Cyprus

Monday’s court hearing regarding the three people facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the ...

Cypriot natural gas will be extracted from under the sea for the first time in 2027, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. Speaking to Politis radio, he said he expects ...

February is just around the corner and as always we are here to help you wade through the avalanche of content coming from Netflix – seriously guys, you can take a ...

Nicosia Criminal Court postponed the trial of Simon Aykut due to health reasons. The Israeli-Turkish businessman is accused of usurping Greek-Cypriot properties in the north. According to Aykut’s defence ...

The government is forecast to make a total of €37 million from tax revenues related to the country’s only licenced casino, the gaming and casino supervision commission said on Monday. ...

Thirty per cent of Cyprus potentially has a health issue that can disrupt careers and destroy relationships. Fifteen per cent of us may be facing symptoms for the rest of ...

Israeli secret services have ordered all flights by Israeli carriers not to land in Paphos due to unspecified security concerns. According to the Jerusalem Post on Sunday, El Al, Arkia ...

A man in Kolossi who attacked two third country nationals in Limassol overnight, one of them a delivery driver, is being sought, according to police spokeswoman Kyriaki Lambrianidou on Monday. ...

The education ministry is keen to encourage students to play chess to develop their academic skills, minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday. “Engaging in chess is a path full of ...

The state needs to beef up staffing and maintenance expertise in the Water Development Department (WDD) as other dams built in the same era as Mavrokolymbos, could suffer the same ...

As of Monday, Cypriot citizens can apply for electronic IDs to electronically sign documents and access governmental services online. The first 100,000 eIDs will be state subsidised with 30,000 issued completely free ...

The construction of a multifunctional park in Ayia Napa has begun, the municipality said on Monday. The aim of the municipality is to improve the quality of life of residents, ...

Turkish ambassador to the European Union Faruk Kaymakci on Sunday called for Cyprus to think of other European Union member states and allow the EU-Turkey high-level energy dialogue to restart. ...

The Limassol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel) has called for a comprehensive and environmentally conscious approach to the redevelopment of the Lady’s Mile area. It also underlined the ...

Now that the days are getting longer and the sun shines a little brighter, we can look forward to fun spring days ahead. Annual festivals and new events are approaching ...

Police in Paphos arrested two individuals, aged 34 and 37, for an investigated case of burglary and theft after officers caught the the suspects in possession of stolen goods. According the police, ...

The Limassol district court has issued a four-day remand order against a 49-year-old man arrested in connection with a shooting in a residential area of Ayios Nikolaos area on Sunday. ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Monday will attend the 80th memorial of the Holocaust, in Krakow, Poland. According to a post on X, the minister will represent President Nikos Christodoulides ...

Monday will be mainly clear with increased after noon clouds in the south. Temperatures will rise to 19C degrees inland, 20C on the coast, and 9C in the higher mountains. ...

In what might appear to be a return to the Middle Ages, Diko MP Chrysanthos Savvides suggested this week that the mediaeval practice of falconry should be legalised to stop ‘...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Sunday expressed his opposition to what he described as the government’s efforts to “integrate Cyprus into Nato”. Speaking at his party’s youth wing ...

The north’s ‘finance ministry’ is using stolen cars for official purposes, former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem Kudret Ozersay said on Sunday. In a post on ...

The fierce debate over the handling of traffic fines issued through speed cameras continued this week with MPs raising concerns about the legality of new procedures introduced by the police. ...

Two men, aged 23 and 22 years old, were both remanded in custody for five days on Sunday after being arrested on Saturday in connection with a burglary. The police had been ...