Cyprus News

A campaign was launched on Thursday to have the traditional Cypriot koupa added to the European Union’s Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) register. The Larnaca chamber of commerce (Evel) and ...

A 76-year-old woman reported she was scammed out of €145,000 by an unknown person, police reported on Friday. According to her complaint, on May 15 she contacted an unknown man through an ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday expressed his “profound sadness” over the flooding disaster which has killed more than 150 people in Spain’s Valencia. “Cyprus stands in solidarity with Spain. Our ...

The 15-year-old boy accused of having edited into existence explicit images of teachers and pupils at the school he attends had his latest court hearing postponed on Friday until November 12. ...

Police in the north have begun wearing body cameras, according to reports in Turkish Cypriot media. Newspaper Ozgur Gazete on Thursday published photographs of a police officer in Kyrenia appearing ...

A chair was thrown at the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s office on Thursday as part of a protest staged by Turkish Cypriot teachers against their working conditions. ...

The United States navy’s amphibious landing dock ship the USS Oak Hill returned to Limassol on Thursday evening. The ship’s arrival in Limassol marks its second stop on ...

A 34-year-old woman was arrested after pouring boiling water on her husband’s scrotum while he was asleep after discovering that he was cheating on her. The woman, who lives ...

The number of animals which have died in an outbreak of bluetongue disease in the north has risen to 193, with the disease now having been detected across 133 farms, the north’...

Bottles containing ethanol and water were kept side by side at northern Nicosia’s emergency hospital, it was heard in court on Thursday, as investigations continue into the death of ...

The trial of the 11 people held responsible for the deaths of 24 Cypriot children, 11 Cypriot adults, and 37 others when the hotel in which they were staying collapsed “has turned into a ...

During his speech at the ceremony, he spoke of how Matsis was born in the village of Palaichori Morphou which, despite its name, is not near Morphou but is located ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Thursday said the Greek Cypriot leadership is “dizzy from American pampering”. Reacting to President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with United States President Joe ...

Rain and maybe even the odd isolated storm is expected to hit large parts of Cyprus at some point on Friday. Downpours have been forecast for the mountains, inland areas, ...

The government on Thursday revealed the details of a substantial subsidy programme aimed at assisting young families with tens of thousands of euros for building or purchasing their first home. ...

Against the backdrop of rising violence towards migrant workers, the Alliance Against the Far Right, Fascism, and Racism has called for a response to ‘far-right incidents’ during an anti-racist event, ...

The House plenum on Thursday passed a law introducing stiffer penalties on anyone found guilty in a court of law of inciting violence or hatred against persons for their sexual ...

The court hearing the case of former Volunteer Commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki said Thursday it will decide in two weeks’ time on the defence’s motion for a trial within a ...

A woman from Kakopetria under investigation for practicing sorcery for monetary gain is currently not in police custody, the Cyprus Mail learned on Thursday. The case came to light when ...

Two women stranded in the buffer zone have attempted suicide due to the poor conditions which have been ongoing for months, the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Michael ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed the historical significance of the meeting with US President Joe Biden during their statements to the press following their meeting ...

One Cyprus-based company has been included on the latest US sanctions list targeting individuals and entities said to be aiding Russia’s war efforts. The US Treasury’s updated sanctions ...

Parliament on Thursday amended a law to raise the penalty points threshold required for a temporary driving licence suspension from 12 to 16. The new regulations will take effect on February 1, 2025. The ...

Two 17-year-olds from Syria were sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday for setting fire to a hotel operating as a shelter for unaccompanied underaged migrants in Oroklini, Larnaca. ...