Cyprus News

There will be no vote in parliament on laws to change the framework regarding the authorities’ access to people’s private communications until after May’s parliamentary election, Akel MP ...

A heated confrontation erupted on Thursday between Makarios Drousiotis and Edek spokesman Georgios Georgiou, as tensions escalated over claims of a clandestine cabal involving political and judicial figures. The clash ...

Turkish Cypriot trade unions and opposition political party the CTP on Thursday took to court the north’s ruling coalition’s decree halting the payment of the cost-of-living allowance to ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Thursday called for the investigation to be reopened into the “spy van affair”, during which it came to light that a company was offering private ...

Parliament has unanimously approved legislation on Thursday to include counselling psychologists under the auspices of the national health system (Gesy). The House passed the amendment with 45 votes in favour, enabling ...

The cabinet has approved an increase in the special allowance granted to all contract soldiers (Syop), Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Thursday. Speaking after the cabinet meeting, Palmas said ...

The House unanimously accepted President Nikos Christodoulides’ referral of the amendment to the legislation regarding vehicle insurance, that would scrap discrimination against senior drivers, so that corrections could be made ...

Former supreme court judge Michalakis Christodoulou has acknowledged knowing the woman referred to as “Sandy”, a central figure in the sexual misconduct allegations made by Makarios Drousiotis, while insisting he ...

Former Edek MEP Demetris Papadakis confirmed on Thursday that he has handed over his mobile phone for forensic examination following Makarios Drousiotis’ allegations, with results expected imminently Speaking on Politis ...

The amount of water in Cyprus’ reservoirs is nearing a total of 100 million cubic metres, with greater than expected levels of rainfall continuing into the spring. As of Thursday morning, ...

Following a series of complaints over the unavailability of ferry tickets, the audit office found that from 2022 until 2025 ferries on average were running at 49 per cent of full capacity, yet ...

The British bases in Cyprus could “easily be targeted again” as the war in the Middle East continues, the British forces’ Cyprus commander major general Tom Bewick has said. “One ...

Parliament on Thursday approved the government’s plans to temporarily reduce the fuel consumption tax in light of rising prices amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. The rate ...

A small, controlled explosion is expected to take place on Thursday morning in the area of the British bases at Akrotiri, police said, stressing there is no reason for public ...

Firefighters rescued a kitten from a fire in an abandoned building in Paphos it was reported on Thursday. The fire department received an emergency call about a fire in an ...

Rocks were thrown across the buffer zone at Turkish Cypriots in Nicosia on Wednesday, with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman keen to point out that the incident took place on ...

A 46-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in Paphos in connection with the attempted destruction of property with explosives. The explosion happened in the early hours of Monday outside the ...

Two people arrested by the police for possession of drugs have been remanded for seven days on Thursday by the Limassol court. Acting on a tipoff, the police stopped a ...

Thick fog in Troodos and falling rocks have made driving dangerous in the mountains. The police are urging drivers to be extremely careful and keep a safe distance from the ...

A bomb exploded outside a house in Dherynia at 1.30am on Thursday, damaging the garage door. The house belongs to a 49-year-old. Police investigations are ongoing.

Storm Erminio, the low-pressure barometric system that moved from Sicily towards the Eastern Mediterranean, bringing heavy rainfall and high concentrations of Saharan dust to Cyprus, will begin subsiding on Thursday, ...

April is here with more exciting events for all ages and interests! This weekend’s agenda has something fun in store around the island – in the city and in the ...

Israel’s ambassador to Cyprus, Oren Anolik, has asserted that while Iran’s nuclear and ballistic capabilities have been significantly degraded by US-Israeli strikes they have not been entirely eliminated, ...

Returning for the third consecutive year is the Palestinian Independent Film Festival which will take place simultaneously across five cities in Cyprus and Greece this spring. On May 8-10, the ...