Cyprus News

An all-day symbolic protest and hunger strike called End the Starvation of Gaza was held outside the Embassy of Palestine in Nicosia on Tuesday. “The situation in Gaza has exceeded ...

Bartending with no experience can be daunting, but on a sunny Saturday afternoon in the centre of old Larnaca, first-time participants skillfully mixed their way through three different recipes reflecting ...

Law commissioner Louiza Christodoulidou Zannetou was on Tuesday acquitted of all charges against her regarding her failure to undergo a second breathalyser test when an initial reading showed she had ...

Five people arrested in a Europe-wide operation to uncover an international band promoting fake marriages, centred in Cyprus, were found guilty on Tuesday by the Larnaca criminal court. The court ...

The United States navy’s guided missile destroyer the USS Mahan arrived in Cyprus on Tuesday, the country’s embassy in Nicosia announced. The embassy said the ship is in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated students on Tuesday as the results of this year’s Pancyprian Exams were announced, in which 11 got a perfect 20. A total of 5,120 candidates sat the exams, ...

Half of the cars on Cyprus’ roads have been imported secondhand and, despite efforts to move forward with the replacement of faulty Takata airbags following deaths and injuries, Transport Minister ...

The planned electricity cable which will link Turkey and the north “will not compete” with the Great Sea Interconnector project, which is planned to link Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, energy ...

The finance ministry has asked “reasonable questions” regarding the Great Sea Interconnector project in its letter to the energy ministry, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. Speaking to CyBC ...

A 38-year-old man has been arrested and remanded in custody after members of the drug squad Ykan discovered a quantity of illegal drugs in his vehicle and other premises linked ...

The first mobile desalination unit at the Moni power station in the Limassol district was put into operation on Tuesday, acting water development department director George Kazantzis said. The unit ...

The Pancyprian Organisation of the Deaf has expressed “outrage” and “profound disappointment” over what it describes as the systematic removal of accessibility measures for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals by the ...

Serdar Denktash, the son of late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, announced the creation of a new political party, which he has named the ‘Tam Party’. ‘Tam’ is an acronym ...

Cyprus has been ranked in the middle of the global wealth rankings for 2025 by The Economist, which placed Switzerland at the top and Burundi at the bottom in its assessment ...

An Atlantic puffin was found in Cyprus for the first time in recorded history on Monday, but died shortly after being found. The bird was reportedly found in a “lethargic ...

The Cypriot summer is perfect for outdoor movie nights (minus the humidity), and event organisers are catching on. In every corner of the island, from the coastline to the city ...

More than five kilos of cannabis were seized at Larnaca airport last week in a joint operation by Cyprus police and customs authorities. According to a statement from the police ...

Traffic is building up near Ayios Tychonas following a road crash on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway, police said on Tuesday. According to an official statement, several vehicles were involved in the ...

The government has changed its strategy to increase the supply of sheep and goat milk used in making halloumi, after a meeting of the agriculture advisory committee on Monday. In ...

The United States Embassy in Cyprus has confirmed a new agreement aimed at deepening defence and academic ties between the two countries. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed ...

Cyprus is sweltering under extreme heat today, with temperatures expected to soar to 41C in inland areas. The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow weather warning, in effect from 12pm ...

Almost €20 million was collected in 2024 from traffic fines issued by police and through speed and traffic cameras. Of that, €11.5 million went to municipal budgets, while €8.5 million was handed to the ...

The driver of a twin-cabin pickup truck, who was found guilty of manslaughter on July 2, after his actions on the road were found to have caused the New Year accident ...

Nine people were arrested on Monday in Limassol during a police operation to combat illegal employment. Three of those arrested were also found to be residing in Cyprus illegally. The ...