Cyprus

After a gruelling six months of trying to piece together an initiative to help Greek and Turkish Cypriots to start a dialogue, the United Nations Secretary General’s personal envoy ...

By Richard Boxall The T20 International series between the men’s teams of Cyprus and Estonia – and the 10-over matches that preceded it – were keenly contested between two well matched ...

The Vicar General of the Maronite church in Cyprus Ioannis Orphanou has died, it was announced on Saturday. In a statement, the church said it was informed of the news ...

The British bases in Cyprus have not hosted any Israeli military aircraft or personnel, a UK government source said on Saturday. In statements to the Cyprus News Agency, the unnamed ...

The Church of Cyprus will hold a series of events to mark the 50-year anniversary of the Turkish invasion, Archbishop Georgios said on Saturday. In statements on CyBC radio, he ...

A 26-year-old man was remanded for six days by Limassol district court on Saturday, after publishing videos of women at the beach online. He faces charges of violating personal data, ...

The EU’s Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday expressed his support and solidarity to Cyprus after Hezbollah threatened the island. In a call with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, ...

A yellow level thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 6pm on Saturday, the Met Office said. The alert, in place since noon, cautions about potential severe weather conditions. Meteorologists predict ...

A 30-year-old driver was arrested for trying to bribe a police officer to get out of an alcotest early on Saturday morning. Police said they were notified at around 1:30am ...

An explosion occurred at a Nicosia café early on Saturday morning, while two staff members were there for work. The incident unfolded shortly before 5am in Strovolos and the side ...

Cyprus is ready to assist the Greek authorities to fight the fires currently raging in the country, chief fire officer Nikos Logginos said on Saturday. Speaking on CyBC radio, he ...

The radio presenter is doing his best with a tricky assignment: a live broadcast from Renegade in Action at Eleftheria Square in Nicosia, the first-ever parkour competition to be held ...

Significant increases were seen in the price of fresh meat, seafood, vegetables, oil and eggs during the month of May compared with April, the latest price observatory report showed on ...

It appears to be widely accepted now that the fire that devasted the Polemi area last week most probably originated in an illegal landfill. On Friday a fire between Alassa ...

United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin currently has “no plans” to visit Cyprus, UN Secretary-General’s spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday. “Regarding the question posed yesterday on [Holguin’s] ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Friday spoke in favour of a European Union proposal to stipulate that all patent holders for all medicinal products placed on the market ensure their ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday called on the Republic to use “common sense” regarding the Immovable Property Commission (IPC), accusing the Republic of intimidating Greek Cypriots to not ...

Defending the allegedly covert employment of a number of highly-paid advisers, the presidential palace on Friday skirted a related allegation that one of them was there to create fake social ...

The Council of Europe has initiated a crucial campaign titled “Journalists Matter,” dedicated to promoting press freedom and ensuring the safety of journalists. This initiative aims to protect journalists from ...

The Press and Information Office (PIO) is presenting the short film entitled “Cyprus Problem: 50 years is far too long”. That “50 years is far too long” is stated unequivocally in this ...

Parties from across the north’s political spectrum roundly condemned the lifeguard who had said earlier in the week he had banned Pakistanis and “blacks” from the beach at which ...

The repercussions of the 1974 Turkish invasion, including the unseen aspects of women and children, were at the centre of a meeting on Friday between an American Hellenic Institute Foundation (Ahif) ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and his Filipino counterpart Enrique Manalo, on Friday reaffirmed their commitment to international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) ...

Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah did not “threaten Cypriots but rather, warned them,” Lebanese journalist and political analyst Salem Zahran said on Friday. Speaking to MTV Lebanon news outlet, Zahran ...