Cyprus

Former prisons director Anna Aristotelous has been appointed as acting permanent secretary of the defence ministry until the post can be properly filled, the cabinet decided on Friday. The appointment ...

Sefer Bugra Altundag, the man who killed 16-year-old Zehie Helin Reessur in January last year, was sentenced to life in prison in court in Trikomo on Friday. Altundag had been ...

Worsening traffic congestion and measures to address it dominated Friday’s House finance committee meeting, where Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades presented his ministry’s €780 million budget for 2025. MPs pressed Vafeades ...

The cabinet on Friday at an extraordinary session was briefed on the 88 flagship goals of the government that include reforms in health, education, welfare, environmental issues and migration. According to ...

The three special operations police officers who were suspended from their duties in the aftermath of the escape from custody of 42-year-old convicted double murderer Doros Theofanous have returned to ...

It is a great honour and pride for all of us at Pafilia Property Developers to have been given the opportunity to host the Summit of the Mediterranean Member States ...

The north’s ‘government’ announced on Friday that it has appointed ‘finance minister’ Ozdemir Berova as its new spokesperson. Berova’s appointment was agreed upon on Thursday evening during a ...

The three men who were arrested after a 24-year-old man died in a fire in an apartment block in Mia Milia appeared in court again on Friday. The trio stand ...

The man driving the motorcycle carrying the shooter in the murder of 34-year-old Demetris Andronikou in April was on Friday sentenced to life in prison by the Nicosia criminal court. ...

Former Turkish ambassador to the north Metin Feyzioglu was officially appointed as ambassador to the Czech Republic on Friday. Feyzioglu was swiftly relieved of his duties at the end of ...

Negotiators from both sides of the divide met on Thursday night for the first time since the tripartite dinner in New York, kickstarting what is hoped will be a new ...

A 15-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday night after having allegedly edited into existence explicit images of teachers and pupils at the senior school he attends, British bases police confirmed ...

Major concerns were raised by BirdLife Cyprus on Friday over the approval for the construction of a new fish farming port in Pentakomos in an area important for the conservation ...

The police on Thursday night swung into action to rescue five people who became stranded at sea when a mechanical fault occurred on their boat. The boat’s captain requested ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday night confirmed the arrest of a man who had been seen running naked through the streets of the northern Nicosia suburb of Mandres. Videos ...

Another delivery driver was attacked in Limassol, police confirmed on Friday. The attack took place at around 10.30pm on Thursday night, with Limassol police deputy spokesman Marinos Vasiliou telling television ...

An 18-year-old male was arrested for delivering around 400 grams of cannabis to a house, police announced on Friday. The arrest had taken place after the youth went to a house ...

A suspicious suitcase found on the side of northern Nicosia’s arterial Dereboyu avenue on Thursday evening was not a bomb, police determined, after carrying out an intervention into the ...

Partial clouds will cover most of the island at some point during Friday, with temperatures set to slightly increase once again. Temperatures inland and on the coasts will rise to ...

Cyprus was ranked 31st out of 142 countries in the World Justice Project (WJP)’s annual rule of law index. The island received a score of 0.67 out of a maximum score ...

The House plenum on Thursday greenlit a law that affords free legal aid to women who are victims of abuse and to victims of domestic violence. Under the legislation, women ...

Nasa associate administrator Jim Free on Thursday welcomed Cyprus to the Artemis Accords, a set of principles and agreements established to govern international cooperation in the exploration and use of ...

Lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation tightening up the rules on illegal and undeclared work, which among others provide for stiffer fines on employers. Under the new rules, the minister of ...

Contrary to the assertions of the presidential palace, a document leaked to the press on Thursday showed that the government has not disclosed to parliament the names of the donors ...