Cyprus News

Without proper adaptation measures, public expenditures needed in the coming decades for the rehabilitation of infrastructure and compensation for climate-related disasters may derail government spending, the Cyprus Institute (CyI) warned ...

Police are urging the public to remain alert following the emergence of a new phone scam targeting citizens across the country. The electronic crime sub-directorate has issued a warning about ...

An estimated 2,000 Turkish Cypriots gathered outside the north’s ‘parliament’ on Monday evening for the first of the planned nightly lighting of fires to protest against the ruling coalition’s ...

A push for closer cooperation between Cyprus and the European Union on economic policy took centre stage on Monday during a meeting between Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and Independent MEP ...

Cypriot and Egyptian authorities co-organized a conference on combating the illicit trafficking of cultural heritage within the framework of the Euromed Justice Project, with the assistance of Eurojust (European Judicial ...

A teenager has been arrested on Monday, in connection with a suspected arson attack on a car in Paphos. According to police, the arrest was made under a court warrant ...

Green Dot Cyprus on Monday sought to reassure the public it is doing what it can to deal with disruptions to collection of recyclable material, following the non-renewal of a ...

Several electrical parts used in solar energy systems have been taken off the market in Cyprus because they may be unsafe, the department of electromechanical services announced on Monday. According ...

Fresh discussions on the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) will get underway after the Easter holiday, media reported on Monday, on the back of the release of an International Monetary ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos strongly condemned Russia’s latest assault on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Holy Monday. He called the attack “unacceptable” during a key meeting of the ...

Parents of children with severe autism in Cyprus are being left without vital support due to serious gaps in the national health scheme, according to an urgent complaint submitted to ...

The court of appeals has dismissed an appeal filed by a man who was fined €1,350 for wearing a face mask below his chin during the Covid-19 pandemic. The man was ...

A child who was turned away from a school in northern Nicosia when attempting to go to class wearing a hijab on Monday officially left the school. The girl had ...

Drilling at the Elektra-1 well offshore Cyprus has found natural gas but not in marketable quantities, the energy ministry stated on Monday. “Well data and preliminary evaluation work indicate the ...

Police ramped up their operations as of Holy Monday in a firm bid to stop the use of illegal firecrackers and fireworks. Police warn that the risks to public safety ...

It began with an innocent question at Madame bar in Limassol, where curiosity about a unique blend called the ‘doudou shot’ led me down a path I hadn’t expected. ...

The Red Cross will donate 2,500 ‘love packages’ to support needy families for Easter. The initiative is organised by Cyprus Red Cross for the 12th consecutive year, in an effort to ...

A prison warden has been rearrested for abusing authority, violating confidentiality and theft from a civil servant. The police said on Monday that, in relation to the arrest on April 10 ...

What is a holiday feast without good value wine? There are plenty of good value wines for the Easter feast that will match traditional foods eaten at Greek Orthodox Easter – ...

A man was handed concurrent prison sentences, the longest of five years, for aiding and abetting 31 illegal immigrants from Syria entering the Republic of Cyprus by sea. The attorney-general’s ...

Two men, aged 35 years old and 31 years old, were on Monday released on bail following their latest court hearing into their parts in the violent evictions which occurred in the ...

Mayors of municipalities close to Larnaca airport discussed their demand for compensation from the operation of the airport on Monday and decided to conduct a study on the benefits other ...

The new British bases areas administrator and commander of the British forces in Cyprus, major general Tom Bewick, was officially sworn in at Flagstaff House in Episkopi on April 11. Bewick, ...

Five buildings have been earmarked for the Kapodistrian university’s facilities in Nicosia, which the university hopes will be ready by October, when it will be opening its doors to ...