in-exile from the Famagusta and Kyrenia districts may disrupt parliament’s balance, the interior ministry spokesman Menelaos ...

Driving instructors in Limassol staged a protest outside the District Road Transport Department on Thursday morning, calling for urgent action to address long delays in securing examination dates for new ...

A 20-year-old probationary police officer was arrested on Thursday, along with two other individuals, both 22 years old, regarding an ongoing drug case. They were brought before the Nicosia district court, ...

Pakistan “fully supports the cause of northern Cyprus”, the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday. “Turkey has always stood by the just cause of the people of ...

The transport ministry is examining the possibility of issuing a decree to regulate charges imposed by some companies linked to replacing defective Takata airbags. This was revealed by Energy Minister ...

The justice minister said on Thursday that three new assistant chiefs of police will be appointed by the police chief. “It is a pending issue that we will address as ...

A group of 27 cultural associations, mainly comprising Turkish nationals living in the north, on Thursday defended the Cyprus Turkish educators’ union (Kibtes)’ demand that more religion classes be taught in ...

A series of measures to strengthen fire protection to limit the spread of wildfires will be introduced together with mountains commissioner Charalambos Christophinis, the forestry department announced on Thursday. Both ...

The two accused Avakoum monastery monks, Nektarios and Porfyrios, did not answer to the charges they are facing on Thursday and proceedings have been postponed anew till March 18. The monks ...

Cyprus has reinforced its maritime security by adding ten new patrol vessels to the marine and port police, a move hailed by President Nikos Christodoulides as a critical step in ...

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo on Thursday afternoon met Turkish deputy foreign minister and European Union affairs director Mehmet Kemal Bozay in Ankara. The meeting was the latest ...

President Nikos Christodoulides offered reassurances on Thursday that there was no threat to state security in the wake of an ongoing police investigation into a criminal group, known to have ...

Police were investigating an explosion that occurred in the early hours of Thursday at a woman’s home in Strovolos. The explosion at the 65-year-old’s home happened shortly before 1...

Morning clouds bringing showers in the lowlands and snow or sleet in the higher mountains, are expected on Thursday after which the weather will gradually clear. Temperatures will rise to 13...

The environment department has given approval for a €55 million project to convert an existing tourist apartment complex into a 480-bed, 4-star hotel in Polis Chrysochous, it emerged on Wednesday. In ...

Kissonerga on Wednesday asked that the mobile desalination plant which is planned to be placed near the village’s Potima beach be moved further from the coast than is presently ...

Cyprus’ police seized over 600 kilograms of cannabis in 2024, according to an announcement on Wednesday night. In a post on X, the social media platform better known as Twitter, the police ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem is now an “urgent necessity”, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Wednesday. Speaking to the north’s public broadcaster ...

The European Commission on Wednesday sent a reasoned opinion to Cyprus and seven other European Union member states over their failure to transpose into their national legal systems EU laws ...