Cyprus

Cyprus and the United States are to hold an “informational meeting” over the Amalthea initiative at the United Nations next Wednesday, according to reports. Newspaper Phileleftheros on Friday reported that ...

Parents of primary-school children in Larnaca are calling for the establishment of more schools in the district due to concerns such as overcrowding, delinquency, and bullying. In a written statement, ...

House President Annita Demetriou will “send a message” to Azerbaijan over its plans to create an ‘inter-parliamentary’ group with the north’s parliament, she said on Friday. Speaking at a ...

Nicosia Municipality on Friday called on the public to refrain from lighting Easter bonfires and reminded people that the practice is illegal, incurring fines and potential imprisonment for those caught ...

Larnaca municipality has received two amphibious ‘Mobi-Chair’ wheelchairs, which allow easy access to the sea for people with reduced mobility. The new equipment was donated by Windstorm Trading & Investments ...

Akinci calls for transparency after Cypriot refused entry to Turkey By Tom Cleaver Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci called for transparency after Turkish Cypriot opposition figure Evrim Hincal was ...

Cyprus and Greece will on Friday sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in matters related to the implementation of the Single European Emergency Number 112. The MoU will be ...

The interior ministry on Friday officially announced that elections for European Parliament and local government would be held on Sunday June 9. The deadline to submit a candidacy was set for ...

A protest will be held on Saturday in Limassol’s city centre over the death of a 23-year-old Bangladeshi national who fell to his death during a police raid. The ...

By Tom Cleaver and Nikolaos Prakas Cyprus responded to Greece’s warnings over Nicosia missing deadlines for the Great Sea Interconnector undersea cable project, saying on Friday that they are ...

The National Security Council will be convening at 11am on Friday, to discuss migration and regional developments. Chaired by President Nikos Christodoulides, the meeting at the palace will be with ...

On the six-month anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7th, hundreds of people gathered in Nicosia to protest against Israel’s bombing of Gaza and the government of Nikos ...

A car was set on fire outside a residential building in Lakatamia in the early hours of Friday morning. The fire brigade managed to extinguish the fire, but the car ...

Following last week’s art happening in Limassol, the popular street artist Paparazzi moves part of his new series of works to Nicosia in the solo exhibition Vandalize at Alpha ...

In today’s episode, the redesign of the European Union’s migration system is a “step in the right direction”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said. Meanwhile, authorities collected over €700 million ...

The effects of climate change was one more challenge the tourism industry would have to cope with, said Christos Angelides, the president of the Pancyprian Association of Hotel Managers (Pasydixe). ...

Three people were arrested on Thursday after it was determined that they were living in Paphos illegally. The arrests were made after checks were carried out both in Paphos’ town ...

A 34-year-old man was from Paphos jailed for three months for driving under the influence of drugs. The man had committed the offence in 2022, and, in addition to his prison ...

Andorran Foreign Minister Imma Tor Faus hailed the “opening of a new chapter” in relations between Andorra and Cyprus on Friday. She was speaking following the signing of a memorandum ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to travel to Vienna on Friday to attend a working dinner for heads of government of various European Union member states. The dinner was organised by ...

An explosion occurred outside a motorcycle shop in the Nicosia suburb of Engomi in the early hours of Friday morning. The explosion took place between 2.30am and 3am and damaged ...

Friday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear after the dissipation of the morning fog, but clouds developing throughout the day may produce isolated rain or even the odd ...

Holding cells in police stations should be abolished, trade union Isotita’s police branch chairman Nikos Loizidis said on Thursday. Speaking to Alpha TV, he said problems in holding cells ...

The Cyprus bar association has lodged a police complaint against two lawyers representing two monks implicated in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal, it emerged on Thursday. The complaint, sources confirmed ...