Cyprus

Two additional traffic cameras have been installed in Limassol and will begin operating on March 4, police announced in a Facebook post. The cameras have been placed at the traffic lights ...

Potato producers will receive financial aid and compensation after their crops suffered damage from recent cold weather and hail, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Thursday. Starting today, farmers can ...

The 49-year-old Swedish national, Hans Jonny Uven, who escaped police custody in December pleaded guilty to felony charges and escaping from lawful custody before the Larnaca court on Thursday. Meanwhile, ...

Cyprus’ political parties issued mixed responses to tax reform plans announced by President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday. Disy, Cyprus’ largest party, said the plans contain “elements which satisfy us” but ...

The archaeological sites in Kato Paphos and Kourion will be closed to the public due to maintenance work for a few days in March. In Kato Paphos the Dionysos house ...

Serhat Akpinar, the founding rector of Kyrenia’s Girne American University and current Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ for ruling coalition party the DP, on Thursday defended the legality of the studies ...

Cyprus failed in its legal duty to investigate a British woman’s allegation in 2019 that she had been gang-raped by Israeli tourists on the holiday island, the European Court of ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar by five per cent in the latest poll asking Turkish ...

The long-standing dispute over the creation of university clinics in Cyprus resurfaced on Thursday, with public doctors again voicing strong objections. The government’s decision to push forward with a ...

Two people, aged 48 and 36, were arrested on Wednesday, after police, acting on a tipoff, stopped two vehicles for investigations, which revealed about half a kilo of cocaine. Police said the ...

The police evacuated Larnaca district court on Thursday morning, after receiving a telephone call about a bomb in the building, however investigations did not produce anything out of the ordinary. ...

An increase in bird trapping has been recorded, highlighting the failure of the police anti-poaching unit to tackle organised trapping groups, BirdLife Cyprus said in its autumn 2024 trapping report. “Some 620,000 ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday that Abu Dhabi’s National Energy Company (Taqa) is interested in investing in and supporting the delivery of an electricity connection project that ...

A total of 464,064 vehicle licences have been renewed in Cyprus as of February 26, the department of road transport (TOM) reported on Thursday. The department has reminded vehicle owners that the ...

A 31-year-old man who had been arrested for the arson of a family home in Paphos was referred to the Paphos Criminal Court for trial, on Thursday. The trial is ...

The fire department responded to a vehicle fire in Engomi in the early hours on Thursday. In a post on X, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said the Nicosia department ...

Incidents were sparked overnight between minors on Makariou Avenue in Larnaca, it was reported on Thursday. The incidents took place between young third-country nationals, police said and patrol cars were ...

Police in Paphos district overnight carried out 50 car stops, 30 searches, and 25 pedestrian searches in a coordinated operation, spokesman for the force Michalis Nikolaou said on Thursday. During the operation police ...

Pensioners in Paphos have demanded an immediate meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides to discuss the serious issues they face, it was reported on Thursday. The pensioners’ association (Ekysy) said they ...

An autopsy on Thursday is expected to reveal the exact cause of death of two men whose bodies were found in an office space being used as a makeshift living ...

Thursday will see increased clouds and a chance of rains on the north coast and the mountains, while the weather will gradually turn to overcast in some areas. On the ...

The committee to exclude economic operators from public procurement procedures has been inactive since August, when two of its three members resigned, a former member told the House ethics committee ...

Police cautioned the public on Wednesday over scammers posing as Revolut representatives calling individuals and threatening to disconnect their accounts if they did not disclose their bank details during the ...

A new section on unfair commercial practices has been added to the Agriculture Department’s website, containing information on agricultural products and allowing interested parties to file a complaint. By ...