A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
Police arrested a man on Sunday for blackmailing another man and possessing an illegal weapon.
According to police, the man, 37, threatened another man, 51, for an entire year from November 2023 until ...
Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou will be travelling to Apia, Samoa for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting taking place between 21 and 26 October, an announcement said on Sunday.
The minister will ...
Police said on Sunday a vehicle was severely damaged in a fire that was set in the early hours by an unknown assailant.
According to police, at around 2.30 am a 74...
Firefighters rescued three people stuck in their car at the Larnaca Salt Lake, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Sunday.
In a post on platform X, Kettis said that ...
Semi-governmental telecommunications authority (Cyta) and petrol company EKO were the targets of cyberattacks, a source told CNA on Sunday.
The attacks on both companies occurred on Saturday, following a spate ...
The weather on Sunday will be mostly clear, with a chance of partial cloudiness later in the day, the met office said.
Temperatures will rise to 25 degrees Celsius inland, 26 on ...
This week saw the verbal jousting between the government and opposition party Akel over the issue of affordable housing return, with each side cherry-picking data from the latest Eurostat survey. ...
Simos Galatariotis in a Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 and Nasser Al-Attiyah in a Skoda Fabia R5 had spectators on edge on Saturday, as they battled for the lead in the 51...
Cyprus has developed into a modern, effective and comprehensive shipping hub and is now the biggest shipping management centre in Europe and one of the three largest in the world, ...
Keftedes (Cypriot meatballs)
We all love meatballs! When we were living in Cyprus we were the only children in Avgorou village eating them with ketchup! Our father used to work ...
Press reports that hackers are attacking websites in Cyprus to obtain access to sensitive information are not valid, the deputy ministry for research, innovation and digital policy said on Saturday.
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Cyprus’ proposal for the creation of a mechanism for the joint supply of pharmaceuticals for EU countries with small markets was discussed on Saturday between Health Minister Michalis Damianos and ...
The reasons behind the sudden death of hundreds of fish in the Athalassa lake in Nicosia will be known by the end of the week when laboratory tests are concluded, ...
Archbishop Georgios of Cyprus stressed on Friday night that the church should change its tactic and instead of purchasing stolen artefacts, should claim their return through legal routes.
He was ...
After the cyberattacks on Hermes Airports, Bank of Cyprus and the Electricity Authority, Commissioner of Communications George Michaelides said there may be more to come.
Michaelides told the Cyprus News ...
A young woman, who had sustained an injury and was stranded on a cliff near the Saint Elizabeth chapel in Ayios Ambrosios, Limassol, was brought to safety on Saturday lunchtime ...
Maintenance works being carried out on the road from Aphrodite’s Baths to Fontana Amorosa in Akamas are in no case works to upgrade or widen the scenic route, the ...
A 24-year-old was injured on Friday night in Oroklini by an attacker bearing a sharp object.
Police said that at 10.50pm an unknown person attacked the 24-year-old, who suffered a ...
“The fact that you’re essentially dealing with people that are facing your own trauma or the trauma that your parents experienced means that every day, it’s like I’...
Limassol composer Stelios Pisis, who was suffering from muscular dystrophy, has died at age 48.
Stelios Pisis started playing the piano at age five, during the time he was being diagnosed ...
The Electricity Authority (EAC) successfully averted a cyberattack on Friday night, chairman of its board Giorgos Petrou said on Saturday.
Petrou told the Cyprus News Agency that this was the ...
Mainly fine weather is forecast for Saturday, with clouds forming locally at times.
Winds will be northeast to southeast, to become variable in the afternoon, a gentle to moderate breeze ...
A sailing boat from Israel reported missing was found during a Cyprus search and rescue operation mobilised the police, the army and the British bases.
The crew members are well.
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Police are investigating attempted murder after a 22-year-old was heavily wounded in a stabbing at a Limassol bar.
A 27-year-old, named by the police as Mehmet Nikola Mehmet, born on ...