Cyprus

A Greek national appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of having left for the Republic via the Ledras street crossing point without having gone through the passport ...

Cyprus will wield its diplomatic tools over Turkey’s attempts to have the north recognised, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday amid controversy surrounding the Organisation of Turkic States (...

The 2025 state budget will be in surplus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. After a Council of Ministers meeting held at the Presidential Palace, Christodoulides held an extraordinary session during ...

Betting tax legislation should be forwarded to the European Commission three months before being passed into law, president of the National Betting Authority Ioanna Fiakkou has said. Speaking at the ...

A fire that broke out on Monday early afternoon in the village of Fasouri, located in the Limassol district and close to the Akrotiri military base, has been brought under ...

A fake news scam which has circulated on Facebook in recent days has posed as the Cyprus Mail in an attempt to lure people in to an investment scam. The ...

The football players association (Pasp) on Monday voiced strong concerns over the government’s stance on restricting the movement of fans, urging instead for the enforcement of existing laws to ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos has called for calm in an attempt to quell the public outcry regarding the doctor who had been convicted for indecent assault against a female patient ...

The government is set to end the practice of private adoptions of children with a new bill submitted to the social welfare deputy ministry. Should it pass into law, the ...

Police on Monday urged people to be wary of a new scam on WhatsApp promising huge profits from investments. The police electronic fraud department said it had received a large ...

Names of possible candidates for Cyprus’ new European commissioner are being heard in corridors, with Harris Georgiades’ popping up as Disy’s most probable to be appointed. Meanwhile, references to ...

Turkish Cypriot representative at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Oguzhan Hasipoglu on Sunday called for an investigation to be launched after the Republic of Cyprus made ...

With one day left till the initial ten-year transition period for producing halloumi according to PDO guidelines expires, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Monday presented incentives and measures to help ...

In a significant move for the food delivery industry in Cyprus, Wolt has become the first company to sign a collective agreement with the labour ministry and trade unions for ...

A 16-year-old has been arrested regarding the illegal possession of drugs, obstruction of police duty and bearing a knife. Paphos police’s Michalis Nicolaou said at 10.20pm on Sunday night ...

A 25-year-old was caught doing 197km on the Nicosia-Larnaca highway, nearly double the 100km speed limit. The man was stopped by the accident prevention squad at around 1am near the ...

A 59-year-old was arrested on Sunday night in Limassol for possession of 21kg and 810gr of duty free narghile tobacco. After a tipoff, the police searched two properties belonging to ...

A 28-year-old man has been arrested and detained for the possession of a pistol, cartridges and military rifle magazines. The weaponry was found in the man’s house and confiscated. ...

A yellow warning has been issued for high temperatures expected to peak at 40C inland on Monday. The meteorology department’s warning began at 9pm on Sunday and will expire ...

A memorial service was held on Sunday for the four Egyptians who died in Odou village during the 2021 Arakapas fire. It marks three years since Morzok Shady Morzok, Hisa Melad ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Sunday gave his “deepest apology” and expressed his respect for the people that died at the Mari blast 13 years ago. Palmas was speaking at the ...

Police arrested a 49-year-old woman on Sunday, as a suspect for promoting property sales in the north on Greek Cypriot land. The woman, from an EU country, was arrested at ...

A dead man was found on the Larnaca’s Finikoudes beach on Sunday, police said. The man was spotted around 4am. According to police, after he was found an ambulance ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar condemned on Sunday reactions by Cyprus and the EU, who said they made demarches following the north’s participation in a conference of the Organisation ...