Cyprus

Authorities on Monday were investigating the causes of a fire that broke out in Klirou in Nicosia. The fire was brought under complete control on Sunday afternoon shortly after it ...

Monday will be mostly sunny with increasing afternoon clouds in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 39C in the interior, 33C on the west coast, 35C on the remaining coasts, ...

Cyprus has an opportunity to push ahead and establish a Truth Commission on the Missing with a visit by the Council of Europe in early July and also the presence ...

A group of 65 students and six teachers from the English School who became stranded in Switzerland are safe at their hotel, and arrangements are being made for their return, foreign ...

The Rialto Theatre is getting ready to present another edition of the Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival, bringing a series of concerts to Limassol from renowned local musicians and acclaimed ...

Outrage was expressed on Sunday at the way some people live after it emerged that some were occupying an abandoned hotel in Limassol. Former general secretary of the Diko party ...

We will do everything possible to punish those responsible for usurping Greek Cypriot property, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, adding that the government does not politicise the issue, which ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will on Monday afternoon receive Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart. The meeting, which is to take place at the presidential palace, is ...

It was, as they say, a ‘crossing the Rubicon’ moment. I was trying to organise a short trip to Rome (speaking of Caesars, and Rubicons), and having trouble finding a ...

Five Syrians arrested after a large fight broke out in Limassol were remanded in police custody for eight days on Sunday by the Limassol district court. The fight among an ...

The government will stand by the new local government leaders to achieve local authority reform, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. The reformed bodies and officials will begin operation on ...

The island’s EOKA headquarters should be declared a historical protected monument, the Association of Fighters of the City and District of Limassol (Sapel) has said. It is also collecting ...

Britain has used RAF Akrotiri to send over 80 military transport planes to Beirut since the bombing of Gaza began, the Declassified UK website has reported. According to the website, there ...

Cyprus’ permanent mission to the United Nations has confirmed the protection of human rights is among the island’s foreign policy priorities. The comments were made as Nicosia presented its ...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested after a 19-year-old reported that she had been raped. According to the police, he was arrested on Saturday night after an arrest warrant was ...

A bomb exploded at a fast food outlet in Episkopi, Limassol, police said on Sunday. The explosion caused light damages when it went off shortly after 1am, police said. The ...

A 22-year-old Paphos man has been arrested after an argument following a traffic accident led to a man being attacked with a skewer. According to the police, at around 8.40 on ...

Minster calls on striking doctors to consider consequences The health minister has called on doctors set to strike this coming week to think of the consequences of their actions. Commenting ...

After the dispersal of morning mist, the weather will be fine for the rest of the day in most places. After noon clouds and isolated storms will develop over the ...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s threat to Cyprus got a lot of traction in local media, as it was no doubt something out of the ordinary. But commentators have told ...

The number of students in Cyprus has doubled in the last ten years, Health Minister Michael Damianos said, while addressing on Friday a Frederick University graduation ceremony in Nicosia. The ...

A US State Department report published on Saturday said that Cyprus needs to encourage greater access to religious sites on both sides of the divide and reduce discrimination against minority ...

The finance ministry on Saturday condemned the planned 48-hour strike by doctors in public hospitals that is set to paralyse the health system next week. The doctors’ union Pasyki said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that if Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar wanted the Mia Milia checkpoint to “truly” open he could have already done so. Christodoulides, speaking at ...