Cyprus News

Road deaths in Cyprus rose by 10 per cent in 2025, with 45 fatalities recorded, according to figures published on Tuesday by the European Commission’s transport directorate. The island’s road fatality ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel’s longtime close personal associate Fatma Unal was on Tuesday sentenced to five years in prison, after having been found guilty on 16 counts of ...

Why is Motherwitch – opening this Thursday in local cinemas – quite a special kind of movie? Let us count the ways. “It’s special because it’s Cyprus’ first folk-horror feature ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said that both he and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman have agreed to make “no further statements” on matters of substance related to the Cyprus ...

The captivating score of The Jungle Book comes to life on Larnaca’s and Nicosia’s stages as the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra presents family concerts. Under the baton of the ...

We asked people on the streets of Nicosia for their take on the increasingly close relations between Cyprus and Israel.

Disy deputy leader Yiannis Karousos lambasted former finance minister Harris Georgiades for announcing he will not back Averof Neophytou’s presidential bid, saying the letter does not serve party unity ...

Abandoned, unsafe and heritage buildings across Cyprus are threatening public safety, undermining property values and holding back urban regeneration, with Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council president Marinos Kineyirou, urging ...

Fuel prices in Cyprus will rise again if international oil prices stay at current levels for a few more days, the petrol stations owners’ association president Savvas Prokopiou said on ...

The police have announced road closures, parking restrictions and changes to bus routes in Nicosia ahead of Wednesday’s Oxi Day celebrations, which include a church service at the Apostle ...

Former Paphos bishop Tychikos has asked the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus to clarify why he has been summoned to appear before it again, while also requesting permission ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Tuesday denied allegations that the results of his political party the UBP’s primary election ahead of December’s legislative elections had been ...

Former finance minister Harris Georgiades has said he will not campaign for former Disy leader Averof Neophytou in the 2028 presidential election should he win Disy’s nomination, and has offered ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday stressed that his proposal to open and repopulate the fenced-off area of Varosha under the United Nations’ administration and open the port of Famagusta under ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris has admitted that the rendering of a proposed new central prison, shown to the House finance committee on Monday, was produced with artificial intelligence and “is ...

Upgrade works at the courtyard of the Saint Ephraim Church in the Paphos district village of Tala are progressing at an intensive pace, the church said on Tuesday. The courtyard ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stressed that his country is looking to securing its own interests in pursuing and ensuring the ratification of a maritime jurisdiction agreement with Libya, ...

As a new month arrives, a fresh cultural calendar approaches. Happening in Limassol this November is a diverse programme at the Rialto Theatre featuring the launch of the season of ...

Seven British bases police officers formally completed their two-year probationary training programme on Monday, while 16 new recruits were sworn in during a ceremony at the Officers’ Mess in Episkopi. The ...

A person who acquires Cypriot citizenship through naturalisation cannot pass on the right to obtain citizenship to a foreign national whom they subsequently marry, the Administrative Court of Appeal ruled ...

A 42-year-old female police officer has been arrested in Nicosia on suspicion of illegal drug possession, with procedures already underway to suspend her from duty. Officers stopped a vehicle driven ...

The police arrested six people during overnight operations across Cyprus as part of coordinated patrols in urban areas. The arrests were linked to offences including illegal residence in the Republic ...

The police are investigating a robbery involving a 22-year-old food delivery driver in Limassol in the early hours of Tuesday. According to a complaint, the incident occurred at around 1.30am ...

Low pressure is beginning to affect Cyprus, bringing rain and isolated thunderstorms over the coming days, while temperatures are expected to gradually fall below seasonal averages, according to the Meteorological ...