Cyprus News

Seventy six per cent of Cypriots shop online now, surpassing the previous high of 70 per cent in 2021, according to a survey released Monday.   The frequency with which consumers make online ...

Cyprus is taking a digital leap in sports safety, with authorities on Monday announcing the full integration of the national fan card into the government’s digital citizen app. The ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Monday called for the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport to be treated as a Turkish airport, suggesting that the move may allow ...

Parents of people killed in car accidents due to faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata decried the “cheap excuses” offered by current and former state officials called to testify ...

Cyprus has taken delivery of two helicopters to support wildfire response efforts, as part of the defence ministry’s preparations for the summer fire season. The aircraft were received under ...

Exactly 10 years ago, I unplugged. That sounds dodgy. Let me explain. Back in March 2015, I celebrated Global Unplugging Day by denying myself access to all my devices for 24 hours. And ...

The government’s ‘e-Kalathi’ application is “fully ready”, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. “The application is full ready, as the consumer protection service, which is the competent agency ...

Beachgoers will see their personal items removed from sunbeds if they haven’t rented them, the municipality of Paralimni and Dherynia said on Monday, in an effort to stop people ...

Citizen groups and affected will protest on Thursday against the decision by Nicosia Municipality to reopen the northern section of Makarios Avenue to private vehicles. Under the slogan A Lively ...

Water began flowing again in Paphos and its surrounding areas after a major repair on the district’s main water pipeline was completed, the Paphos water development department announced on ...

Gold bars and coins were among valuables confiscated by the Customs Department from Dutch nationals last week at the Ledra street crossing point, it was announced on Monday. On May 24, ...

Seabed surveys to find a sinking point for the pipeline which will take natural gas from Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to Egypt for liquefaction will begin this week, Energy ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Monday said he “cannot tell” if consumers’ energy bills will go down after Cyprus’ electricity grid is opened to private companies. “I cannot tell you ...

Three people were arrested on Sunday in central Nicosia during a large-scale police operation aimed at increasing public safety for illegally staying in Cyprus. The arrests came during checks on ...

Larnaca police are looking for a gang of people after two people reported they were attacked early on Monday on the Finikoudes seafront and items stolen from them. According to ...

The owners of the three dogs that bit a 25-year-old woman and two children aged six and three in the Moni industrial area on Sunday were remanded on Monday for ...

The Nicosia criminal court on Monday postponed till June 10 the trial of Turkish-Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut who is charged with the development and sale of €43 million worth of ...

The health ministry confirmed on Monday that Cyprus is not among countries affected by a Belgian sperm donor scandal linked to a rare cancer-causing gene, despite earlier reports suggesting possible ...

Australian Cypriot footballer Aziz Behich captained his team Melbourne City to a league title in Australia’s premier football competition, the A League this weekend. Melbourne City beat fierce city ...

A 45-year-old man from Paphos lost €8,500 after falling for an internet scam, the police said on Monday. The police said the man told them that on Sunday, he had received ...

Three people have been arrested over an alleged arson attack on a car which was parked in the Nicosia suburb of Ayios Dhometios, the police said on Monday. The fire ...

Two men, aged 49 years old and 47 years old, were arrested on suspicion of illegally holding fundraising events, the Paphos police said on Monday. The pair stand accused of having recruited “...

Turkish Cypriots have been rendered “anxious, intimidated, and threatened” by the flurry of arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the ...

Monday’s weather is set to be mostly clear across most of the island, with increased clouds to produce isolated rain in the afternoon. That rain will mostly fall inland ...