Cyprus

A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old are in police custody on Wednesday in connection with arson of a kindergarten and a car in Nicosia. The teenagers were arrested on Tuesday for ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, expressed his solidarity with the Swedish people following the shooting at an education centre in Sweden on Tuesday. “Devastated by the tragic events in Örebro,” Christodoulides said ...

Wednesday will be cloudy with local rains and isolated storms expected. Temperatures will rise to 15C inland, 17C on the coast, and 7C degrees in the higher mountains where snow ...

Exploration activities in three offshore blocks inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) have come to an end after the licenses expired without renewal, the government said on Tuesday. Licenses to ...

Cyprus lost 167,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy in 2024 due to a lack of storage facilities, outraged MPs were told on Tuesday, as households continue to face soaring electricity bills. MPs ...

The legal framework for assigning a study on the future of Larnaca’s port and marina is currently being prepared by Cyprus’ attorney general’s office. This was confirmed on ...

Authorities have announced a series of roadworks affecting major roads in Cyprus in the coming days. Drivers are urged to remain patient, follow temporary road signs, and comply with traffic ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has called a National Council meeting on February 14, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. The meeting will focus on the latest developments in the Cyprus problem ...

A 32-year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in prison by the Famagusta district court. He was sentenced after being found guilty of possessing a firearm, ammunition and ...

Officials on Tuesday sought to provide assurances that they have a ‘Plan B’ to deal with water scarcity this coming summer, although parliamentarians were not convinced. Permanent secretary at the ...

The Inia-Lara Turtle Museum in Inia, Paphos will host the free workshop Akamas in Action on the ecological and cultural significance and the future of the Akamas region on Saturday, ...

The department of road transport on Tuesday announced the recall of 425 Volvo vehicles due to an airbag replacement issue. The recall was issued by Volvo’s manufacturer and communicated through ...

The threats made to President Nikos Christodoulides over social media may have originated from somewhere in the north, reports said on Tuesday. Daily Phileleftheros said the threats were made via ...

One in five Cypriots have connection problems with their mobiles while travelling overseas, a survey released by Communications Commissioner George Michaelides on Tuesday showed. Based on its results, he will ...

More than 50 tons of humanitarian aid has arrived at Limassol port, set to be shipped to Gaza in the coming days, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The aid, received ...

Turkey has for the second time in the space of six months sacked its ‘ambassador’ in the north, according to reports on Tuesday. Multiple news outlets reported that Yasin Ekrem ...

Two individuals in Limassol have reported losing nearly $3 million in cryptocurrency following a fraud incident, police said on Tuesday. They alleged they were targeted by a scam, and a 32-year-old ...

More than 1,500 cancer-related deaths and 4,000 new cases of the disease are reported in Cyprus every year, the Pancyprian Association of Nurses said on Tuesday, World Cancer Day. In Cyprus, around ...

The road transport department on Tuesday apologised after sending text messages to the families of people who had died in traffic accidents, informing them that their cars are subject to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said he is “absolutely satisfied” with the European Council’s resolution the previous day to spend more on defence. At Monday’s European Council retreat ...

The delay in paying a small number of low-income pensioners their pension was due to a technical problem on the Welfare Benefits Management Service (YDEP) website, the deputy welfare ministry ...

By Michele Kambas Researchers in Cyprus have discovered a hidden portrait that lay undetected for centuries beneath a 1570 oil painting by Renaissance master Titian, a rendering of which is now ...

The veterinary service said on Tuesday that no complaints had been received over pigs dumped in the Nicosia village of Meniko last week. On Saturday, the Green Party claimed it ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Tuesday moved to reassure motorists that despite Monday’s mass recall, the risk of people driving cars with dangerous airbags is “very low”. “Implementing the ...