Cyprus News

The preparations for Cyprus to assume the European Union Council presidency in 2026 were the focus of the second model European parliament conference, held on Friday at the Pancyprian gymnasium in ...

Public sector doctors’ trade union Pasyki on Friday expressed fury at the fact that the state health services organisation (Okypy) had not sent a representative to Thursday’s House health ...

Many of Larnaca’s tourist attractions are inaccessible to the disabled by their lack of wheelchair ramps, suitable parking, inadequate signage, dangerous pavements and limits on free movement caused by ...

The issue of migrant returns will be high on Cyprus’ agenda when the island assumes the presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2026, deputy minister for migration ...

Cyprus, in cooperation with the government of France on Friday delivered a total of 33 tonnes of supplies and logistics items to the Lebanese Armed Forces, it was announced on Friday. ...

Cypriot football giants Omonia on Friday said archrivals Apoel receive “preferential treatment” from the state, as the debate regarding unpaid taxes heats up. Omonia’s statement comes after Apoel were, ...

A bullet casing was found in the car driven by the 37-year-old suspect in the case surrounding the death of 24-year-old Shoaib Khan in the buffer zone-adjacent village of Potamia, ...

The case against Turkish Cypriot former MEP candidate Oz Karahan was on Friday adjourned until March to allow the defence to be given all witness material and to find a ...

The Association of Public Passenger Transport Organisations (Sodem) is calling for a drop in the age limit for drivers from 21 to 18 to plug a shortage of professional bus drivers amid ...

The European Commission on Friday announced the launch of the EU Scholarship Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community for the Academic Year 2025/26, funded under the Aid Programme. It said that ...

German bicycle-sharing company Nextbike will present a new fleet of electric bikes in Limassol next Thursday, the city’s municipality announced on Friday. The municipality described the initiative as a ...

The Paralimni and Dherynia municipality on Friday announced that a total of 186 bus stops across the municipality will be replaced with more modern facilities. The installation of new bus stops ...

Senior citizens in the Paphos district village of Steni are to participate in a European Union Erasmus project aimed at empowering elderly people to fight against climate change. The contract ...

The fire brigade reported two fires involving vehicles in the Larnaca district in the early hours of Friday morning. According to fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis, the first fire was ...

Lawyer Constantinos Demetriades, son of the late Lellos Demetriades, long-time mayor of Nicosia, and brother of well-known lawyer Achilleas Demetriades has died, the Cyprus Bar Association announced on Friday. The ...

Drilling work has begun in Block 5 of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Friday. According to a post on social media platform X, drilling began Friday ...

A new hotel is to open on Nicosia’s Makarios Avenue, according to reports. Newspaper Phileleftheros wrote that the new hotel will be built in the former Laiki Bank building, ...

It may still be the start of the year yet there are plenty of reasons to look forward to spring. The picturesque village of Limnatis offers a pretty good one ...

The United Nations security council is set to reaffirm its commitment to a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, according to a draft copy of the resolution which will see ...

The electricity authority (EAC) warmed the public on Friday of interruptions to its service in the Limassol district next week, due to maintenance works on its medium voltage lines. The ...

Friday will be partly cloudy with isolated rains expected and a chance of a brief storm in the mountains and areas to the west and south. Temperatures will rise to 16...

The Cypriot real estate market remained stable in 2024, compared to the year before, reflecting the challenges faced by the sector, according to the Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council. In ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Thursday cited Cyprus among a number of issues facing Turkey’s candidacy to join the EU. Speaking to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency ...

In 2023, 16.9 per cent of Cypriots reported difficulties in heating their homes, according to Eurostat. This marks a 2.3 per cent improvement compared to 2022, when one in five Cypriots struggled to keep ...