Cyprus News

Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a retired colonel who has been located in the occupied north, as part of a reopened investigation into the death of a ...

The law firm of former president Nicos Anastasiades has filed an appeal with the Court of Appeals against the anti-corruption authority, demanding access to the complete report compiled by its ...

The meteorological department issued a yellow weather warning on Thursday for isolated but heavy thunderstorms from 9pm until 5pm on Friday. An area of low pressure will affect Cyprus, bringing ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Wednesday night the establishment of a national sports council tasked with drafting a proposal for a deputy sports ministry, along with a doubling of state ...

Cyprus recorded the highest inflation rate in the euro area after Romania and Lithuania in August, as annual consumer price growth accelerated to 5.2 per cent from 4.4 per cent in July, ...

A British father who lost his young son in a fall from a Paphos hotel appeared in court on Thursday, a day after what would have been the child’s ...

Gunmen on motorcycle open fire at Limassol business building Two men opened fire on a building housing several companies in the Linopetra area of Limassol late on Wednesday night, smashing ...

The Larnaca district government organisation took over management of the Larnaca Green Point on Tuesday, under a new arrangement aimed at improving waste management and recycling. The Larnaca municipality cleaning ...

Disy deputy chairman Efthimios Diplaros and vice-chairman Yiannis Karousos have exchanged accusations of party disloyalty, after Karousos told an online leadership meeting that Diplaros had attended a gathering ‘supporting President ...

Water supply has been temporarily interrupted in parts of Ayios Athanasios, Limassol, after damage to the water network, authorities said on Thursday. The Limassol water supply and sewerage authority said ...

A vehicle caught fire shortly after midnight while parked outside its owner’s home in Xylofagou in the Famagusta district, the fire department said on Thursday. They received a call ...

A driver had a lucky escape on Wednesday evening after his vehicle caught fire in the Kato Moni area of the Nicosia district, police said on Thursday. Noticing the fire, ...

Three people were arrested during overnight preventive operations across Cyprus, while traffic checks resulted in 314 reports, including 89 for speeding, police reported on Thursday. The three arrests involved various offences, including ...

The trial of suspended mayor of Paphos Phedonas Phedonos continues on Thursday before the Paphos criminal court, with key prosecution witnesses due to testify. The hearing, which began in late ...

Shots were fired at a building in Limassol’s Linopetra area late on Wednesday night, damaging the glass door at the main entrance and first-floor windows, police said on Thursday. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman are due to meet on Thursday for their latest round of talks. The meeting, scheduled for 11am at the United Nations ...

Low pressure will affect Cyprus until Friday, bringing increased cloud and a chance of rain and thunderstorms, the met department said on Thursday. Clouds will increase in the afternoon, bringing ...

A British father charged following the death of his three-year-old son in a fall from a Paphos hotel is due before court on Thursday, as the defence awaits a decision ...

A planned undersea electricity interconnection cable linking Cyprus and Lebanon is “not possible without Turkey’s permission”, Turkish Cypriot ‘energy minister’ Hasan Tacoy said on Wednesday. “If there are plans ...

City events This week, the capital welcomes the return of the beloved Fork Food Market. Happening on September 18 at the Municipal Gardens of Nicosia, dozens of food stalls will fill ...

A planned undersea electrical interconnection cable linking Cyprus and Lebanon would allow the island to send energy there that it generates through renewable sources, which at present goes to waste, ...

A fire broke out in the Monastiria area of Droushia, near Paphos on Wednesday evening. According to the forestry department, the fire is now under control with ground crews continuing ...

Approximately 30 per cent of Cyprus’ territory is now included in the Natura 2000 network, with 72 areas having been designated as special areas of conservation or protection, Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis told ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said that no 3+1 or 5+1 meeting on the Cyprus problem would be taking place on the sidelines of the UN general assembly on September 28, ...