Cyprus

A 17-year-old conscript was admitted to Nicosia General’s intensive care unit on Saturday after feeling fatigue the day before shortly after he had started his national service. The defence ...

An 18-year-old boy was remanded for two days by Larnaca District Court on Saturday for stealing mobile phones on the beach, police said. The teen was stopped for a check ...

Police arrested a 48-year-old man on Saturday who was wanted in connection with the ‘Metamax’ pyramid scheme fraud. The man, from Paphos was named by two individuals who claimed he ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he will exhaust all possibilities for the resumption of Cyprus negotiations, diplomatic sources said following his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. After the ...

June 2024 was the warmest June ever recorded in Cyprus, the met office announced. Temperatures recorded in Cyprus this June were extremely high, both the daily maximum and daily minimum temperatures, ...

A buzzard shot down by illegal hunters is added to the long list of violations at Achna reservoir, where one can maybe find a wildflower amid the household rubbish, animal ...

President Nikos Christodoulides promised on Friday there would be “good news” regarding the Cyprus problem “before the end of the year”. Speaking at an event to mark Bastille Day organised ...

A 19-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of rape earlier this month was released on Friday after “contradictions” were found in the complaint filed by the woman who accused ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday said he will step down as the party’s leader after the Turkish Cypriot leadership elections which are set ...

A 49-year-old German woman was remanded for a further seven days on Friday, under suspicion of selling Greek Cypriot properties in the north. The woman had already served out a ...

A woman appeared in court in the north on Friday, accused of having forged a rabies certificate to import two cats from overseas. A police representative in court said the ...

Over a dozen small cheesemakers have written to the president with a “plea for help” as they fear their businesses will shut down following the halloumi requirements which come with ...

The Cypriot government stated it is not in a position to comment on the operations of third countries, following reports that US aircraft are using the British bases on the ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Friday accused of having burgled a house with a rifle in the early hours of last Saturday morning. Police officer Omer ...

Ministries on Friday presented their flagship projects to be included in the state budget for 2025, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. A special cabinet meeting was held to coordinate preparation of ...

A 48-year-old man from Paphos is wanted in connection with the ongoing Metamax pyramid scheme investigation, police said on Friday. The man, from Paphos was named by two individuals who ...

Former British minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith visited the north on Friday, meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, and calling for direct flights from the United Kingdom to the north’...

The government announced on Friday it would increase pension payments for some early retirees, reducing the 12 per cent drop in pension payments for those who retire before the age of 65 ...

The government on Friday stressed a political decision was taken to remove 14km of barbed wire stretching across the buffer zone, after it was criticised by Disy for ignoring UN ...

Bickering between the government and opposition Disy continued Friday over a letter published by party leader Annita Demetriou after a National Council meeting last week. In her letter, Demetriou voiced ...

A US decision to shut down the humanitarian pier off the coast of Gaza “does not affect the continuation of the Amalthea initiative at all,” government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said ...

The transport ministry on Friday reported there has been a reduction in road violations where traffic cameras have been installed during the April-June 2024 quarter. It added that the number of ...

By Robert Morgan Some 22 city and long-distance taxi licences were suspended from entering Larnaca airport by the Licencing Authority between June 20 and July 10 for violations of pickup/drop-off rules, with ...

A series of events are to be held in the north over the weekend to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the failed coup d’état which took place in Turkey ...