Cyprus News

President Nikos Christodoulides is travelling to Thessaloniki, Greece, on Friday, where he will be proclaimed honorary doctor of the department of international and European studies of the University of Macedonia’...

The police arrested 12 people for various offences, including illegal residence in Cyprus, causing malicious damage and conspiracy to commit a crime, during overnight operations to crack down on crime. A ...

Friday remains cloudy throughout the day, with local showers and isolated thunderstorms with hailstones, mainly in the mountains and to the east. Winds will be a northeast to southeast gentle ...

Blood reserves across Cyprus have improved significantly, although further donations are still needed, head of hospital blood banks Maria Adamou said on Thursday. “Our ability to respond to the needs ...

The trial of furloughed Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, accused of raping a woman, continued on Thursday with the testimony of a police lieutenant. The lieutenant, a witness for the prosecution, ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos spoke on the phone with his Iranian counterpart on Thursday, discussing regional developments amid the ongoing crisis in the Persian Gulf. “Had a telephone conversation with ...

Police are investigating a suspected cryptocurrency investment scam after a 41-year-old man reported losing $280,000 between September and November 2026. According to police, the man came across an online advertisement for a ...

Prosecutors and defence lawyers got into a heated argument on Thursday over the evidence being presented in court, in the trial concerning the alleged theft of thousands of documents from ...

The House on Thursday passed a law mandating judicial review for cases where non-EU nationals are to be held in detention for a period exceeding six months. Up until now, ...

Two 15-year-old boys were remanded in custody for four days on Thursday in connection with the theft of two motorcycles in Paphos. The teenagers were arrested on Wednesday morning after ...

The persons involved in tracking the case of Stylianos Constantinou, the teenager who took his own life, had tried to “save” the boy, but he could not be saved, a ...

MPs on Thursday called for greater financial and administrative support for district governments (EOAs) to tackle dangerous buildings, criticising the government over its failure to provide adequate resources. The issue ...

The nationwide police operation ‘Plegma’, where authorities on Thursday nabbed 26 people suspected of involvement in a criminal enterprise, is one of the biggest operations against organised crime, the officer in ...

The federation of environmental organisations (Opok) on Thursday called for Akamas to be treated as a single, unified protected area, warning that fragmented planning could undermine efforts to preserve the ...

Construction work on the Akamas National Forest Park is expected to resume in early 2027, with the first phase scheduled for completion by February 2028, Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis said on Thursday, ...

Employees working in the Education ministry’s support programmes marched from the finance ministry to the presidential palace on Thursday, protesting over unresolved employment issues as their indefinite strike entered ...

Police are searching for a 22-year-old Turkish Cypriot suspected of stealing five hunting dogs worth a total of €7,500 from a field in the Ayios Therapontas area of Limassol. The dogs’ 41...

The Pancyprian Association of Hotel Managers (Pasydixe) on Thursday condemned the sexual abuse of two teenage girls by a hotel employee in Paphos, stressing that the convicted man was neither ...

Cyprus and Israel are exploring closer cooperation in counterterrorism, emergency preparedness, law enforcement and efforts to combat violence against women, following a meeting between Justice Minister Costas Fitiris and Israel’...

The Green Party on Thursday welcomed a court of appeal ruling overturning the suspension of a two-month prison sentence imposed in a case involving the brutal killing of a cat. ...

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has awarded €30,000 in scholarships to three students enrolled in the University of Cyprus MBA programme, continuing an initiative aimed at supporting education and widening ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is expected to visit the occupied north on Friday for meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and senior officials, as diplomatic efforts intensify ahead ...

The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that a trilateral meeting between the two Cypriot leaders and UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin will take place on Monday, November 9, ...

The nationwide police operation ‘Plegma’ is an important step in the fight against organised crime, particularly drug trafficking networks, the justice ministry said on Thursday. The ministry praised the professionalism ...