Cyprus News

Everywhere you look, it is carnival time. The biggest celebrations are, of course, in Limassol yet other cities join in the carnival fever with Sunday parades and festivities. This Thursday, ...

The north on Monday night supplied the Republic with electricity after a fault at the Dhekelia power station left the Republic unable to fulfil its own electrical needs. Electricity authority (...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday called for Europe to “operate with unity” over the war in Ukraine. Speaking via videoconference at an extraordinary informal meeting of the European People’s ...

Over 90 per cent of fires in Cyprus last year were caused by human activity, the fire service said on Tuesday. Presenting its annual report for 2024, the fire service said a ...

Nicosia district court on Tuesday ruled against any further delays in the trial of former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, following a request from his defence lawyer, Thanasis Korfiotis, to withdraw ...

A 48-year-old man was on Tuesday found guilty in the north of having fatally stabbed 40-year-old Vietnamese national Dam Thi Hop 33 times. Later on Tuesday afternoon, he was sentenced to 39 ...

The cybercrime division of the police has issued a fresh warning over a surge in fraudulent SMS messages, urging the public to stay vigilant against scams targeting cryptocurrency users. According ...

Archaeologists from Leiden University and the University of Cyprus have uncovered new evidence at the Chalcolithic settlement of Palloures in Chlorakas, revealing its critical role in Cyprus’ early trade networks ...

The Limassol Sirens, the women’s touch rugby team of the Limassol Crusaders Rugby Football Club, delivered a commanding performance at Stage 3 of the ISX Championship, held at Spazio Sports ...

The United States navy’s destroyer ship the USS Oscar Austin returned to Cyprus on Tuesday, this time docking in Larnaca. US ambassador in Nicosia Julie S Davis hailed the ...

A 30-year-old man was remanded in police custody for eight days on Tuesday in connection with a case of arson of a family home in Paphos last week. Paphos assistant ...

It is “only a matter of time” before all the affected vehicle distributors in Cyprus have enough airbags to carry out the replacements required by the government’s recall decree, ...

Snow is expected to fall on the Troodos mountains on Tuesday, with lower ground set to see rain in parts and the odd storm. Skies will be cloudy across most ...

A group called ‘Syrians in Cyprus’ has called for the partial lifting of a freeze on asylum applications from Syria, saying in letters to the interior minister and deputy migration ...

The EU should prioritise social protection, as well as issues related to the cost of living and the need to create jobs, according to young people from Cyprus aged 16 to 30 ...

Five people were injured in a road accident in Paphos on Monday, when three cars crashed into each other and one overturned. Police said the accident happened along Nicolaos Nicolaides ...

Police on Monday were still searching for a 45-year-old man believed to be connected to a group of individuals who used forged state seals and impersonated officials. The man, a ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos and the Deputy Health Minister of Greece, Marios Themistocleous, signed an updated public health agreement in Nicosia on Monday. The agreement includes the enhancement of medical ...

The Antiquities Department of the deputy culture ministry has received a donation of an Kourion excavation archive by American archaeologist David Soren of the University of Arizona. Soren carried out ...

An MP has formally requested parliament to follow up on the issue of what, if any, prosecutions have been brought in relation to the 2013 financial meltdown, reports said on Monday. ...

Gender-based violence should be thoroughly looked into through investigation and control mechanisms, as the mere condemnation of cases was not enough, MPs said on Monday at the House human rights ...

Ambulance services should be left to those who know the daily difficulties in real cases and not imaginary numbers, the association of private ambulances said on Monday and called for ...

All electrical devices in Cyprus should be EU-certified and the public should make sure they are using them correctly, as a number of fires over the past years started from ...

The 18-year-old learner driver that was caught speeding at 185 km/h on the Nicosia-Larnaca highway on Monday morning has admitted to the charges against him, police have said. The young ...