Cyprus News

The Paphos tourism promotion company (ETAP) has launched its road safety campaign for the fourth consecutive year. Titled “Let’s Share Our Roads Safely,” the campaign aims to educate both ...

Residents of the village of Lefka on Thursday expressed their fury over construction projects “plundering” the areas surrounding the village, as well as their opposition to a planned concrete plant ...

Nine people were arrested by the Turkish Cypriot police near the village of Phyllia on Wednesday evening after being found attempting to illegally cross the Green Line into the Republic. ...

The supreme court of Cyprus has ordered the immediate release of an asylum seeker detained at Larnaca airport since November 2024. The ruling was made on January 23, 2025, after the applicant’s ...

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides’ vision for the country’s future, unveiled on Wednesday at the presidential palace, has sparked both praise and concern. The ambitious plan, which focuses heavily on ...

Franz Kafka’s Doll, a captivating new production by the team behind the award-winning STILL! A Statue That Travelled the World, brings a timeless story of empathy, imagination and loss ...

Members of Turkey’s parliament were on Wednesday night incensed by the commencement of drilling for natural gas off the coast of Cyprus and a perceived lack of government action ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos on Thursday confirmed that his town no longer has any ties to disgraced former United States Senator Bob Menendez, after the latter was sentenced to 11 years ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday offered his condolences to those impacted by the aeroplane crash which occurred in the United States capital Washington DC in the early hours of the ...

Over 1,000 counterfeit items were seized from a shop in central Nicosia, the customs department said on Thursday. The items consisted of athletic clothing and electronic devices, as well as stickers ...

Four men are expected to appear in court on the British bases in February after being caught in possession of drugs as a result of the bases’ police’s “Operation ...

The Cyprus pulmonology society on Thursday urged Health Minister Michael Damianos to approve a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use Cyprus.  The society also seeks its inclusion into the ...

Banana growers are preparing a memorandum of demands amid ongoing fears over their crops following the draining of the Mavrokolympos reservoir last week and the driest January since 1997. With the ...

A fire broke out in a parked car in Paphos on Wednesday night. The fire broke out around 11pm in a car belonging to a 27-year-old man. The car had ...

The Polis Chrysochous has lost between €150,000 and €200,000 from the operation of its municipal beach, mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he said the municipality’...

The deaths of 16-year-old Christos Panayi and 20-year-old George Theofanous have been confirmed following post-mortem examinations carried out on Thursday. Both young men were killed in separate fatal traffic accidents ...

Turkey is working to secure support within the United Nations security council for its stance on the Cyprus problem, according to reports which surfaced on Thursday. The Cyprus News Agency (...

A weak high-pressure system is influencing the region, keeping the weather mostly calm. Today, the skies will be mainly clear. Winds will blow from the northeast to southeast, light to ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Wednesday announced the launch of a new initiative to bolster the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE). The commission explained that the aim is ...

As the plans to upgrade the Paphos-Polis road continue, the residents of Marathounta will now benefit from a new entrance and exit, earning direct and quicker access to the upgraded ...

Smoked salmon trout has been withdrawn from the Cyprus market, as it was found to contain listeria monocytogenes, rendering it unsuitable for human consumption. The health services said salmon trout ...

Fuel prices in Cyprus are set to go up again in 2027, in harmonisation with an EU directive on emissions trading, the House environment committee heard on Wednesday. Chairman of the ...

Swift action by police forces averted serious disturbances outside sports venues in Limassol and Nicosia late on Tuesday night. Officers moved in quickly to prevent violent clashes between rival football ...

Cargo ship Guang Rong flying the Cyprus flag ran aground on a beachfront in Tuscany due to bad weather, it was announced on Wednesday. The 103-metre-long hopper dredger, owned in ...