Cyprus

Campaigns to collect new and used school supplies have begun, organised by the Nicosia, Paphos and Akamas municipalities. The campaigns, announced on Thursday, act as a response to the rising ...

All five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month now face charges of privacy violations, trespassing, and breaching the peace, after appearing at the Trikomo district court ...

Police in the Dhekelia British bases have released from custody the 32-year-old Greek Cypriot man who claims he accidentally crossed into the north near Strovilia before fleeing back into SBA ...

A fire raged on Thursday morning in Kyrenia district in the north, burning a forested area. It was later brought under control. Turkish Cypriot media said the blaze was in ...

A 31-year-old man has been remanded for theft in a Larnaca property committed between August 14 and 16, police said on Thursday. Upon a witness testimony, the man was arrested on Wednesday ...

The new laws regarding multiple pensions came into effect on Thursday, after President Nikos Christodoulides signed off on them rather than refer them to the Supreme Court. The legislation abolishes ...

The Turkish Cypriot architectural chamber on Thursday expressed their concern over the 2.7 magnitude earthquake which struck the Trikomo area in northern Cyprus at 8:19pm on Wednesday evening. “Although small in ...

Environmental organisations have lambasted the forestry department’s jubilation over the Akamas report that gave the green light for roadworks to proceed as “arrogant” and “provocative”. Terra Cypria, BirdLife Cyprus, ...

The four-year-old child who was pulled unconscious out of a hotel swimming pool in Chloraka, Paphos, on Wednesday at 2pm, is intubated at Makarios hospital in Nicosia and his condition ...

An aid ship carrying 1,200 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Cyprus bound for Gaza has arrived at the Israeli port of Ashdod, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Wednesday. Speaking ...

An 18-year-old from India was allegedly kidnapped in Famagusta area earlier this month by compatriots, who locked him in an apartment room for a week, the police said on Thursday. ...

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker arrives in Cyprus on Thursday for “extensive talks” with President Nikos Christodoulides. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday that Stocker will arrive on the island ...

Thursday’s weather will be mainly fine with clouds over the mountains in the afternoon and temperatures reaching 40C inland. The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow warning for high ...

The forestry department said on Wednesday it felt “satisfied and justified” regarding the re-evaluation of works in the Akamas national forest park and the publication of the environmental authority’s ...

Access to the Tax For All (TFA) system will be possible via CY Login service (formerly Ariadne), as of Friday, 22/08/2025, the tax department said on Wednesday. Users who already have ...

Greek Foreign Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis and Syria’s interim Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani in a meeting in Athens discussed a possible regional cooperation including Cyprus, the Greek foreign minstry ...

Cyprus’ national health system, Gesy, is set to receive further reforms aimed at strengthening public hospitals and digitising health services as well as general upgrades in the quality of health ...

Netflix on Wednesday released the new season of UK reality show Love is Blind, in which participating couples were sent to a pre-marriage honeymoon at the Cap St George Hotel ...

Parents preparing their children for the new school year are being urged to plan ahead, shop around and compare prices, after a survey by the Cyprus Consumers Association revealed striking ...

European Commission executive vice president for cohesion Raffaele Fito on Wednesday said the European Union “views with concern attempts to undermine freedom of expression and media pluralism in the Turkish ...

A 48-year-old man who stabbed his father to death last month was on Wednesday re-arrested after having spent almost six weeks hospitalised at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital following the murder. ...

More than half of the 81,000 vehicles recalled for faulty Takata airbags have been fitted with new ones, while 33,000 are still pending, the road transport department (TOM) said on Wednesday. TOM ...

August is always the month when the idea of relocating to live above the humidity line has great appeal. Living at sea level with the humidity means summers are long ...

Turkey would respect the will of the Turkish Cypriot people following this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election, opposition political party CTP secretary-general Erkut Sahali said on Wednesday. Sahali’s ...