Cyprus

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides said on Thursday that he had made evidenced statements to the police backing up his claim that President Nikos Christodoulides had been aware since July last ...

Polis Chrysochous Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Thursday called for “long-term measures” to address problems facing the issues facing the supply of water to both his area and Cyprus at large. ...

Turkish Cypriot teachers’ legal challenge to have the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs at public schools declared unlawful was adjourned until June 12 on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to travel to Helsinki on Thursday to meet Finnish President Alexander Stubb. According to government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis, Christodoulides and Stubb will hold a private meeting, ...

A 55-year-old woman has been intubated at the Limassol general hospital on Thursday after she was found unconscious at sea.  According to the police, the 55-year-old was found on Wednesday ...

Director General of the Foreign Ministry Andreas Kakouris, said Cyprus is committed to promoting culture as a key factor in sustainable development at a meeting on the topic at the ...

Police on Thursday are investigating a 65-year-old man who handed himself in after admitting to stabbing a 50-year-old man. He was arrested on suspicion of acts intended to cause actual ...

Thursday weather will be mainly clear with high clouds at times. Temperatures will rise to 35C inland, 27C on the west coast, 28C on the north coast, 31C on the ...

Despite efforts by the current government to fully postpone green taxation, which the Anastasiades administration had built into the framework for Cyprus to access recovery and resilience funds, the EU ...

Turkish Cypriots demonstrated outside the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office on Wednesday night against the ruling coalition’s alleged negligence on the matter of school transport in ...

Cyprus’ objection in discussions among European Union foreign ministers regarding a review of the bloc’s pact which governs its political and economic ties with Israel was “in terms of ...

Two journalists in the north were charged with trespassing after reporting on an incident in which teachers were locked out of a school amid souring relations between the ruling coalition ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday night announced his plan to lure Cypriots living abroad to return to the country. Addressing the Guildhall in the City of London to 750 interested participants, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday met the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the latter’s official residence at London’s 10 Downing Street. According to the presidential ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Wednesday boarded a bus which was due to take schoolchildren to a protest outside the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office and prevented ...

Akel have put forward a bill which would ensure that undergraduate programmes taught in foreign languages at Cyprus’ public universities are free of charge for students. The matter was discussed ...

A landmark agreement was signed on Wednesday at Limassol town hall, marking a step in tackling the city’s housing crisis. After nearly two years of negotiations and a total ...

Cyprus continued in 2023 to rank among the European Union countries with a high number of cars per capita, but a remarkably low number of electric vehicles. According to new figures ...

Engineers from public natural gas infrastructure company Etyfa on Wednesday conducted an on-site inspection of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Prometheas as part of the certification process for ...

The cabinet has approved plans to impose steeper fines on water wastage with the expectation that these would go into effect this summer, permanent secretary of the agriculture ministry Andreas ...

Publicly exposed individuals and officials required by law to submit an asset declaration known as ‘pothen esches’ – ‘where did you get it from’ – will have to do so by June 30, ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said the Turkic world would be “incomplete” without northern Cyprus. Addressing the day’s informal summit of the Organisation of Turkic States, which ...

The British bases on Wednesday reiterated their warning to refrain from swimming at Lady’s Mile beach, despite the continued insistence by the Environment Department and the mayors of Limassol ...

Nicosia court on Wednesday ordered the eight-day detention of the two arrested 18-year-olds who appeared before it in connection with Sunday’s attack on the Omonia fan club in Lakatamia. ...