Cyprus

Turkey on Saturday removed its ambassador in the north Metin Feyzioglu and swiftly appointed now former Deputy Foreign Minister Yasin Ekrem Serim in his place. Feyzioglu was announced as the ...

The 57-year-old British national found dead in his home in Ayios Epiktitos “committed suicide”, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Saturday. Following an autopsy, they revealed that Andrew Cullen, who ...

The British government on Saturday moved to dispel reports it had conducted strikes in Yemen on Friday night after reports had circulated in international media suggesting strikes had been launched. ...

Two men were admitted to hospital in Limassol on Saturday after reportedly both having been stabbed by the same person. The first, a 33-year-old man, was found in the city ...

The European Commission has demanded that Cyprus repay almost €69 million which had been paid in grants for the crisis-ridden liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project at Vasiliko, the energy ministry ...

Police on Saturday announced the arrest of four people in connection with the bombing of a prison officer’s car, which had taken place earlier this month. The four, aged 42, 39, 31, ...

Two teenagers, aged 17 and 18 years old, were arrested on Friday and Saturday after having been seen stealing unguarded items off beaches in Ayia Napa and Larnaca. The police said they ...

All the Same are having orange-and-pomegranate juice at Hoi Polloi in north Nicosia when a 200-lira note (about €6) appears on the cobbled street beside them. Obviously it doesn’t just ‘...

A 26-year-old man was found dead in the sea near Aphrodite’s rock in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) said. They said they ...

The hot summer temperatures are set to continue around the island on Saturday. Temperatures are set to reach 38 degrees Celsius inland, 33 degrees Celsius on the west coast, 35 degrees Celsius on ...

Concerns are continuing to grow over the state of operations of ambulance services in Cyprus, with the federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) becoming increasingly restless over what they perceive ...

Two people were arrested in Limassol after attacking police on Friday, when they failed to vacate their former property. Police said that the pair attacked police, after the current owners ...

A total of 25 migrants have been forcibly removed from territories of the Republic and taken to the buffer zone against their will, while being denied access to asylum procedures, the ...

Overseas Cypriots (POMAK and PSEKA) will hold their 30th central council meetings next week in Cyprus, an announcement said. There will also be a 12th World Youth Congress of the ...

Hepatitis infections are increasing in Cyprus, especially among young people, the association of liver patients and friends ‘Prometheus’ and the hepatitis society said on Friday. During a workshop which focused ...

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be issuing a legal opinion over Cyprus’ contentious fake news bill which has sparked concerns amid the country’s journalistic ...

A sea turtle was released back into the wild on Friday by the fisheries department, Terra Cypria, the environment department, and the British bases an announcement said. The turtle was ...

The European Commission has raised questions over geopolitical risks surrounding the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector, it emerged on Friday. According to CNA, the Commission requested a teleconference over ...

There is a “very real danger” the government will have to pay back EU funds it received for the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, which is now being investigated ...

The European public prosecutor’s office (EPPO) should investigate the processes behind the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), House energy and commerce committee Chairman Kyriacos Hadjiyiannis said on Friday. He also ...

Cyprus is among countries that have so far failed to temporarily ban the hunting of turtle doves, an avian species still trying to recover from an “alarming population decline”. BirdLife ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and a wealth of other high profile Turkish Cypriot politicians have weighed in on reports swirling around Cyprus’ media regarding “intervention” on the part of ...

With the aim of tackling low birthrates and the demographic aging of the population, the government is drafting a comprehensive family policy, which will include incentives for large families and ...

Pakistan is showing “very close interest and concern” in the north, the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Zorlu Tore said on Friday. He was speaking regarding potential future recognition of the ...