Cyprus

With November here, one thing is certain – we will see Christmas decorations and events taking over the island in no time. Apart from the markets and the festive events, the ...

A 60-year-old cyclist from Austria died on Monday after being run over by a 32-year-old driver in Limassol, police said. The incident occurred at around 1.30pm, when the 32-year-old was ...

Lorry drivers at Limassol port began an indefinite strike on Monday, citing “zero response” from the port’s management company Eurogate despite raising multiple concerns. Last week’s meeting with ...

Investigations into the death of a sea turtle have been launched after the animal was found dead by a swimmer in the protected area of Timi, the fisheries department said ...

Seven people have already been arrested in an ongoing Europol probe into money laundering and online fraud it was made known on Monday. According to the European Union Agency for ...

Greek-owned energy company Energean PLC on Monday confirmed it has signed a letter of intent with a Cypriot company for the potential supply of natural gas to Cyprus via pipeline. ...

The civilian case against two of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July continued on Monday, with two prosecution witnesses, both of whom took ownership ...

The Radiomarathon, held on Monday and Tuesday across the island, is being promoted in an “inappropriate manner, inconsistent with modern concepts of inclusion” of disabled people, the Cyprus confederation of ...

The imminent reform of the legal service is “possibly the biggest yet” and as such “demands very cautious and wise handling”, attorney-general George Savvides said on Monday, calling on MPs ...

The island’s first interactive museum guide powered by artificial intelligence, called Tefkros, was unveiled by the Bank of Cyprus cultural foundation on Monday. The innovation marks a new step ...

Cyprus ranks near the bottom in breast cancer screening across the EU, with just 29.8 per cent of women aged 50-69 screened, Eurostat data for 2023 reveals. This places Cyprus second from ...

By Christina Michailidis Without bees, the world as we know it would quietly collapse. These tiny pollinators underpin almost 75 per cent of global crops and over 80 per cent of flowering ...

It is “unthinkable” that communities in the western Nicosia district still depend on boreholes and small reservoirs for their water supply, the Nicosia district organisation (EOA) said on Monday. It ...

The UK High Commission, in collaboration with the Deputy Ministry of Tourism, is organising a high-level conference entitled “Safeguarding Cyprus’s Tourism Industry”, which will take place on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Monday once again declared his opposition to the idea of Turkey joining the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) defence procurement, describing the ...

The government will continue working for positive developments in the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, pointing out that the Greek Cypriots were not to blame for any ...

With the aim of strengthening intercultural understanding and cooperation among young people, the international youth exchange programme You.Me.We was successfully completed on Sunday in Agros. Co-organised by Cypriot ...

Greek Paralympic champion Charalambos Taiganidis broke the world record for continuous open sea swimming, covering an astonishing 149 kilometres. His support crew said the achievement sends “a global message of endurance ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday repeated his demand for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem during a speech to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)’s standing ...

A total of 13 hotels have applied to the government to have small desalination units of their own installed on their premises, agriculture ministry permanent secretary Andreas Gregoriou said on Monday. ...

Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out in an apartment building in Paphos on Sunday evening. The blaze caused damage to the building’s entrance hall but did not ...

A donkey has died after being hit by two cars on the main road on the Karpas peninsula, Cyprus wildlife research institute director Kemal Basat said on Sunday night. He ...

The right lane of the Limassol-Nicosia highway reopened to traffic at around 8am on Monday, following a temporary closure caused by a car overturning near the Kornos area. Police reported ...

A 29-year-old man was remanded in custody for two days on Monday after being arrested in connection with the theft of a hunting rifle and power tools in Larnaca. Police ...