Cyprus News

The UN secretary-general’s new initiative for a solution of the Cyprus problem will possibly begin with the start of the new year, assistant secretary-general Miroslav Jenca said on Thursday. ...

As part of the actions of Larnaka 2030, five interdisciplinary walks titled Pathkia Pathkia will be held in the communities of the newly established Municipality of Dromolaxia-Meneou. The community of Pervolia ...

“Energy giants from Gulf states” are interested in possibly drilling for natural gas in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Addressing the Energy symposium in ...

The 16-year-old from Palestine, who appears to be the driver in the fatal road accident in Larnaca on Wednesday night, has been issued a seven-day remand order to facilitate police ...

A donkey died on Thursday night after being run over on the road between the Karpas peninsula villages of Leonarisso and Ayios Andronikos. According to newspaper Kibris, the donkey “suddenly ...

Turkish Cypriots’ sovereignty is “not up for negotiation”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said in his speech to mark the 41st anniversary of the north’s unilateral declaration of independence ...

A case has been filed with the independent police complaints authority regarding a Somali woman who reported she had been mistreated and suffered racist behaviour at the hands of police ...

Efforts to gain international recognition for the north “remain without any support whatsoever”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, the 41st anniversary of the north’s unilateral declaration of independence. ...

United States President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, is “well aware of the role of the Republic of Cyprus”, President Nikos Christodoulides said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said he would be ready to hold meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar regarding the opening of new crossing points as early as next ...

Kalopanayiotis and Pissouri were on Friday rated as top tourist villages in an annual list published by the World Tourism Organisation (WTO). The initiative was launched in 2021 to promote tourism ...

A 46-year-old man was sentenced to 41 weeks imprisonment in Dhekelia after being found guilty of Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH), the British Bases announced on Friday morning. He was arrested on ...

Friday marks 41 years since the illegal declaration of the north of Cyprus as a separate republic. The declaration of the occupied areas as the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ (TRNC) ...

Efforts are ongoing by the ministry of labour on Friday to bridge the gap between the concrete workers’ and employer demands, as entering into a third week of strikes looms. ...

Paphos police arrested two men overnight following a chase which saw shots fired by officers, in a drugs and dangerous driving case. According to police, officers at 9pm intercepted suspicious ...

Friday will be mostly sunny with a chance of afternoon showers and isolated thunderstorms in the mountains, the south and inland. Temperatures will rise to 25C in the interior and ...

The European Union is “closely monitoring” the waste management situation in Cyprus, European Commission Director-General for the Environment Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea said in a letter published on Thursday. He referred to ...

The national strategy for the prevention and management of violence in schools for the period 2024–2028 is human centred and scientifically backed, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said, following cabinet’s approval ...

Former House president Yiannakis Omirou called Greece’s recently declassified intelligence documents from the 1974 coup and subsequent Turkish invasion in Cyprus an important contribution to uncovering further details of what ...

The cabinet on Thursday greenlit an additional €109 million in spending for the finance ministry for fiscal year 2024, with Finance Minister Makis Keravnos saying the overall budget would remain balanced despite ...

The government pledged Thursday to tighten up procedures for granting state land intended for the construction of solar parks, aiming to make these practices “more transparent and meritocratic”. In a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides received an allowance for living abroad while he was in fact in Cyprus, it emerged on Thursday, as the matter was discussed at the House audit committee. ...

The European Commission has initiated two new procedures against Cyprus regarding water management and the submission of updated national energy and climate plans. The Commission issued a formal notice to ...

The prisons department found drugs in the possession of an inmate on Thursday after he had received a scheduled visit. The drugs were confiscated and handed over to the police ...