Cyprus News

Saturday will see cloudy and unsettled, with rain likely in several areas and dust remaining in the air until Monday, according to the met office. Skies are expected to stay ...

How often do you unplug? Leave your phone behind and enjoy time like it is the 90s? Probably, not often enough, as we become more and more addicted to our ...

A 51-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal work accident on Friday in Kofinou, in which Finis Alexandru, 55, from Romania, lost his life. The work accident occurred ...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday adopted the resolution renewing the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) for one more year, until January 31, 2027. There were 13 votes ...

Cyprus wishes to be “as close as possible to the core” of the European Union, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Friday, amid talks between ministers from other member ...

The Cypriot film “Hold Onto Me,” directed by Myrsini Aristidou, won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, one of the world’s leading independent film events, marking a ...

Sixty-five boxes of 200 cigarettes each were seized on Wednesday at Paphos airport, with one person arrested and remanded for 4 days. According to the customs department, officers at Paphos airport, acting ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Friday relieved four high-ranking members of the north’s civil service of their duties, with one of the four suggesting that many ...

A total of 171 irregular migrants were repatriated over Thursday and Friday through coordinated police and deputy migration ministry operations, a police announcement said. This is part of a broader strategy ...

A fatal work accident was reported on Friday afternoon in the Kofinou area, resulting in the death of Finis Alexandru, 55, from Romania. According to Larnaca police spokesperson Spyros Chrysostomou, the ...

Cyprus’ EU Presidency will be guided by a “deep sense of political responsibility,” aiming to make Europe stronger, more secure, and more united, President Nikos Christodoulides said Friday at the ...

Approaching soon is the third edition of the Cyprus International Theatre Festival, which is set to take to the Pattihio Theatre from March 2 to 8. This year, it once again invites ...

As part of its 2026 Presidency of the EU Council, Cyprus has launched a series of initiatives aimed at engaging young people in European affairs through art, design and creativity, it ...

The defence ministry on Friday denied that reports of an alleged Turkish air defence expansion in the north do not inherently undermine the Republic’s newly acquired H145M helicopters ...

Children’s right commissioner Elena Pericleous warned on Friday that the recent hospitalisation of a three-month-old infant with shaken baby syndrome has exposed serious gaps in support for new parents, ...

The proceedings of the prison documents trial surrounding former central prisons director Anna Aristotelous will continue on February 9 following a request made by the defence during a hearing on Friday. ...

A police officer was remanded in custody for four days on Friday after being arrested on suspicion of repeatedly giving his personal mobile phone to a detainee while on guard ...

Around 13.6kg of TNT have disappeared from a National Guard firing range near Kalo Chorio in the Larnaca district, prompting an immediate investigation, the defence ministry confirmed on Friday. The ...

It is now “inevitable” that fresh elections will be held to anoint a new Paphos bishop, according to reports on Friday. The Cyprus News Agency reported that “ecclesiastical sources” had ...

The next step for the stalled Larnaca marina redevelopment, focusing on dredging works, the tender for the nautical club and the evaluation of proposals to revive the project was discussed ...

The 23-year-old Brazilian trans woman, who is currently serving a six-year sentence in the central prison for drug smuggling is being held in isolation in the high-security psychiatric unit of ...

Education, teachers and skills are not only a tool to be exploited by the labour market, but are “at the core of the European response to the challenges of the ...

Wife of embattled Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, Louisa Andreou sent a letter to police on Friday requesting the cessation of the investigation into allegations of domestic abuse. Police spokesperson Christodoulos ...

Irene Charalambides, currently an MP for Akel, has signalled that she is preparing to contest the May parliamentary elections, with indications pointing to a candidacy on the Alma party ticket ...