Cyprus News

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday instructed his government to explore the possibility of offering financial and psychological support to the children of missing persons. The decision came as he met ...

The government has announced seven new agricultural priorities to be delivered by 2027 under the European Union’s common agricultural policy. The priorities were unveiled by Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on ...

Fidias Panayiotou was one of four Cypriot members of the European parliament who voted against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen when her nomination was ratified by the European ...

Every week for the past 20 years, a group of Greek and Turkish Cypriots have gathered in a cobbled courtyard in Cyprus’s divided capital Nicosia to reminisce about the past ...

A policeman stationed in Nicosia was one of the two suspects arrested on Sunday evening for a fire that broke out on Saturday in Xyliatos area. The police said the ...

Solving the problems that exist in public hospitals is the primary goal of the health ministry, said Minister Michalis Damianos on Thursday. Damianos made these remarks from Famagusta General, part ...

Under no circumstances are there discussions for a two-state solution for Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. His statements to the German Press Agency (GPA) were published in a ...

I’m not a big football fan myself but I am fascinated by the way fans get worked up when their team is playing. It is obvious the adrenaline is ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday called for negotiations for a solution to the Cyprus problem to resume. Speaking during his arrival at the European Political Community summit in ...

2024 marks 50 years since the Turkish invasion, and throughout the year several events and cultural performances remember that harrowing summer of 1974 that changed the course of history for the island and ...

Former Disy MP, lawyer Rikkos Mappourides is being sent to the Cyprus Bar Association disciplinary council for participating in companies – including in the north – providing managerial services without a permit. ...

A man was attacked while out for his morning walk on Thursday in Polemidia and taken to hospital with knife wounds. The man told the police that an unknown person ...

The 24-hour strike slated to take place across public hospitals on July 23 has been cancelled, unions announced on Thursday. Peo and Sek unions said the state health services (Okypy) had ...

Issues arising around the controversial hiring of presidential and ministerial advisers are being put on hold until September, when the House ethics committee convenes after its summer recess. Until then, ...

The number of British tourists travelling to the north has halved since 2003, according to reports published on Wednesday. Newspaper Yeni Duzen’s columnist Cenk Mutluyakali wrote on Thursday that he ...

A police officer has been suspended as he faces a criminal trial for charges related to domestic violence and raping his wife, it emerged on Thursday. His wife reported him ...

Cyprus will receive an additional €30 million in funding from the European Commission for upgrades to its coastal surveillance system, part of an effort to manage migration. The upgrades will be ...

Cypriot member of the European Parliament and social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou announced he will vote against Ursula von der Leyen when the European Parliament decides whether to ratify her ...

After endless wrangling, the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) project was pronounced dead on Thursday by the Chinese-led construction firm CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC). In a statement, the firm slammed ...

Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou on Thursday said the construction of the Paphos marina is an “urgent need”. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he said the project “will bring ...

About 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid is being sent to Gaza through Cyprus’ Amalthea corridor to Ashdod port by Kuwaiti “Al-Salam association for humanitarian and charitable works”. Kuwait’s embassy in ...

Ahead of a decisive trade union meeting on July 25, during which construction workers may agree to strike, the labour minister appears “optimistic” that imminent mediation could pan out. The labour ...

Paphos district court closed the doors of a pub that was operating without proper licencing, it emerged on Thursday. According to authorities, the police filed a case against the pub ...

Paphos police arrested three people in two drug busts, authorities announced on Thursday. According to police, on Wednesday evening a man was stopped for a check by officers. The man, 35, ...