Cyprus News

The court of appeal on Tuesday increased the prison sentences of two men convicted over a series of residential burglaries, ruling that the original penalties were too lenient. In a ...

MPs on the House refugees committee on Tuesday called for improvements in the government’s Ktizo housing scheme for refugees and the implementation of legislation governing Turkish Cypriot properties. Committee ...

In a trial concerning the alleged possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine, the defence on Tuesday questioned the police’s narrative regarding the circumstances in which they arrested two suspects. Nicosia ...

A man who has confessed to the killing of 22-year-old Bangladeshi student Shahruar Ahmed Emon was on Tuesday referred for trial before the Larnaca permanent criminal court, which is scheduled ...

A 41-year-old man arrested in connection with a child sexual abuse material case was remanded in custody for six days on Tuesday by the Paphos district court. The suspect was ...

As part of the allocation of €5 million to provide relief to communities in Limassol affected by 2025’s devastating fires, the XM Group, at a June 30, 2026 press conference in Nicosia, announced ...

Two men have been arrested following the reported stabbing and assault of a 26-year-old man at a house in Paphos, police said on Tuesday. Police said the suspects, aged 39 and 42, ...

A series of environmental and infrastructure projects, including new green points, water network upgrades and sewerage works, were announced on Tuesday by Larnaca district government (EOA) head Angelos Hadjicharalambous. Among ...

A municipal care home for elderly residents in Larnaca was donated a coffee machine, with local authorities saying the contribution will help improve the daily lives of those living at ...

The Cyprus problem has been solved, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Tuesday, as he welcomed a delegation of academics and “opinion leaders” to his office. The ...

The history of Commandaria stretches back to long before the creation of the modern Cypriot state, and even before much of Europe had begun recording its own history. Historians trace ...

As Cyprus formally closed its six-month presidency of the EU Council on Tuesday, emotion was high at the Filoxenia Conference Centre – the building that for six months served as the ...

The apartment block in Limassol where two balconies collapsed and fell onto a parked car on the street below had not been classified as dangerous, but had been highlighted by ...

Negotiations between the Cypriot and Israeli government over the rights to natural gas under the seabed in the eastern Mediterranean have reached a “very advanced stage”, Energy Minister Michael Damianos ...

The cause of death of the two young boys who died after being left in a vehicle will require further examinations before being formally determined, British bases police said on ...

A car was extensively damaged after catching fire in the early hours of Tuesday in Paphos, with the blaze also spreading to a nearby vehicle. The fire broke out at ...

Two gas fields located in Cyprus exclusive economic zone (EEZ) were on Tuesday declared “marketable” by multinational energy corporations ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy. Both fields, the ‘Pegasus’ field and the ‘Glaucus’ ...

Two wildfires that broke out overnight and early on Tuesday in the areas of Mathiatis and Vasa Kellakiou were brought under control before causing significant damage, the forestry department said. ...

A total of three pelican crossings have been installed on Greece avenue in the Larnaca suburb of Aradippou, the Aradippou municipality said on Tuesday. The crossings are located where Greece ...

A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of possessing cannabis with intent to supply. The criminal court in Paphos also imposed a three-year ...

Motorcyclists are set to tour Greece to mark the 30th anniversary of the deaths of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, who were killed during two separate demonstrations in the buffer ...

United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) chief Khassim Diagne met Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Kemal Bozay in Ankara, as efforts geared towards bringing about a resumption of negotiations in ...

Nicosia Municipality brings back its annual event, hosting a series of free performances in the neighbourhoods of Nicosia, Aglandjia, Engomi and Ayios Dometios, turning the city into a large, open-air ...

Three fire fighters were hospitalised following the outbreak of a fire in a frozen food factory in Aradippou on Monday afternoon. “During the operation, three members of the fire service, ...