Cyprus News

Turkish Cypriot academic and former Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek paid an unusually candid tribute on Monday to the late publisher and restaurateur Vasos Ftochopoulos who died last week at the ...

The Public Service Commission (PSC) said on Monday it does not know how many exams will be carried out under a proposed new system for hiring in the civil service. ...

A British father charged in connection with the death of his three-year-old child after a fall at a Paphos hotel has returned to Cyprus and surrendered his travel documents, his ...

The child that fell from a balcony in the Engomi district of Nicosia on Saturday evening died from a severe head injury, autopsy results published on Monday showed. The autopsy, ...

Cyprus’ Regional Aerial Firefighting Station (CRAFS) is expected to secure co-funding for two firefighting aircraft as it expands its role as an operational and training hub for the EU and ...

A prosecution witness in an ongoing trial over the Avakoum monastery was accused of lying to the court and concealing a sexual harassment case against him, during a combative cross-examination ...

Cyprus’ deputy ministry of culture said on Monday it is carrying out a substantial revision of the long-awaited bill regulating the status of artists, with the aim of finalising a ...

Akel accused the state of a “scandal of multiple coverups” on Monday, after the anti-corruption authority announced it had ended its investigation into the spy van affair without publishing its ...

A former minister who served in the Christodoulides government failed to declare €2.4 million in assets, Disy MP Demetris Demetriou confirmed on Monday. Demetriou, a member of the special parliamentary committee ...

Stricter measures to protect Limassol bay were called for by the Federation of Environmental Organisations of Cyprus (Opok) on Monday, which demanded a “immediate, coordinated and scientifically documented response” to ...

Keith Newman’s home is hardly ever quiet. He typically has a dog tagging along behind him, a dog that needs something, and at least one taking a nap somewhere ...

The share of adults aged between 25 and 64 who have taken part in formal or non-formal education and training within the last four weeks of 2025 stands at 12 per cent, ranking Cyprus ...

Secondary school students have been called on to walk out of class on Wednesday in protest over unresolved problems including delayed air conditioning, unsafe infrastructure and heavy exam workloads. The ...

The trial of former transport minister Marios Demetriades and nine other defendants in the golden passport case that was due to begin on Monday did not go ahead after prosecutors ...

Two men were left seriously injured and five suspects arrested on Monday following a violent clash near Ayios Ioannis in Limassol, police said. Officers received a report of a fight ...

Six suspects arrested over an alleged murder for hire plot in Cyprus will be deported within days, police said on Monday after detention and deportation orders were issued against them. ...

The share of adults in Cyprus participating in education and training rose to 12 per cent in 2025, up from 7.5 per cent in 2015, according to figures published by Eurostat, highlighting a growing ...

Elam MP and House environment committee chairman Linos Papayiannis said on Monday that he will refuse to invite a group of anti-hunting activists to an upcoming committee debate, describing their ...

New Turkish Cypriot ‘transport minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu on Monday said that the sinking of a ferry off the coast of Kyrenia last month was “one of the greatest tragedies” Cyprus ...

A total of 13 cars’ windscreens were smashed in a car park in Ayia Napa, with the police describing the incident as “malicious” and saying they have launched an investigation. The ...

The police discovered a further 260 kilograms of ketamine in a Limassol warehouse on Monday, adding to the 126 kilograms already seized in a major drugs haul last week. The substance was ...

A seven-metre statue of a winegrower was on Monday placed in the spot it has traditionally occupied in Limassol’s municipal garden ahead of the city’s 65th Wine Festival. ...

Former deputy attorney-general Loukis Loucaides will be called to answer to two charges against him on October 20, after his case at the Limassol permanent criminal court was on Monday adjourned ...

Fourteen people were arrested during police operations on Sunday evening, the force said on Monday. Those arrested were suspected of offences including living in Cyprus without the requisite residence documents, ...