Cyprus

A European Court of Justice ruling reached on Friday has scuppered Cyprus’ plans to declare parts of Syria as safe, with a view to returning migrants to those parts of ...

Maintenance work at the Saint Nicholas church in the Karpas peninsula village of Koma tou Yialou has been completed, bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris announced on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will convene the National Council on Monday ahead of his planned informal dinner with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on October 15, ...

Thefts of copper have surged over the last year as prices spiral to up to €6,500 per tonne, despite the risks thieves face of electrocuting themselves as they cut power lines ...

Cyprus on Saturday became a full member of the International Organisation of La Francophonie. The country joins La Francophonie’s 54 other full members, having been an observer since 2006. The foreign ...

Despite Cyprus being ranked as one of the lowest in Europe for book spending and literacy rates, you’d never guess it if you attended the Nicosia Book Fest! This ...

The preservation of cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, is the government’s “strategic goal”, Migration Deputy Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Sunday. Speaking at the Klirou cultural festival in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said “everyone recognises the Greek Cypriot side’s constructive approach” regarding efforts to solve the Cyprus problem. Speaking at a memorial ceremony for Eoka fighter ...

Flights are continuing to and from Cyprus on Sunday to facilitate the departure of people from across the world from Lebanon and their onward journey to their countries of origin. ...

Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Anna Aristotelous on Sunday said it is the government’s “duty and commitment” to ascertain the fate of all the people who went missing during Turkey’s ...

A total of 6,000 cigarettes which had been illegally transported from the north to the Republic were confiscated from a coffee shop in Aradippou, the customs department said on Sunday. The ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested after being seen on CCTV footage handing out smoke bombs to other football fans at Saturday’s football match between Ael and Ethnikos Achnas. The ...

A 68-year-old man from Limassol died after being run over by his own car after having parked it and failed to apply the handbrake before getting out, the police said ...

Sunday’s weather is expected to be mostly sunny across the island, with temperatures set to rise to 33 degrees Celsius inland, 30 degrees Celsius on the south and east coasts, 29 degrees ...

The escape of lifer Doros Theofanous while on a home visit was the latest scandal to rock the government, getting the president to act uncharacteristically tough by sacking three senior ...

A patient tried to stab someone at Nicosia general hospital and then punched a doctor and two nurses, unions charged on Saturday, prompting them to organise a two-hour strike on ...

More fighting broke out between inmates at the Nicosia central prison on Saturday, making it the second day in a row of escalating violence behind bars. Conflicting reports said three ...

Four US senators visited the Andreas Papandreou airbase in Paphos on Saturday, where they met with President Nikos Christodoulides. Senators Jerry Moran, Susan Collins, John Boozman and John Cornyn underlined ...

The Greek Cypriot side will undertake efforts to ensure the tripartite meeting set to take place on October 15 in New York, will “yield the best possible result”, Greek Cypriot negotiator ...

Hundreds of Australian nationals who fled from Beirut to Cyprus breathed a sigh of relief as they reached Larnaca on Saturday, recounting the intense bombing in Lebanon that left them ...

Akel presses government on murderer’s permits to leave prison Akel on Saturday called on the justice minister to clarify whether convict-for-life Doros Theofanous received privileged treatment, as he was ...

In his first tell-all interview since his dismissal, former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides alleged on Saturday he was ousted because he could not be silenced. The ‘deep state’ wanted him out ...

Nicosia’s State Fair burst into life early this morning as Cyprus Comic Con opened its doors for its annual extravaganza. By 9 am, the parking lots were already filling up ...

As the holiday season approaches, Europe’s town squares transform into magical winter wonderlands filled with enchanting Christmas markets. These markets blend tradition with culinary delights and handcrafted gifts, enjoyed ...