A comprehensive overview of current news in Cyprus, covering everything from local events and political developments to social issues and community highlights
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s threat to Cyprus got a lot of traction in local media, as it was no doubt something out of the ordinary. But commentators have told ...
The number of students in Cyprus has doubled in the last ten years, Health Minister Michael Damianos said, while addressing on Friday a Frederick University graduation ceremony in Nicosia.
The ...
A US State Department report published on Saturday said that Cyprus needs to encourage greater access to religious sites on both sides of the divide and reduce discrimination against minority ...
The finance ministry on Saturday condemned the planned 48-hour strike by doctors in public hospitals that is set to paralyse the health system next week.
The doctors’ union Pasyki said ...
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that if Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar wanted the Mia Milia checkpoint to “truly” open he could have already done so.
Christodoulides, speaking at ...
Police on Saturday said they arrested five men involved in a fight between two families in Limassol.
According to an announcement, police were searching for the five Syrian men in ...
A 48-year-old murder suspect has been remanded for a further six days on Saturday, a day after being released from the Athalassa psychiatric hospital police said.
The man is the ...
The weather is expected to be hot on Saturday and mostly clear, the met office said.
According to the met office, the temperature is expected to hit 38 degrees inland, 30 on ...
A 24-year-old has been arrested for a car arson that took place in March, police said on Saturday.
According to a police statement, the case concerns the arson of a ...
Police are investigating an alleged rape in Paphos on Saturday, after a 19-year-old girl filed a complaint with authorities.
According to police, the girl said that she was on holiday ...
Hundreds of people have been repatriated after they were found to be living illegally in the Republic of Cyprus, it was reported on Saturday.
According to a police announcement, 201 people ...
The ‘stop-start’ US temporary pier off the coast of Gaza was due to be towed back to Ashdod in Israel yet again due to high seas expected over the weekend, ...
Music and more music will sound in Paphos as its renowned cultural centre Technopolis 20 celebrates its 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, a series of live music evenings will be ...
The stance of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights on the use of mobile phones in schools raises questions, with her agreeing to a ban in primary schools and a ...
UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has released a video statement published by Theresa Villiers, confirming Conservative support for the efforts of Cypriots to negotiate a settlement to reunite the island ...
A 19-year-old was arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday as a suspect in yacht burglary, police said.
The burglary is believed to have happened from April to May 2024 in Limassol ...
Global credit rating agency, Morningstar DBRS, has upgraded its growth forecast of the Cypriot economy by 0.3 per cent in 2024 and by 0.1 per cent in 2025, compared to its forecast last March.
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Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, while in Cyprus this collaboration ‘has been crucial in cultivating ...
A 20-year-old man on Friday was found guilty of a rape in Ayia Napa last summer and sentenced to eleven years in jail, according to a decision by the Famagusta ...
Two monks involved in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal requested on Friday to replace their attorney at a hearing to unfreeze their assets, which was eventually postponed by the court ...
The foreign ministry welcomed on Friday the adoption of a resolution on Varosha by the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
The resolution called for the immediate return ...
Following the outcry against police which came after a 41-year-old woman was murdered in Paphos amid allegations officers dragged their feet, the police chief has issued written orders to all ...
A woman has reported her husband for kidnapping their three-year-old child and fleeing to the north, it emerged on Friday.
The child’s mother Martina Malikzada, 27, an asylum seeker from ...
By Robert Morgan
Iranians living in the Republic of Cyprus will vote today at their country’s embassy at Nicosia to elect a new president of the Islamic Republic.
The ...