Cyprus

In 2010, Stavros Makrides left Cyprus. It was, he thought, a temporary move. “I went to study in the UK,” he reveals. “And I never came back. Why? Because I’d ...

Will it be a good year for rain or will the drought continue? If you’d like to predict the weather for the rest of the year, August is the ...

Turkish Cypriot journalists’ union, Basin-Sen, on Friday condemned articles written in Kibris Newspaper regarding heated scenes at the Teknecik power plant overnight. Scenes became tense on Thursday night over alleged ...

A new yellow weather warning has been issued for Saturday between 12pm and 5pm, as temperatures are expected to reach 41 degrees Celsius inland, the Met Office reported. In the mountains, ...

A 27-year-old woman from Afghanistan whose child was kidnapped to the north has been granted asylum by the Republic along with her son, it emerged on Friday. Martina Malikzada, 27 from ...

All five faulty generators at the Teknecik power station outside Kyrenia have been repaired as of Friday morning, the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said. Speaking to reporters, Ustel ...

Hundreds of delivery drivers staged a peaceful protest in Limassol on Friday morning, expressing deep concern over what they describe as a frightening surge in violent attacks against them. Around 300 ...

Workers from the Turkish Cypriot Famagusta municipality have been given training on how to remove weeds from historical building and the town’s historical walls. The training was given by ...

Russia has expressed its opposition to direct flights to the north of Cyprus and the militarisation of the eastern Mediterranean. Director of the Fourth European Department at the Russian Foreign ...

While the ‘government’ and trade unions in the north find themselves at odds over whether controversial repairs to the north’s Teknecik power station have fixed its issues, local residents ...

Chairman of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (Cera) Andreas Poullikas has handed in his resignation, which reportedly has nothing to do with major energy issues still pending, the finalising of ...

Outdoor cinema nights and the summer season go hand-in-hand and this year, Cyprus’ cinephiles have had plenty to enjoy. From film and documentary festivals to independent film screenings around the ...

A 60-year-old man was in critical condition in hospital on Friday after sustaining burns while attempting to light a barbecue. According to the state health services (Okypy), he is currently ...

A fire that broke out on Thursday at the edge of the Kelia state forest is believed to have been intentional. The Forestry Department reported on Friday that the fire ...

“Damage is inevitable” to Cyprus’ electricity grid with the related power cuts a foreseeable consequence during times of heightened consumption, transmission system operator (TSO) spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said on Friday. ...

Cyprus was in no way pressured to greenlight Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s participation in the upcoming informal EU Council foreign ministers meeting, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

A little more than a week remains until the closing of the Priority List for purchasing tickets for the FIBA ​​EuroBasket 2025 matches that will take place in Cyprus next summer. ...

The latest series of British reality television show The Only Way Is Essex has been filmed in Cyprus. The series, a mammoth 34th in total, which is set to hit ...

Two men were arrested on Thursday after starting a fire in a forest area near the Trooditissa picnic site close to Platres. The pair, aged 22 and 21, were found by police ...

A pilgrimage to the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque in Larnaca will take place ahead of Mawlid, the birthday of the prophet Mohamed, on September 12. Mawlid will be celebrated on September 15 ...

Police in Kyrenia arrested two would-be hitmen on Wednesday night, with the pair having allegedly travelled to the north to kill a “businessman”. Police officer Cemal Sanlier explained in court ...

The Greek Cypriot man who was arrested on suspicion of having stolen two caravans in the north was admitted to intensive care after falling ill, it was revealed on Thursday. ...

Ahmet Tugcu, the leader of the north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek’s employees’ trade union El-Sen, was arrested on Thursday night as chaos ensued over late-night attempts to fix faulty ...

There have been almost 1,400 applications for the north’s “migration amnesty” so far, the north’s ‘labour minister’ Sadik Gardiyanoglu said on Thursday. Speaking to Gunes Web TV, he said ...