Cyprus News

The number of students admitted to Greek-language programmes at the University of Cyprus will not be reduced with the introduction of foreign-language degrees, rector Tasos Christofides has said. Speaking on ...

Nineteen European Union countries, including France and Germany, are calling for the European Investment Bank to boost lending for the defence industry as the 27-nation EU seeks ways to improve ...

An Akaki property owner has built a house on land slated for expropriation by the state for a new road, it was reported on Friday. Head of the public works ...

A 37-year-old man has been arrested in Paphos in connection with a case of car arson and illegal possession of property, police said on Friday. Police stopped his vehicle for ...

A 76-year-old man wanted in Cyprus has been arrested in Germany in connection with online fraud involving extortion and money laundering, the police said on Friday. A Larnaca resident reported ...

As the UN Security Council’s draft report on Unficyp, released on Friday, slammed both sides in Cyprus for violating the military status quo along the ceasefire lines and raised ...

Foreigners snapping up properties on the island at a rapid pace will be discussed by the House interior committee, MPs said on Friday after concerns have been lodged that the ...

The company which was found to have dumped a number of dead pigs near the Nicosia district village of Meniko was ordered to remove them, state veterinary services director Christodoulos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Brussels on Sunday evening to participate on Monday in the informal European Council retreat. The summit will address defence and security issues and in ...

Paphos has signed a contract for the installation and management of additional mobile rubbish compactors to boost sustainable waste management, the municipality announced. The contract was signed on Thursday by ...

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative Colin Stewart will have separate meetings on Friday with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders amid efforts to open more crossing points on ...

Friday will be partly cloudy with isolated rain expected in the north and later in the southeast. Temperatures will rise to 18C in the interior and the north coast, 19C ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on Thursday hosted the plenary meeting of the International Organisation of Securities Commission’s (IOSCO) European Regional Committee (ERC) in Nicosia. The ERC ...

A substantial drop in the cost of electricity this year is “impossible,” Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday, adding that people should manage their expectations. The minister made the ...

A new public water cooler offering free, and chilled water has been installed along the Pedieos River, marking a step forward in efforts to promote sustainability and reduce single-use plastics ...

Police on Thursday arrested a fourth person in connection with an attempted murder earlier this month in the village of Kornos, Larnaca district. The fourth suspect is a man aged 23 ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou and Britain’s foreign office’s Mediterranean department’s deputy director Alison Kemp met on Thursday in London to discuss the Cyprus problem. After the meeting, ...

Decrees ordering the recall of cars fitted with faulty airbags will be made on Monday, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he said he ...

Parliamentarians on Thursday tried to take a deep dive into the workings of the state-funded Cyprus Institute, but ended up with more questions than answers. A research and educational foundation ...

The supreme constitutional court has rejected an appeal by former Foreign Minister George Iacovou against an earlier administrative decision reducing his pension earnings, it emerged on Thursday. Essentially the top ...

Hakan Moral was on Thursday named the north’s new religious affairs director. He will officially commence his duties on Saturday, taking over from Ahmet Unsal, having previously been a ...

The north’s authorities on Thursday announced their intention to end the practice of “double jeopardy” conscription, in which Turkish Cypriot men in Turkey who are also Turkish citizens were ...

The Cyprus Animal Party has proposed the adoption of an “Adopt My Christmas Tree” programme to help reduce excessive logging and promote sustainable tree use. In a statement, the party ...

The north’s minimum wage determination commission on Thursday ruled against an appeal to raise the minimum wage further, after it had been set at a gross figure of 43,469TL (€1,168) ...