Cyprus News

As wildfires continue to threaten villages in the Limassol district, emergency support is being offered from across the region, with local businesses and community groups stepping in to help fire ...

Teams from the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) are working urgently to restore power in areas affected by wildfires in Limassol and Paphos. EAC spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou told the Cyprus ...

Two fires are raging out of control in Limassol and Paphos districts and people are being evacuated from various villages with one serious injury already reported. Houses and cars have ...

The appeal of a Chinese holder of a ‘golden passport’, who objected against the cabinet’s decision to revoke his acquired Cypriot citizenship, has been rejected, the administrative court announced ...

Electricity demand in Cyprus exceeded all expectations on Wednesday afternoon, reaching a new yearly high of 1,211 megawatts at 2:15pm, according to updated figures from the Transmission System Operator (TSO). This ...

The trial-within-a-trial over the case of German estate agent Eva Isabella Kunzel continued at the Nicosia criminal court. She is accused of unlawfully handling Greek Cypriot properties in the Turkish-held ...

Serious violations of essential terms included in the demolition permit were identified after the building on Makarios Avenue collapsed on Tuesday, scattering scaffolding and rubble onto the road, the Nicosia ...

The hotel workers’ branch of the PEO and SEO unions on Wednesday announced that they would eventually go on strike on Monday, July 28, as a “last resort”, after two weeks ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on Saturday near the village of Galatia, near Trikomo, on suspicion of espionage, appeared in court again on Wednesday. There, all five had ...

It is rare for me to eat at the same restaurant twice in the space of seven days, but last week this is what happened at Psarou Fish Tavern. Since ...

As Cyprus battles a severe heatwave with temperatures soaring to up to 44C in inland areas, municipalities across the island are offering air-conditioned public spaces to help the vulnerable stay ...

Four people from Syria were remanded on Wednesday for five days in connection with a case of illegal possession of property. A fifth Syrian, aged 17, was released by the Larnaca ...

As Cyprus grapples with record-high temperatures and bone-dry conditions, the forestry department has issued an urgent appeal to the public: stop using tools that produce heat or sparks near forested ...

The extradition of a 38-year-old man to Jordan was halted on Wednesday after the Paphos district court identified serious procedural irregularities in the documents submitted by Jordanian authorities. The man, ...

Footage and interviews from ‘End the Starvation of Gaza’, a symbolic protest and hunger strike held outside the Embassy of Palestine in Cyprus on July 22.

Turkish Cypriot economist Mertkan Hamit on Wednesday said he had been denied entry to Turkey after finding himself on the country’s N-82 list. Being on the N-82 list means ...

Doria Varoshiotou, the now former judge who was relieved of her duties by the supreme judicial council earlier this month, will not return to work ahead of the conclusion of ...

School’s out and while summer camps are on, parents still need to find some other form of entertainment for their young ones sometimes. This week, all sorts of summer ...

The police on Tuesday arrested a 17-year-old on suspicion of attacking and robbing a foreign food delivery man in Limassol, nearly nine months after the incident took place in October 2024. ...

Cabinet on Wednesday resolved to hire an investigator to probe the conduct of former transport ministry permanent secretary Yiannis Nicolaides in relation to the matter of faulty airbags in Cyprus ...

A new online cryptocurrency scam is being investigated after a 53-year-old man reported losing €434,000, the police announced on Wednesday. According to the 53-year-old’s complaint, an unknown person online convinced ...

Andros Pavlides, creator, historian and director, passed away on Tuesday night at the age of 79, it was announced on Wednesday. He was born in Kilani in 1946 and was a trained ...

Cyprus has achieved one of its most significant successes in informatics to date, with middle school student Mariza Paspalli winning gold at EGOI 2025, the Cyprus Computer Society announced on Wednesday. ...

A 24-year-old man was arrested late on Tuesday in Larnaca after police discovered cannabis and drug-related items in his car during a routine check. The arrest took place around 11.50pm ...