Cyprus News

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, has cancelled planned visits to both New York and Cyprus for health reasons, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said ...

Flights to and from Cyprus were affected on Tuesday as a technical failure in the UK air traffic control system caused widespread cancellations and delays at airports across Britain. Three ...

Egyptian armed forces personnel will participate in Cyprus’ October 1 Independence Day military parade for the first time, with an Egyptian contingent expected to march alongside the National Guard. The participation ...

The Republic failed to properly investigate the disappearance of Loizos Hadjigeorgiou and his son Giorgos after the Turkish invasion of 1974 despite opportunities to examine people allegedly involved in their abduction, ...

Two men aged 21 and 19 have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a 25-year-old food delivery worker in Erimi, Limassol, in the early hours of Tuesday. The two suspects ...

The union of sheep and goat producers on Tuesday called on Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis to intervene so that Wednesday’s deadline for conducting their animal inventory is extended by ...

Police have been urged to bolster their response to dangerous driving by young motorcyclists, with experts calling for increased enforcement and more officers on the streets. The issue was discussed ...

An official on Tuesday blamed certain livestock farmers for any delays in restarting business in areas affected by foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) due to their failure to properly disinfect their premises. “...

The derelict former Othello cinema in Engomi was on Tuesday classified as dangerous after an inspection found serious structural deterioration, while authorities have also raised public health concerns over conditions ...

A 36-year-old man was arrested after some 17 wild birds were found trapped in nets in the Larnaca district on Tuesday. Members of the anti-poaching squad carried out the operation in ...

Three people in the north have tested positive for West Nile virus, the Turkish Cypriot ‘health ministry’ said on Tuesday, with seven confirmed cases already having been detected in the ...

Social media use in Cyprus is on the rise with the majority of Cypriots receiving their news via social media, according to the findings of a study conducted by the ...

The funeral of Saliha Ozkol, who was murdered by her ex-husband on Monday, was held on Tuesday afternoon in Ayios Georgios, near Trikomo, where she lived. It was attended by ...

A 46-year-old father and his two adult children pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 122 charges involving alleged abuse of minor children in their family. The three defendants, the father, his 23...

A new football showcase aimed at identifying British-Cypriot and Cyprus-eligible players in the UK will take place in London from October 27 to 30, with organisers seeking to create a route into ...

As incidents of gender-based violence are on the rise, Justice Minister Costas Fitiris on Tuesday highlighted the need for a coordinated response by all relevant state authorities through the Red ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday declared their joint intention to “uphold security and stability in the region” after ...

Mazotos residents will demand the complete scrapping of plans for a desalination plant in the area during a meeting with Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis on Wednesday. The Mazotos community council ...

The performance of Cypriot students in the most recent PISA study remains overwhelmingly stable, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said as results were presented on Tuesday. “For Cyprus, performance remained essentially ...

The nationwide cat neutering scheme is expected to expand as of October as the animal welfare commission seeks additional resources to bolster efforts to control the island’s stray cat ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos dropped a bombshell on Tuesday, telling MPs that the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) could end up costing a great deal more than the €1.9 billion as advertised, ...

The fire at the landfill site near the Kyrenia village of Koutsoventis may continue to burn for weeks, bicommunal technical committee on the environment co-chairman Michalis Loizides said on Tuesday, ...

The Cyprus Peace Council and other anti-war organisations will stage a protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Cyprus outside the presidential palace in Nicosia on Thursday. The ...

“The continued occupation of part of Cyprus and rapidly evolving developments in the region require constant vigilance and make the operational readiness of the National Guard on land, at sea ...