Cyprus

Cyprus is turning to the west to renew its air defence systems, a senior government source said on Thursday. The source told Reuters the country is “turning to other countries ...

Consultations on financial incentives for public doctors are to be rediscussed at the health ministry on Thursday. Doctors’ unions Pasyki and Pasydy are to meet once more with Health Minister ...

RE-Merry Christmas-The Other Market: December 1 The final day of a festive market with a sustainability focus and environmentally friendly products. Held at Neptune Ballroom of the Poseidonia Beach Hotel in ...

Limassol police on Thursday are investigating shots fired in the early hours at a vehicle in Moutayaka. According to the police, an unknown person at 1.10am fired shots at a ...

Police made a second arrest for an investigated case involving a large quantity of cannabis. The drug was seized three months ago in Nicosia by officers who intercepted the car ...

Police made two arrests after incidents of violence at the end of the football match between Apollon and Ethnikos Achnas on Wednesday. According to the police, the incidents happened while ...

Thursday will be partly cloudy with isolated rains and a chance of storms, initially in the east and later in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 19C inland, 21C on ...

Works at the integrated waste management facilities at Pentakomo and Koshi, allowing them to operate at full capacity, will get underway in the first quarter of 2028, the agriculture minister pledged ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Wednesday night met his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov. The pair met on the sidelines of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) summit ...

The United Kingdom’s King Charles III called for the “continuation of the cordial cooperation” between his country and Cyprus when he accepted the credentials of Cyprus’ High Commissioner in ...

Legislation that will allow private clubs to open in Cyprus, offering indoor and outdoor firing facilities for a range of weaponry enthusiasts, from bows and arrows to heavy firearms, is ...

Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Wednesday called for a new hospital to be built in his town. In a letter to Health Minister Michael Damianos, he said that his ...

The anti-corruption authority urgently needs personnel to carry out its task, but its legal status hampers these efforts, MPs said on Wednesday. Parliamentarians are now waiting on the attorney-general’s ...

The “pay as you throw” scheme, wherein people are forced to pay for special issue rubbish bags to have their rubbish collected, is to be expanded to 12 new municipalities and ...

The Journalists’ Union on Wednesday slammed the agriculture minister for instructions she issued earlier where she appeared to order all ministry personnel to go through her press office when speaking ...

Mooring fees at Larnaca marina are the lowest compared to other commercial marinas in Cyprus, with yacht owners paying up to 60 per cent less for docking, the transport ministry said ...

Development projects at Larnaca port and marina and works at Vasiliko port will be going ahead, the transport ministry has said, while concerns have been voiced regarding a private company ...

The House education committee is to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss laws which will allow overseas universities to establish campuses in Cyprus and allow Cypriot public universities ...

Cyprus’ National Guard is “on alert because the region is in a state of constant, prolonged instability”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Wednesday. Speaking at an event to mark ...

Troubles in the hotel industry, as well as the construction sector, have been smoothed over, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday, after a cabinet meeting. Days of unrest in ...

A 46-year-old man who walked into the Limassol courthouse on Wednesday with a handful of pistol cartridges was arrested on the spot. Police said the man entered the courthouse at 10.30...

Unexploded mortar shells which were found on the grounds of what will soon be Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s official residence in Ayios Dhometios were detonated on Wednesday morning. ...

The government decided on Wednesday to include more people in its Christmas gift eligibility list and approved further financial assistance to residents of mountainous areas. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said ...

No further yellow weather warning was issued for Wednesday afternoon the meteorological service said, after Cyprus received what it described as ‘beneficial rainfall’. Met service head Michalis Mouskos said overall ...