Cyprus

The wildfire that broke out on Sunday near the Paphos villages of Stroumbi and Kili and reignited around noon on Monday in the ravine between the two communities has been ...

Monday starts off with clear skies and fine dust in the air. From noon onwards, clouds will start forming and isolated showers or a short storm can be expected in ...

Continued municipal resistance to implementing the pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) system is drawing renewed criticism amid warnings from the European Union over Cyprus’ broader waste management shortcomings. Municipalities argue they require clarity ...

Fire trucks are struggling to reach the blaze, which has been burning since around 10am between the communities of Kili and Stroumbi in the Paphos district, Kili community leader Michalis ...

A nationwide women’s conference in Nicosia set out a series of concerns and calls for action on gender equality on Sunday, as speakers highlighted progress but warned that major ...

Deputy attorney general Savvas Angelides has submitted his resignation to the president of the republic, it reported on Sunday. According to Philenews, Angelides handed in his resignation on November 16. He ...

Cyprus is stepping up preparations to host thousands of European delegates during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2026, with officials projecting around 62,500 ...

The holiday season (yes, it is here!) has plenty of magic to share for old and young. Throughout December and January, eight unique creative workshops are taking place at Centre ...

The Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, George Papanastasiou, will participate on Monday in a European Union Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting in Brussels, while on Tuesday he will travel ...

Fire crews in Limassol are trying to contain a blaze in Pachna that is burning dry grass, wild vegetation and several trees, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Sunday. ...

A 20-year-old cyclist from Syria died in the early hours of Sunday in Limassol after a collision on 28th October street, near the Enaerios traffic lights. Police said the crash ...

Fifty years since the first teacher evaluation system was introduced, Cyprus is bound by the EU to modernise it. As civil servants and modernisation always make for uneasy bedfellows, it ...

Cyprus has been handed a fresh proposal for direct natural-gas supply from Israel, with Energean saying its new plan for a 200-kilometre pipeline is the fastest and most practical way ...

The weather is mostly clear with increasing high cloud on Sunday. From the afternoon, medium cloud will thicken in several areas. Winds are blowing from the northeast to southeast at ...

Is the Great Sea Interconnector unraveling? It depends who you ask. Last week’s talks in Athens, where it was decided to “update the techno-economic” parameters, was seen by many ...

The beginning of the armed Eoka struggle in 1955 was a “new era for Cypriot Hellenism,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday inaugurating the 70 Years of Eoka 1955-1959 exhibition in Nicosia. “[...

With halloumi making the news as the latest fad in New York, we asked people at the Mall of Cyprus in Nicosia how they like to eat our national cheese.

A search of two apartments in Nicosia, carried out following a complaint made by the Animal Party over the alleged consumption of cats, has not brought forward any evidence, police ...

A 44-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman were remanded in police custody for five days on Friday over their alleged involvement in a burglary, police said on Saturday. The two ...

Evidence related to 1,184 cases investigated in recent years by the district units of the Drug Law Enforcement Unit (Ykan) in Cyprus was destroyed this year, police said on Saturday. It ...

Another 132 vehicles with faulty Takata airbags will be immobilised, the road department said on Saturday. The immobilisation follows a recall over cars equipped with defective Takata airbags issued by CIC ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday night said comments made by President Nikos Christodoulides regarding the Cyprus problem during a visit of Greek President Konstantinos Tasoulas were “null and ...

A total of 135 boxes of 200 cigarettes each, four packs of 20 cigarettes each and 500g of rolling tobacco were located and seized in the luggage of a British passenger at Paphos ...

The fact that two ratings agencies either improved or kept the same rating for Cyprus was welcomed on Saturday with “particular satisfaction” by Finance Minister Makis Keravnos. Both Moody’s ...