A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
The north will soon require all property owners who rent their properties on short term bases on tourism websites such as Airbnb to register their properties with the ‘government’ as ...
The audit office on Wednesday flagged over 800 questionable cases of individuals who received guaranteed minimum income (GMI) but had accumulated a wealth of property.
In a special report for the ...
The north is working to “create a reliable system in the field of higher education”, higher education accreditation authority (Yodak) chairman Aykut Hocanin said on Wednesday.
Speaking following a meeting ...
Trade union Sek said on Wednesday that an agreement had been reached on renewing collective labour agreements in the construction sector.
The new agreement significantly improves employment conditions for some 40,000 ...
The three-month-old child who died in Nicosia general hospital appears to have been “left to its fate” and was in a terrible state, with signs of malnutrition and likely insect ...
A meeting is set to take place on Thursday over the contentious fake news bill with key stakeholders at the justice ministry.
Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis will be attending as ...
I recently volunteered with the City Friends Club in Limassol for a trash cleanup event. The City Friends Club is a non-profit organisation that holds monthly volunteer-led cleanups. The event ...
Cyprus is yet to receive any requests from other countries to activate its ‘Estia’ plan to evacuate their citizens from Lebanon, as the country continues to teeter on the edge ...
The Turkish Cypriot police on Wednesday announced three teenagers had been arrested in connection with the theft of a set of traffic lights in Kyrenia.
The lights had been stolen ...
President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday had a call with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer where they discussed “recent regional developments” as well as the Cyprus problem.
According to a ...
The Republic of Cyprus’ customs department on Wednesday announced they had found and confiscated more than two tonnes of meat which were headed for the north.
The meat was found ...
A truck driver was fined after he was caught trying to bring 4,500 litres of fuel from the north to the Republic, the customs office said on Wednesday.
Police pulled the ...
Legislation has been prepared for the creation of the role of a “patient advocate”, with the bill expected to be brought to parliament in the near future.
The bill is ...
Arranging with friends where to go for dinner provided the perfect opportunity to go to a restaurant I had been wanting to try for ages because it boasts a combination ...
The government will not deviate from its goal to complete the Vasiliko terminal and gain the capacity to bring natural gas to the island, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said ...
Prices of fruit and vegetables at Cyprus’ supermarkets are “unfair both on producers and consumers”, Cyprus Consumers’ Association chairman Marios Drousiotis said on Wednesday.
Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he ...
The Paphos tourism development board (Etap) on Wednesday announced various undertakings aimed at boosting tourism to the Akamas region communities.
Ongoing experiential workshops, smart signs, and audiovisual material on social ...
A 57-year-old man is being treated in intensive care on Wednesday after a collision in Larnaca.
According to the police, the collision occurred shortly before 7pm, on a rural road ...
Police on Tuesday arrested a 42-year-old Limassol resident for an investigated case of motorcycle theft.
The owner of a company in Limassol had reported two motorbikes as stole between last ...
Water will be cut all day on Wednesday to Latchi, the Polis Chrysochous Municipality announced.
The water cut is due to the a replacement of the main pipeline supplying the ...
Military cooperation between the Republic and the USA is intended as a threat against the ‘TRNC’ the north’s ‘foreign ministry’ has said.
In response to the threat the necessary ...
A renewed yellow weather warning is in place for high temperatures on Wednesday, in effect from 11am until 4pm.
The day will be mostly clear with increased afternoon clouds in ...
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The current state of affairs in the Cyprus problem is “not viable” and holds “serious dangers”, President Nikos Christodoulides said, opening the Cyprus diaspora convention.
He also said “we should ...