Cyprus

Earlier this week, the fear that journalists could be jailed for what they wrote was very real and Thursday’s decision to review the proposed ‘fake news’ bill has only ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday night announced he had accepted an invitation from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to attend a tripartite meeting with him and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...

Another person was rescued on Saturday by the Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) after getting into distress after jumping into the sea at the Sea Caves in Cape Greco. ...

The search and rescue coordination centres of Cyprus and Lebanon have signed a technical arrangement for cooperation, “strengthening the Republic’s efforts to become a crossroads of humanitarian operations to ...

Cyprus star Pavlos Kontides has climbed to third place in sailing’s Men’s Laser class (ILCA 7) on the discipline’s third day, just two points behind the sailor in ...

Answers can be found to the differences between the two sides at the negotiating table to the benefit of not only Greek and Turkish Cypriots, President Nikos Christodoulides said on ...

With the 2025 deadline for 55 per cent sorting of household waste rapidly approaching, the Environment Department on Saturday defended its actions as the Greens spoke of largescale fraud. Cyprus Greens MP ...

Cyprus’ civil wedding industry is suffering from Israel’s war on Gaza, with fewer couples from Israel and Lebanon choosing Cyprus to seal their devotion. Over the past decades, excluding ...

Sweden said on Saturday it was shutting its embassy in Beirut and sending its staff to Cyprus, amid fears that Israel’s war on Gaza could escalate into a region-wide ...

Nicosia is expecting an invitation from the UN chief for a meeting with the Turkish Cypriot leader, under UN auspices, the government said on Saturday. Deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou ...

The first three smart lifebuoys, donated by the Paphos Regional Board of Tourism (Etap) to assist lifeguards on Paphos’ choppy beaches, are only the beginning, but the state must do ...

August is a special month in the Cyprus night sky. Every August, the island is lucky enough to observe the Perseids meteor shower, a spectacular astro-event that brightly dots the ...

Two more people, aged 16, have been arrested for stealing money from arcade machines in Protaras, bringing the number of people arrested for the same case to six, all aged between 15 ...

A saloon car was completely destroyed by fire on Friday evening in Nicosia. Police reported that the fire broke out at 8.30pm on Friday, while the car was parked in ...

Developments in the direction of resuming stalled talks on the Cyprus problem may be announced soon, with President Nikos Christodoulides hoping this will happen in August. The president told a ...

The two millionth person to visit Varosha since its reopening in 2020 did so on Friday. The number of people to have visited passed two million as a Turkish family of ...

Turkish Cypriot doctors on Friday warned of staff and infrastructure shortages at accident and emergency departments across the north as demand continues to rise. Cyprus Turkish medical association (KTTB) secretary-general ...

Turkish Cypriot high jumper Buse Savaskan qualified for the Olympic final by finishing in joint fourth place in her heat at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. Savaskan, who competes ...

The loved ones of late environmentalist and journalist Martin Abbas Hellicar are looking for a man who stopped and helped him after he sustained serious injuries, which later proved to ...

The police sent a letter to the Cyprus Football Association (CFA), outlining stadiums’ responsibilities regarding the safety of fans, players, coaches, and other attendees during football matches, Justice Minister Marios ...

The government on Friday took a tough line against accusations from the UN that it was carrying out migrant pushbacks within the buffer zone, calling the statements unhelpful in resolving ...

A pro-Palestine protest is set to take place in Limassol on Saturday, planned to coincide with the “International day of action for Gaza and the prisoners”. The protest’s organisers, ...

The risk of forest fires on Saturday has been set at “red alert”, the forestry department said on Friday. Alongside the setting of the fire risk level, the department also ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin “knows nothing about the Cyprus problem”, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Friday. Speaking to Ada TV, he said Holguin “is ...