A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
Disy MP Efthimios Diplaros on Sunday announced that he would not stand for re-election at the next parliamentary elections in 2026.
His party is set to introduce a new internal rule ...
Greek Cypriot teachers’ trade union Poed and Turkish Cypriot teachers’ trade union Ktos on Saturday night faced off against each other in a football friendly match in Limassol.
Ktos secretary-general ...
For months, some of the most lowly paid members of society have been forced to make a difficult choice: go out to work for peanuts and risk getting beaten up; ...
Five people were fined by the Turkish Cypriot police after attempting to cross from the Republic to the north at the Ledra Palace crossing point in Nicosia with combined total ...
The met office announced a yellow weather warning for strong storms, effective between midday and 6pm on Sunday.
Storms are expected to hit the mountains and inland areas, as well ...
Hunters have expressed their “disappointment” over a lack of huntable animals present in Cyprus on the first Sunday of the hunting season, Paphos district hunting federation chairman Giorgos Theodosiou said ...
A body was found in the remains of a polyurethane manufacturing plant in the Larnaca district village of Dromolaxia in which a large fire had broken out on Sunday.
A ...
Police on Sunday announced the arrest of three people regarding burglaries, thefts, and other, similar crimes.
Two of the three, aged 42 and 41 years old, were arrested in connection with an ...
The Paphos general hospital, which flooded during heavy rain on Saturday night, was “built with a lot of shoddy work”, the town’s mayor Phedonas Phedonos said on Sunday.
“No ...
Large swathes of Cyprus were battered by storms on Saturday afternoon and Saturday night, with strong winds felling trees and heavy rain sending water cascading down roads across the island.
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More storms are expected to hit Cyprus on Sunday after the battering parts of the island faced on Saturday evening and into the night, with rain, hail, thunder, and lightning ...
Farmers call for more environmentally unfriendly desalination plants to meet domestic consumers’ needs
As the drought continues to rapidly shrink water levels in the reservoirs, farmers face ever increasing water ...
Storms and strong winds caused havoc in Limassol, with fallen trees closing vital parts of the city and district’s road networks, and shop windows being smashed by the elements.
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The Radiomarathon is “evolving”, first lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides said on Saturday.
Speaking at an event being held to coincide with the commencement of the Radiomarathon’s annual programme of ...
The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel underwent abdominal surgery on Saturday after having been admitted to hospital with complaints of “severe abdominal pain” on Friday.
Doctors at the private ...
“Concrete developments” related to the development of relations between Cyprus and the United States are expected very soon, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday.
Speaking to Greek newspaper Ta Nea, ...
A Syrian national appeared in court in the north on Saturday after having illegally crossed the Green Line from the Republic on Friday evening.
The man, who according to the ...
Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Saturday insisted that the government is “illegally withholding” his pension and other financial benefits he believes he is due on account of his time spent ...
Gunes Toymuradov, the mother of 20-day-old Mihrimah Toymuradov, who died after being fed ethanol while being treated on the neonatal intensive care ward in northern Nicosia’s emergency hospital, on ...
Police on Saturday announced the arrest of a 22-year-old man in connection with one of a recent flurry of attacks on delivery drivers in Limassol.
In particular, the man stands ...
Regular electricity bill payers will not subsidise the additional reduced rates paid by vulnerable groups, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Saturday.
Moving to address rumours that forthcoming increases in ...
By Philippa Tracy
As a Brit abroad, you know you have a reputation for upsetting the locals. You may never have been involved in a drunken brawl. But even so, ...
Trade union Sek announced on Saturday that it and other unions had agreed in principle to new, improved collective terms for hotel workers.
The union said it had held “last ...
Localised rain and isolated storms are expected to hit the mountains, the west, and the south of the island on Saturday, with rain clouds progressing in the land as the ...