Cyprus News

The amassing of military assets in and around Cyprus in recent weeks, in light of a drone strike on the island’s British Akrotiri air force base, is the product ...

A 41-year-old man was arrested after a drink-driving collision in Nicosia early on Tuesday, police said. The crash happened at around 3.40am on Tseriou avenue when the man’s car ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Tuesday demanded that the government take action to save the island’s tourism industry amid an ongoing conflict in the Middle East and reports of ...

The Cyprus taekwondo federation will travel to the United States next month for an educational training programme, the federation said on Tuesday. The trip will run from April 4 to 19, with ...

The government has sought legal advice regarding the treaty which established the United Kingdom’s two sovereign bases in Cyprus, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Tuesday. He told ...

The collapse of part of a building on Monday in Limassol may have been caused by inadequate planning, the Association of Civil Engineers said on Tuesday, pointing out that securing ...

Cyprus and Greece are set to assess the continued presence of Greek military assets on the island, as regional tensions linked to the Middle East crisis remain under close review. ...

District offices across the island will remain open for voter registrations on Saturday, ahead of next Thursday’s deadline, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The offices in Nicosia, Limassol, ...

Police on Monday seized 100 kilogrammes of green peppers transported from the north through a non-approved crossing point in the Ayios Sozomenos area. According to authorities, members of the anti-poaching unit ...

For the first time in Cyprus, Translations by Brian Friel will be staged, at the Main Stage of the Cyprus Theatre Organisation in Nicosia. Directed and co-translated by Irish/Cypriot ...

Over half kilo cocaine found in supplements collected from courier The police arrested a 40-year-old man on Monday afternoon after he picked up a parcel from an express courier in ...

The Akamas national forest park is currently undergoing a full operational reorganisation, with the sole aim of ensuring public safety and fire protection, while at the same time taking into ...

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Monday night in connection with a stolen police patrol car and handed a three-day remand order on Tuesday by the Larnaca district court. Larnaca ...

Two accidents happened at 7.30am on the Larnaca-Famagusta motorway. One was in the direction of Famagusta near the Livadia exit, when two cars crashed. One person was taken by ambulance ...

The trial into the premeditated murder of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous begins on Tuesday at the Limassol criminal court. The accused had appeared before the Limassol district court on January 29 ...

Ten people were arrested overnight for theft, carrying a knife, possession of drugs, drink driving and illegal residence. The police pulled over 500 vehicles and checked 713 drivers and passengers. They also ...

An explosion occurred on Tuesday morning at the entrance of a building in Limassol. Police said the explosion happened at 5am in the area of the old Limassol port and ...

Tuesday starts off with isolated showers, mainly along the coast, with rainy weather spreading to the rest of the island in the afternoon. Thunderstorms with hailstones can be expected in ...

A total of €43 million has been set aside for community projects, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. Following a regional meeting in Kouklia, he said the funding would support ...

Two women on trial on charges of defrauding Greek Cypriots with properties in the north changed their plea to guilty on Monday, and now await their sentencing at Limassol criminal ...

Plans to allocate forest land in the Karpas peninsula to be used by Turkey’s Istanbul Technical University were passed through the Turkish Cypriot legislature on Monday, though the north’...

Now is not the time to impose ‘green taxes’ and further burden people’s pockets, the finance minister said on Monday while reiterating that the government will roll out relief ...

The United Kingdom’s Type 45 destroyer the HMS Dragon has arrived in the waters off Cyprus, British Defence Secretary John Healey said on Monday. He told the country’s parliament ...

The government on Monday held talks with stakeholders on the ‘second pillar’ of pension reform, which the administration is keen to roll out by next year. Labour Minister Marinos Moushiouttas ...