Cyprus News

Swimmer Kalia Antoniou on Monday night won Cyprus’ first gold medal of this year’s Mediterranean Games in the Italian city of Taranto, winning the 100m freestyle final for the ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Monday stressed that Greece will “fully exercise its sovereign rights” in the eastern Mediterranean, with it foreseen that the country’s plans to build ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday stressed his support for “the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine, within its internationally recognised borders” as he partook in a videoconference of the ‘...

The amount of water currently held in the island’s reservoirs is more than double that held at the same time last year, figures from the Water Development Department showed ...

The government announced on Monday that €95 million has been approved for major upgrades of the national electricity grid, with the associated targeted actions expected to expand the grid’s capacity ...

Elam on Monday slammed a football training camp for youths organised in the north of the island by Spanish club FC Barcelona, with the party especially outraged with the term ‘...

The University of Cyprus Formula racing team secured second place overall at Formula Student Romania with its student-built Odysseia single-seater. The team was established in 2019 by students from the university’...

The transmission system operator (TSO) is on Monday evening providing electricity to the Turkish Cypriot community, assistant operations director Harry Zavallis said, with faults experienced over the weekend continuing to ...

Owners of commercial solar parks on Monday took to task the leader of the Direct Democracy party Fidias Panayiotou, who claimed businesses could slash their prices by as much as 20 ...

Cyprus authorities were recently alerted to 65 non-food products posing potential health and safety risks, the Consumer Protection Service said on Monday. The products were identified in the markets of various ...

A Greek Cypriot woman appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Monday, accused of having stolen cosmetic goods and orange juice from the Erulku hypermarket in the village of Neo ...

Cyprus is forecast to see a significant rise in barley yield this year, according to the monthly crop monitoring bulletin published on Monday by the European Commission’s Joint Research ...

A 21-year-old foreign national drowned in the sea off Limassol at noon on Monday near the old port dock. The police said the man was on his way out of ...

For generations, Cypriots viewed misfortune as more than simple bad luck. Across the island, rituals, charms and protective practices were used to ward off harm and bring order to an ...

Municipalities are allowed to install security cameras in public places in the name of safety and protection, however before doing so they are obliged to carry out a General Data ...

Cyprus is overhauling how lifeguards are certified, with the process moving to a professional standard overseen by the human resources development authority (Anad). Speaking on Politis Radio, Oekydy-SEK secretary-general George ...

Cyprus has expressed its support for Ukraine on the occasion of the country’s 35th anniversary of independence. In a post on X, the foreign ministry congratulated its Ukrainian counterpart ...

Cesspit sewage currently being sent to the overburdened water recycling treatment plant in Moni could be handled by the plant in Vati as early as September, with the ongoing upgrade ...

The National Guard has acquired the capability to design and produce small unmanned aerial systems. Chief Lieutenant General Emmanouel Theodorou visited the newly established laboratory, where he was briefed on ...

A 45-year-old Greek Cypriot woman arrested at the Ayios Dhometios checkpoint is due to appear before a Turkish military court in Nicosia on Thursday. The woman is being held at ...

Cyprus has recorded 27 road deaths since the start this year, with motorcyclists accounting for more than half the toll following the death of a 30-year-old rider on Sunday night. Police ...

The flight safety foundation said on Monday that it holds “deep” concern over Turkey’s continued violations with military aircraft and drones within the Nicosia Flight Information Region (FIR). In ...

Some three years ago, TeraVibes’ humble beginnings started as little more than a few friends jamming in a village garden.  There was no grand plan, and certainly no expectation that ...

Nicosia will be one of the stops on European Council president Antonio Costa’s annual ‘Tour des Capitales’ starting on Tuesday, focusing on defence, competitiveness, enlargement and support towards Ukraine. ...