Cyprus

The north’s ‘government’ within the space of a few hours on Monday night and Tuesday publicised plans to raise value added tax (VAT) rate on a total of 54 products, ...

Tourism revenue in Cyprus reached €407.9 million in October 2024, marking a 17.7 per cent increase compared to the €346.5 million recorded in October 2023, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service. For the January-October 2024 period, ...

A small bird, a chiffchaff, was found in a bird lover’s garden over Christmas after having flown to the island all the way from Hungary, BirdLife said on Tuesday. ...

The UN in Cyprus has underlined that existing agreements on farming activities in the UN-controlled buffer zone stand and need to be respected, UN spokesman in Cyprus Aleem Siddique told ...

The issue of missing persons in Cyprus “must not be politicised”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Tuesday. Speaking during a visit to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), ...

Scientists and farmers from both sides of the line need to work together to protect the island’s trees from invasive species, Greek Cypriot co-chairman of the bicommunal environmental committee ...

Planned upgrades to the Mari naval base may cost in excess of €200 million, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he said the upgrades ...

Volunteers are the backbone of every major sporting event and the FIBA EuroBasket 2025, which will be held next summer in Cyprus, is no exception! The Cyprus Basketball Federation (CBF) and ...

The north’s upset over the Republic’s stated plans to recommence drilling for natural gas in the seas off the coast of Cyprus in the early part of 2025 is “...

A free Park and Ride bus service will launch in Limassol on Thursday, the transport ministry announced on Tuesday. Following an agreement with AAA Limassol Stadium, there will be 102 free ...

The Cypriot economy demonstrated remarkable resilience in 2024, achieving a growth rate of 3.7 per cent despite persistent geopolitical and internal challenges. Tourism, construction, and the wholesale and retail trade sectors have ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for three days on Tuesday by the Famagusta district court for a burglary and illegal possession of drugs. He was reported to have been stealing ...

The autopsy on the 26-year-old Polish national who died from a fall at a construction site will be carried out on Thursday morning. All works at the construction site have ...

All roads leading to Troodos were reopened again shortly after midday on Tuesday, the police said, with access from Troodos square towards the top of Mount Olympus restricted to vehicles ...

A police officer and a lawyer were arrested on Tuesday morning for aiding the escape of the Swedish fugitive that had been held under police custody at a Larnaca hospital. ...

An elderly couple in Limassol died after a fire broke out in their home late on Monday night. Evangelos Vasiliou, 73 and his wife Pantelitsa Vasiliou were in their Pano Polemidia ...

The Association of Cyprus Banks on Monday announced that interbank and cross-border transactions will soon be completed in just 10 seconds, with the service being available round-the-clock. The new service will ...

The government said Monday it has implemented changes to the functioning of a small number of traffic cameras following complaints about drivers getting unfairly saddled with fines for violations. Alexis ...

In an environment of instability and uncertainty, Greece aims to serve as a bridge between North and South, East and West and to act as a stabilizing factor, Greek Foreign ...

The government aims in 2025 to update the Interpol database with Cypriot antiquities lost abroad with information on private collections that were in the north until 1974 and have since been lost, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will visit on Tuesday the USS Indiana submarine which is in Limassol for a New Year port call. US Ambassador to Cyprus, Julie Fisher, in a post ...

Restoration is to begin in the early part of the new year at Famagusta’s St George of the Latins church, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Ali Tuncay ...

A 41-year-old Greek Cypriot man was shot at the Ayia Fyla area in Limassol on Monday night, which police are investigating as an attempted murder. The shooter fled with the ...

A man was shot in the face while out hunting near the Karpas peninsula villages of Eptakomi and Galateia, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Monday. The man, named as 44...