Cyprus News

The Nicosia district authority (EOA) issued a statement on Wednesday claiming to clarify details of the controversial high rise to be constructed near the city’s mediaeval structures without however ...

Greek and Turkish Cypriot parties have discussed the establishment of an institution for peacebuilding and conflict resolution in a meeting at Ledra Palace on Wednesday. The institution could be established ...

Lawyers and MPs expressed reservations on Wednesday over proposed legislation to restrict the right to protest, however the police and state bodies said it was a good idea, while masqueraded ...

MPs on Wednesday pointed to possible violations of the law regarding Opap grants, saying that Opap may be “filtering” the applications before sending them to the finance ministry. The House ...

The Supreme Court has overturned the Cyprus bar association (CBA) council’s decision, which had found a law firm guilty on multiple charges and imposed a financial penalty, it was ...

Union of municipalities has urged chief of police Themistos Arnaoutis to immediately withdraw the decision to charge Limassol municipality €43,000 for policing this year’s carnival parade on Sunday. The move ...

Omer Faruk Karaguzel, the lawyer of Turkey’s ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim, on Wednesday threatened to “use our legal rights against baseless news and slander” after Turkish ...

The employers and industrialists’ union (OEV) and the Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) have welcomed the tax reforms proposed by the government on Wednesday, saying they were a ...

Police carried out coordinated operations on Wednesday in Nicosia’s old town, inspecting three apartment buildings as part of ongoing efforts to improve public safety. The raids led to the ...

Investigations are ongoing and an autopsy is scheduled after two men were found dead in their beds on Wednesday in Limassol, with reports informing that a Cypriot barbeque was found ...

Cyprus’ tax-free income threshold is set to rise to €20,500 per year, following the announcement of a set of sweeping tax reform plans by President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday. The plans ...

On a ridiculously cold, wet, and wintery night in Paphos, it was hard to summon any enthusiasm to leave the warmth of home and go out to eat. However, the ...

Following Brexit, it would have been reasonable to assume students leaving private schools would no longer head in such droves to the UK. But whether that has led to an ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced on Wednesday the names of the members of the committee that will investigate vehicle recalls linked to defective Takata airbags. Speaking in parliament, Vafeades confirmed ...

The appeal court has unanimously rejected the attorney-general’s appeal against the acquittal of ten defendants in the high-profile cooperative bank case, it was reported on Wednesday. The ruling confirms ...

Repairs for water heaters that have been damaged by the recent cold will be compensated, the Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday. Citizens can proceed with repairs without awaiting on-site inspections ...

President Nikos Christodoulides took part in a videoconference meeting with European Union leaders on Wednesday as they prepared for next week’s emergency European council summit in Brussels. The meeting, ...

Cyprus’ electricity demand was entirely covered on Tuesday night, with no power cuts recorded, transmission system operator (TSO) spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said on Wednesday. “There was sufficient production, the needs ...

A scandal erupted on Wednesday over a power plant allowed to operate illegally with the tacit approval of authorities, following the release of an Audit Service report on the matter. ...

For the first time, Cyprus police have issued an invoice on Wednesday for the cost of policing the Limassol carnival parade, a move that has raised concerns among local authorities. ...

Lanes will be closed on the motorway linking Limassol and Nicosia on carnival weekend, with the police saying the lane closures have been planned to “deal with the expected increased ...

Four people were on Tuesday night arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 16 donkeys in Karpasia, the Turkish Cypriot police said. The four men, aged 54 years old, 41 years old, 39 ...

By Philippa Tracy For students wishing to apply to a UK university, the admissions process has been through some reforms recently. There have been a number of changes aimed at ...

No potato shortage is expected at present, the head of the potato producers’ association, Andreas Karyos, said on Wednesday, while farmers across the island assess damage caused by the recent ...