Cyprus News

Firemen were required to cut a man out of a car after it veered off a road and came to a halt in a field, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis ...

Two young people had to be rescued after getting trapped while mountain climbing on Thursday in Palaichori. According to Philenews the two individuals were climbing in a steep location, 25-metre ...

Teachers at Trikomo’s Bekirpasha high school went on strike on Friday over “pressure” being put on them by the north’s ‘education ministry’ in the midst of the “headscarf ...

An 18-year-old male was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning after being clocked driving at 195 kilometres per hour up the motorway towards Nicosia near Latsia. He was pulled ...

The police said on Friday that they believe a fire which broke out in a hire car on Thursday night may have been started maliciously. The car was in the ...

The trial of journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was on Thursday adjourned until May 29. ...

Three men, aged 20 years old, 19 years old, and 18 years old, were all arrested after getting into a fight with one another, the police announced on Friday. The incident occurred in ...

The 32-year-old man arrested when police found 105.65kg of cannabis and 16.52kg of cocaine, was remanded on Friday for eight days to facilitate investigations. The suspect was taken before the ...

Friday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across the island, with temperatures set to rise to 31 degrees Celsius inland, 27 degrees Celsius on the coasts, and 21 degrees Celsius in ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar maintained the slender lead he holds over challenger and opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman in polling for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership ...

Cyprus has long held an irresistible allure for those in search of a life less ordinary.   With more than 300 days of sunshine a year, turquoise beaches, and a Mediterranean pace ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos and the town’s bishop Tychikos are at loggerheads over the organisation of an event next month to mark May 19, the day observed by Pontic Greeks ...

Fires were lit outside the north’s ‘parliament’ for a fourth day in a row on Thursday in protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of ...

A prison warden, a prison inmate and the inmate’s wife will stand trial for corruption, bribery and racketeering, following a decision handed down by Nicosia district court on Thursday. ...

Cyprus’ roads have claimed 11 lives since January, with four fatal crashes in just 48 hours ahead of Easter. The latest victims, including a young speeder, a pedestrian, and two working men, ...

Up until January of this year, no certification was required that a vehicle must not be subject to recall in order to have it registered, the panel investigating the Takata ...

The Akrotiri football club APEA has received a donation of training equipment – including footballs, goalposts, flags, training bibs and goalkeeper gear – worth €1,500 from the SBA police. The donation, the SBA ...

Four companies and three individuals were fined a combined total of €20,250 over the death of a worker who fell 13 metres on a construction site following a Limassol district court ruling ...

A visit to three supermarkets and one butcher in Limassol left Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou confident that ample products are available for the Easter feast. Panayiotou said that dozens of ...

An event celebrating the delivery of new accessible playground equipment took place at Pavlos Melas park in Larnaca. The initiative, spearheaded by the volunteer group Mikroi Ethelontes (Little Volunteers), aims ...

Police announced on Thursday the arrest of an individual in possession of 28 kilogrammes of untaxed hookah tobacco, discovered in packages lacking the mandatory Greek and Turkish markings typically found on ...

United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Wednesday said the “courage to make compromises” on the part of political leadership is what is required to solve the Cyprus ...

A group of walking football clubs, made up of Cypriot and expatriate senior men – some retired, others still working – have launched a fundraising campaign to represent Cyprus at the World ...

The Nicosia district organisation (EOA) has launched an investigation into an event hall in Nicosia, following a critical Audit Office report that has fuelled tensions between the government and former ...