Cyprus News

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Sunday that Cyprus “retains an obligation” to preserve the memory of the fallen and missing of 1974. Speaking at the annual memorial service for the 251...

Turkey and the occupied north condemned on Sunday a decision by the United States to renew the lifting of defence restrictions on Cyprus, warning the move risks “undermining trust” between ...

The foreign ministry welcomed on Sunday a US decision to renew the lifting of defence restrictions on Cyprus for the next fiscal year. The move allows the export, re-export and ...

Police issued a 36-year-old man with an extrajudicial notice of €13,500 on Sunday, after officers from the anti-poaching squad found 17 wild birds trapped in nets in a fenced field in Larnaca. ...

Thousands gathered last weekend at the Presidential Residence in Troodos for the third Let’s Go Troodos festival, an event combining family entertainment, local food and craftsmanship, while highlighting support ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced two new housing schemes on Sunday, approved by the cabinet to address housing needs among young people and families. The first offers 570 state owned plots of ...

Police arrested four people in Limassol after seizing more than 126 kilograms of ketamine, along with cocaine, methedrone and MDMA, in an operation Justice Minister Costas Fitiris, praised on Sunday. A ...

Police arrested the parents of a four-year-old boy on Sunday after the child died from a fall at a block of flats in Engomi. The boy fell around 20 metres from ...

Temperatures will climb on Sunday, with the Met Office forecasting highs of 37 degrees in Nicosia. Nicosia will bear the brunt of the heat, while Paphos stays cooler at 31 degrees and ...

Are foreign nationals snapping up real estate in Cyprus at an increasing rate? Yes, the numbers show that unequivocally. Has the situation spun out of control, driving up property prices ...

Residents of a house in Engomi escaped without injury on Saturday after a fire broke out and extensively damaged the roof of the building. The fire brigade was deployed with ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested on Saturday after a fire he started in his garden spread out of control, burning around 25 acres of land in occupied Kythrea. As reported by ...

Cyprus’ halloumi production faces a ‘systemic risk’ due to the excessive concentration of milk output in a small number of farms, Professor Stavros Malas cautioned on Saturday, warning that the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Saturday that a new housing plan tailored specifically to mountain communities will be unveiled within days, setting a target to double the population of the ...

Three hundred years ago a group of nomadic Yoruk tribesmen from the Taurus mountains was ordered to move to Cyprus by the Sultan. Eighty six Yoruks landed in the west ...

Former President George Vassiliou set Cyprus firmly on the path towards European integration and genuinely pursued a lasting settlement to the Cyprus problem during a presidency that reshaped the country’...

The health ministry is investigating several cases of unauthorised medical treatments across Cyprus, ranging from unlicensed plasma therapy to fake weight loss injectables sold through social media, it said on ...

The protective shield covering the British royal coat of arms at the old courts in occupied Nicosia has remained broken for around six months, exposing the colonial emblem to the ...

Kyrenia municipality should have an active presence in decision making processes affecting the town and its original residents, Kyrenia mayor Akis Violaris said on Saturday. He was speaking after a ...

Seventy-one former state and elected officials are collecting more than one public pension, with some entitled to as many as three after serving in different public roles, according to figures ...

A single, financially and administratively independent water authority should be created to manage resources nationwide, Nicosia district local government organisation (EOA) chief Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Saturday. Yiorkadjis told the ...

A new bill making it simpler for Cypriots living abroad to have their foreign spouse registered as a Cyprus citizen has been put forward by the interior ministry. At the ...

Five people were arrested overnight on Friday as police carried out regular patrols. Police said the operation resulted in 304 citations for various traffic violations, along with the arrests of two ...

Four people were injured after a traffic accident in the Kapsalo area of Limassol on Saturday morning. According to police, two vehicles collided, causing one of them to overturn, with ...