Cyprus News

Paphos’ Stage One Theatre has a couple of exciting shows coming up for theatre and musical lovers. Its Night at the Musicals on Saturday will be a performance-packed evening with ...

A 44-year-old man, identified as Igor Tkachev, died in an accident on the Nicosia-Larnaca highway on Tuesday night, police said on Friday. The incident occurred at around 1am when he ...

“By the time we fill the radiator system, pay electricity, and top things up when it runs out, it’s close to half my salary. Every winter we’re bleeding ...

A 17-year-old motorcyclist remained in critical condition on Friday following after a crash with a car on the Limassol coast road on Thursday evening. Police said that the accident occurred ...

On Friday, the weather is expected to be overwhelmingly cloudy with localised rains and the possibility of possible storms. Temperatures will rise up to 19 degrees Celsius inland and on the ...

Member of parliament Alexandra Attalides, who belongs to Volt, on Thursday sounded the alarm over the felling of old black pine trees in a Natura 2000 protected area in the Troodos ...

The House on Thursday passed a law providing for stiffer fines for fly-tipping, but at the same time MPs cautioned that lax enforcement makes the legislation a dud. The bill ...

Music, dancing and thousands of costumed revellers will take over the streets of Nicosia on February 15, as the Joey Carnival of Aglandjia 2026 prepares to welcome more than 8,000 participants under the ...

Archaeologists at Drouseia-Skloinikia on the Akamas peninsula have unearthed a treasure trove of stone tools, beads, shells and bones, some dating back 8,000 years, offering a rare glimpse into the island’...

Cyprus’ agriculture minister and the European Commissioner for the Environment stressed on Thursday the need to reduce water consumption throughout the EU and particularly in Cyprus, as part of the ...

The government envisions making Cyprus resilient and robust both domestically and overseas, President Nikos Christodoulides said Thursday in his annual ‘state of the union’ address. In the speech, broadcast on ...

Yalla Collective Space & Café in downtown Nicosia turns two and hosts a community birthday celebration and raffle event this Saturday. A full programme will unfold from 4pm onwards with ...

The construction of a planned power storage station for renewable energy in the Rotseri area of Alambra may pose risks to public health and the environment, the Federation of Environmental ...

Draft legislation proposing a zero-alcohol limit for young drivers, learner drivers and individuals driving without a licence was discussed at the House transport committee on Thursday afternoon. Legislation will be ...

Combating illegal migrant smuggling remains a daily operational challenge, deputy migration minister Nicholas Ioannides admitted on Thursday, Speaking at Europol’s joint parliamentary scrutiny meeting, Ioannides said the government had ...

A fire broke out on the second floor in a three-storey apartment in Larnaca on Thursday afternoon and a tenant had to be treated for smoke inhalation. Fire department spokesman ...

A fire broke out in an old building in the centre of Limassol at noon on Thursday The fire department said the fire appeared to have started during roof insulation ...

Parliament on Thursday indicated its intention to pass legislation by May restricting the acquisition of real estate by foreign nationals. The intention is to amend the relevant law by May, ...

Serious allegations of intimidation within Cyprus’ public broadcaster were aired in the House on Thursday, as MPs examined claims that a senior CyBC official sought to pressure a board member ...

MEP Fidias Panayiotou has been compelled to rename his political party after the elections service rejected its original title, ruling that the term “Direct Democracy” could not be registered on ...

The Turkish Cypriot police have accessed records of telephone communications between the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Ziya Ozturkler and officials from a university in Morphou, in which it has been ...

The old town of Nicosia is quiet on a cloudy weekday morning. I step over some puddles, pass some small yellow flowers and head to the newly renamed Museum of ...

The water development department has denied that it plans to shut off the mains water supply intermittently as it aims to tackle an ongoing water shortage. The clarification comes after ...

Only two of Cyprus’ 56 sitting members of parliament declared gifts received in the exercise of duties, according to the latest register published by parliament on Thursday. The register concerns gifts ...