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Nearly four-fifths of foreign direct investment in Cyprus originated from countries outside the European Union in 2025, the highest proportion among the 14 EU member states reporting figures to Eurostat. The share ...

Cyprus, Greece and Egypt on Wednesday pledged to work towards peace, security and stability in the region through their respective parliaments whose speakers gathered in Nicosia for the second such ...

Cyprus sees improvement in financial security and homicide rate Nearly one in three people in Cyprus were unable to cope with unexpected financial expenses in 2025, although the proportion has fallen ...

The €1.3 billion investment plan underpinning Limassol’s climate transition will require substantial private-sector and institutional financing, with the municipality seeking new funding mechanisms and public-private partnerships to advance major urban ...

A former lawyer has been fined €10,000 and officially reprimanded by the Cyprus Bar Association (CBA) over what was deemed a sexist comment he made on Facebook five years ago, it ...

Connecting higher education more efficiently to the labour market is one of Cyprus’ main goals going forward, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Wednesday. “The interconnection of the study programmes ...

Cyprus and Greece are determined to proceed with the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Wednesday, stressing that maritime activities carried out within the framework of ...

The presidential palace will again open its doors to the public, on November 21 for a guided tour of its art exhibition Cyprus: the World, the Place, the Word, the Matter, ...

The Taxisnet electronic tax platform is temporarily out of operation due to a technical problem, the deputy ministry of research, innovation and digital policy announced on Wednesday. Technical teams are ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Cop31 climate summit in the Turkish Mediterranean city of Antalya to ...

Inadequate controls and mismanagement concerning guaranteed minimum income (GMI) payments were revealed in an audit report published on Wednesday. Serious gaps in the control mechanisms of the welfare benefits management ...

A fire broke out at a traditional house in Pano Akourdaleia, Paphos, police said on Wednesday. The fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon and firefighters brought it under control within 46 ...

A British soldier who was stationed at RAF Akrotiri in 2021 is suing the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for up to £500,000 after he claims he was “encouraged” to jump off ...

Cyprus’ Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) on Wednesday filed an anti-Navtex to counter one issued by Turkey the previous day relating to the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project. An ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was welcomed to the United Nations’ Cop31 climate summit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, but not by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the host country’s ...

It is almost time for the 5th Limassol International Book Fair to open its doors and welcome back bookworms, authors, publishers and industry professionals for three days of inspired book ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is scheduled to meet the community leaders of Tillyria on November 19 to discuss the opening of a possible crossing point in Kokkina. According to president of the ...

64-year-old Apollonas Zosmidis died in a road accident on the Evrychou – Astromeritis highway near the village of Koutrafas on Tuesday evening. Police said that the accident occurred around 6pm, as ...

Eight people were arrested as part of overnight police operations on Tuesday night. Police said that the arrests concerned, cases of conspiracy to commit a misdemeanour, causing malicious damage, car ...

On Wednesday, it will be partly cloudy, with isolated showers expected, mainly in the mountains and in the west. Temperatures will rise to 21 degrees Celsius inland, around 22 degrees on the ...

Some 330 families living in caravans at the Governor’s Beach campsite in Limassol have been told to leave, MPs on the House refugee committee heard on Tuesday, with around 102 of ...

The Cypriot government is “generally positive” about the planned “electrification pledge” which will be discussed and possibly agreed upon at Wednesday’s global leaders’ summit at the Cop31 climate conference, ...

Turkey’s issuing of a navtex, a message used to transmit information to seaborne vessels, which effectively signalled its consent for seabed surveys which are to be conducted as part ...

Turkey’s directorate-general of coastal safety on Tuesday night issued a navtex, a message used to transmit information to seaborne vessels, to warn sailors of planned seabed surveys in the ...