Cyprus

Five Greek Cypriots and two Turkish Cypriots listed as missing persons have been identified so far in 2024, statistics released by the Committee for Missing Persons on Sunday showed. At the ...

Police arrested two people on Sunday after a valuable icon was stolen from the Apostolos Andreas church on Kyrenia Avenue in Platy Aglandjias, Nicosia. Police received a report on Saturday ...

The voices of doom have been warning for months that Cyprus risks being caught up in the Israeli-Palestinian inferno and a looming war in the wider Middle East, but for ...

With its political and economic tools, the EU can help break the deadlock, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Sunday. He said President Nikos Christodoulides’ contacts with European and international ...

A teenager currently being held on remand for a double murder in Limassol last month has reportedly admitted to the killing, Limassol District Court heard on Sunday. The court on ...

The summer period being marked by fires raises questions about the future of forests and the impact on the environment and humans as they are replaced by burned out areas, ...

Bread sold as wholemeal may not be, chairman of the House environment committee Charalambos Theopemptou has said. In a post on Facebook he cautioned shoppers that although the bread looks ...

A 24-year-old Paphos man has been arrested after running into a pole while trying to escape the police. While traffic police were carrying out checks on Saturday afternoon they signalled ...

Another 50th anniversary being marked this year is that of the shooting of the American ambassador Rodger Davies while he was inside the US embassy in Nicosia, for which no ...

Global space players have chosen Cyprus as the base for the first international space innovation centre, which will build bridges of cooperation in humanity’s effort to return to the ...

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a case of sending images of the sexual abuse of children over the internet. He was arrested on Saturday on the ...

A 71-year-old man wanted by Europol who was arrested on Saturday will remain in police custody until Tuesday, the Papahos District Court ordered. The Europol arrest warrant against him referred ...

A man who fell into the sea from a cargo ship in the open seas outside Paphos was rescued on Saturday night, the JRCC said. Five hours after it started ...

As another yellow weather warning was issued for Sunday, the Met Office said temperatures inland would reach 41C. The weather warning is in place from 12 noon until 4pm. After cloud ...

From the very outset, Cyprus’ flagship waste treatment facility at Pentakomo was beset by official indifference and negligence, says its former manager The “state-of-the-art” municipal waste treatment facility at Pentakomo ...

Cyprus had the second-lowest percentage of people reading books in the European Union, with only 33.1 per cent of the population engaging in the activity, according to a Eurostat survey published ...

Larnaca police on Saturday said they were investigating an arson attack after the Aek football fan club was set on fire. The incident unfolded on August 13 where individuals broke in ...

Cyprus is fully prepared to deal with mpox cases, with sufficient vaccines available for everyone, Dr Elisavet Constantinou, Director of Public Health Services, assured on Saturday. Earlier this week, the ...

A 30-year-old man in Limassol was fined over €9,000 after police discovered hundreds of contraband cigarettes and tobacco in his possession, police reported on Saturday. The man was initially stopped by ...

Wolt delivery service on Saturday slammed the racist attacks against delivery drivers in Limassol, following reports of an increase in assaults. The company specified that since June 2023, it had expressed ...

Heavy fog at Larnaca airport caused four flights to be diverted to Paphos early on Saturday morning. According to Hermes Airports, after 3am, the fog prevented flights from Frankfurt, Zurich, ...

A 71-year-old man wanted by Interpol for drug crimes was arrested in Cyprus, police said on Saturday. Officers received an Interpol tip about his whereabouts and he was arrested in ...

Incidents of dog abandonment and neglect have increased significantly, according to shelter volunteers who spoke to CNA. These issues are not confined to the summer months but persist throughout the ...

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 ...