Cyprus News

Lawmakers on Monday began discussing two government bills aimed at boosting the stock of residential units and providing affordable housing, but not all were convinced this was enough to drive ...

Children born in Cyprus to one Cypriot parent and the other from a third country are being denied Cypriot citizenship and complaints have spurred the House human rights committee to ...

The environment and animal welfare commissioner has expressed her concern over the recent increase in animal abuse cases in Cyprus. “There was an unfortunate increase of serious animal abuse incidents, ...

Large sums of money and luxury cars have been confiscated, while €24 million worth of cryptocurrencies have been frozen, in the framework of a Europol and Eurojust joint operation to clamp ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Monday said his ‘government’ is to begin “serious work” to allow Turkish Cypriots abroad to vote in the north’s elections. Speaking during ...

Criteria set in 2023 for hospitals in the national health system (Gesy) have produced their first results, with a 92 per cent improvement of the quality of services provided, health insurance organisation (...

The north’s ‘finance minister’ Ozdemir Berova on Monday defended his ‘ministry’s’ use of stolen vehicles for official purposes. Speaking in ‘parliament’, he said that while 61 vehicles imported from ...

A man was injured after being attacked with a sharp object, possibly a knife, in the Ledra area of old Nicosia on Monday morning. Police are looking for the suspect. ...

Are you a Blunt-Nosed Viper or a Cyprus Whip-snake? Perhaps you’re one of the island’s rarer species: the Coin Snake, Dwarf Snake, or Worm Snake (an elusive ophidian ...

All That’s Left of You, a Palestinian film partly shot in Cyprus, premiered at the renowned independent film festival Sundance in Utah last Saturday. Director Cherien Dabis was pre-producing ...

Monday’s court hearing regarding the three people facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the ...

Cypriot natural gas will be extracted from under the sea for the first time in 2027, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. Speaking to Politis radio, he said he expects ...

February is just around the corner and as always we are here to help you wade through the avalanche of content coming from Netflix – seriously guys, you can take a ...

Nicosia Criminal Court postponed the trial of Simon Aykut due to health reasons. The Israeli-Turkish businessman is accused of usurping Greek-Cypriot properties in the north. According to Aykut’s defence ...

The government is forecast to make a total of €37 million from tax revenues related to the country’s only licenced casino, the gaming and casino supervision commission said on Monday. ...

Thirty per cent of Cyprus potentially has a health issue that can disrupt careers and destroy relationships. Fifteen per cent of us may be facing symptoms for the rest of ...

Israeli secret services have ordered all flights by Israeli carriers not to land in Paphos due to unspecified security concerns. According to the Jerusalem Post on Sunday, El Al, Arkia ...

A man in Kolossi who attacked two third country nationals in Limassol overnight, one of them a delivery driver, is being sought, according to police spokeswoman Kyriaki Lambrianidou on Monday. ...

The education ministry is keen to encourage students to play chess to develop their academic skills, minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday. “Engaging in chess is a path full of ...

The state needs to beef up staffing and maintenance expertise in the Water Development Department (WDD) as other dams built in the same era as Mavrokolymbos, could suffer the same ...

As of Monday, Cypriot citizens can apply for electronic IDs to electronically sign documents and access governmental services online. The first 100,000 eIDs will be state subsidised with 30,000 issued completely free ...

The construction of a multifunctional park in Ayia Napa has begun, the municipality said on Monday. The aim of the municipality is to improve the quality of life of residents, ...

Turkish ambassador to the European Union Faruk Kaymakci on Sunday called for Cyprus to think of other European Union member states and allow the EU-Turkey high-level energy dialogue to restart. ...

The Limassol Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel) has called for a comprehensive and environmentally conscious approach to the redevelopment of the Lady’s Mile area. It also underlined the ...