Cyprus

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou called for the European Union’s common agricultural policy to be “enriched” to support small and medium-sized farms, it was reported on Tuesday. Speaking at a ...

The air in Nicosia is thick with history and memory, the scars of past conflict visible in the divided cityscape. The city, the last divided capital in Europe, is the ...

Four British tourists were arrested on Monday night at Paphos Airport after officers discovered 280 boxes of cigarettes in their luggage for which tax had not been paid, police said. The ...

The north’s ‘education ministry’ on Tuesday reacted with “deep sorrow and concern” over images drawn by children depicting Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974. The images appeared on ...

Close to a hundred people have complained they were victims of the pyramid scheme Metamax, Limassol police said on Tuesday. According to deputy police spokesman Marinos Vasiliou, 90 people have been ...

A yellow weather warning has been issued for thunderstorms in the mountains on Tuesday, the Met Office said. The warning will be in effect from midday until 4 pm. According to ...

Upgrades to the anti-flood channel in Livadia “will be complete in the second half of 2025”, the Livadia Borough said on Tuesday. Work on the anti-flood channel began at the beginning ...

A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with a case of knife possession, it emerged Tuesday from police reports. Two other suspects, aged 20 and 22, are already in custody for the ...

Attorney General George Savvides has been threatening Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides with his dismissal for months, addressing him in a “derogatory and humiliating manner”, Michaelides told the Supreme Constitutional Court ...

Archbishop Georgios on Monday night said it was Paphos which “overturned the junta’s plans”. Paphos, he said, “rescued Makarios and allowed him to flee abroad to defend the interests ...

Natasha Lappa has secured a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics, representing Cyprus in women’s windsurfing. The 22-year-old, who trains with the Limassol Nautical Club, qualified after the withdrawal of ...

By Richard Boxall The new Cyprus Premier League was launched on Sunday, with victories for Nicosia Select XI and Limassol Select XI over the Cyprus national squad. This tournament is ...

On June 27 and 28, BE OPEN Foundation took part in the panel sessions of the MED9 Ministerial Summit for Education for Sustainable Development and the UNECE Forum on ESD: Empowering Youth ...

A 24-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Monday after police found three kilograms of cannabis during a search of his house. The cannabis was located in three separate bags: ...

Humanitarian aid gathered in Cyprus will reach Gaza “no matter what”, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said on Tuesday. Singh was being questioned over the state of the temporary jetty, which ...

Three vehicles were damaged after a bomb exploded at a residential property in Strovolos in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police said the explosion occurred at around 3.30am, with ...

Tuesday’s weather will once again be hot across the country, with temperatures inland set to rise to 39 degrees Celsius, while the southwest and west coasts will see a maximum ...

Cyprus spent a total of €44.4 million on hosting Ukrainian refugees in 2022 and 2023 after Russia invaded their country in February 2022. The figure was released Monday as part of an answer to ...

The data protection commissioner’s office announced on Monday new measures and guidelines for the use of CCTV cameras in gyms. In a statement, Data Protection Commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou ...

The health minister has said that an investigation into an event taking place in May, where a member of the Elam party apparently gave the Nazi salute while visiting a ...

The visit of Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias to Cyprus on Monday “shows a very clear separation” of the country’s modern government from the junta which sponsored a coup ...

A total of 150 complaints were made between Friday night and Monday morning by members of the Limassol Traffic Police, as part of a weekend crackdown on traffic violations. Authorities checked 325 ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday said he had not yet decided whether or not he will run in next year’s Turkish Cypriot leadership elections. ...

Cyprus’ future will remain in limbo unless the island adopts a mutual defense posture with Greece that is capable of deterring Turkey militarily, independent MP Andreas Themistocleous asserted on Monday. ...