Cyprus News

A marathon session of the Holy Synod court was held on Monday, as a trial got underway for monks involved in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal. The monks chose to ...

The cattle breeders’ coordinating committee on Monday expressed fury over the European Commission’s decision to provide €39.5 million in aid for the Turkish Cypriot community as part of its latest “...

Police on Monday were on the hunt for a 21-year-old man who allegedly threatened to kill a 26-year-old in Limassol. According to the latter, he received a call from the ...

Foul play in the case of a dead infant found at a Nicosia cemetery has been ruled out, police sources said on Monday. Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported a woman ...

A 96-year-old, permanent resident of London, was killed in a fatal accident in Larnaca on Sunday, police announced on Monday. The accident happened at 8.10pm on Sunday on the motorway ...

A 19-year-old has been arrested in Paphos for conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, hunting in a restricted area, transporting an assembled hunting rifle and failing to comply with a game ...

A decision to allow girls into the national guard when they graduate secondary school on a voluntary basis is in its final stages, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Monday. “...

Increased clouds will be observed on Monday which are expected to bring isolated afternoon rains or storms in the mountains, the interior and the north. Temperatures will rise to 37C ...

The island’s water security and the escalating water crisis in the southern Mediterranean have featured prominently of late with the specter of desertification looming large after a summer of ...

A memorial was held in the village of Acheritou on Sunday to a Turkish soldier who was shot dead in his guard post near the village in 1996. Allahverdi Kilic was ...

The government on Sunday said Turkey is using the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) to avoid its obligations to claimants who were displaced in 1974 and won cases in international courts. The ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project will go ahead “if its financial viability is ensured”, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. Speaking at the Thessaloniki international fair, he said, “...

A man reported having been the victim of a “homophobic attack” on Saturday night in Limassol. In a post on his Instagram story, the man said he had been walking ...

The government aims to “further implement measures which will strengthen young people’s access to culture”, deputy culture minister Vasiliki Kassianidou said on Sunday. Speaking at the Mountain Fest in ...

Villagers from the Limassol district on Saturday staged a protest against motorcyclists speeding along the road between the villages of Trimiklini and Ayia Eirini. The protest took place in the ...

Officers and non-commissioned officers who fought against Turkey during the 1974 invasion of Cyprus will be awarded medals by the Republic of Cyprus, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas announced on Sunday. Speaking ...

Will the government cross the Rubicon, take the plunge – pick your idiom – this coming Tuesday when all the players sit down in Nicosia for a powwow on the Great Sea ...

Television series Famagusta’s director Andreas Georgiou said the message the series was intended to convey was “to love each other”. In a post to his Instagram story in Greek, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said that “no matter how hard some people try and would like us to, we do not forget” Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974. ...

A motorcyclist was hospitalised and will undergo surgery after a road traffic incident which occurred in Strovolos on Sunday morning. The man’s motorcycle reportedly caught fire after the collision, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is to meet with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on September 23, according to reports. The Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Sunday reported that the pair will meet ...

“The invasion and occupation is not a historical event, but our daily experience,” Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Saturday. Speaking at an event organised by the village of Lysi’...

Charalambos Mylonas, described by the shipping deputy ministry as a “pioneer” of Cypriot shipping, died on Saturday. Announcing his death, the shipping deputy ministry said he “contributed to the most ...

Two people were arrested in Nicosia on Saturday night after police found just shy of 2.5 kilograms of cocaine in their car. The pair, a 26-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman, ...