Cyprus News

The two bodies which were recovered on Friday from the wreck of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia were identified as Serife Ozdemir and Nazmiye Ozbolat, Turkish ...

Ozdemir Berova was on Friday named Turkish Cypriot acting ‘transport minister’, temporarily replacing the dismissed Erhan Arikli, while three top officials from inside the same ‘ministry’ were also relieved of ...

The government is hoping for a political decision to be made on whether it will be able to join Europe’s border-free Schengen zone “as soon as possible”, President Nikos ...

The government is “in talks with energy giants” over the allocation of the rights to research and drill for natural gas in blocks of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) which ...

A 25 year old man was arrested in Nicosia over allegations that he defrauded 18 people of more than €500,000 through cryptocurrency investments, police said on Friday. The suspect allegedly took the money ...

A body found in the Paphos state forest is believed to be that of 75-year-old Erato Athanasiou, a resident of Tsakistra who had been missing for 11 days. Media reported on ...

Cyprus will account for a total of €3.5 billion from the European Union’s next multiannual financial framework, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, before announcing that “projects” costing the same ...

More than 4,500 people visited the Polis Latsios Maritime and Cultural Museum during its first year of operation, the Municipality of Polis Chrysochous said on Friday. A total of 4,517 visitors passed ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris has pledged to strengthen police presence in Limassol, saying new recruits will reinforce bicycle patrols and the police’s rapid response ‘Z’ unit, as concerns over ...

The Supreme Court has found that the state failed to properly investigate the disappearance of two men abducted in 1974, ruling that their families suffered violations of their human rights and ...

Cyprus is turning to Egypt and India to replenish its construction workforce as employers struggle to replace workers leaving under the government’s Syrian repatriation scheme. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

The funeral of Ismail Kurt, the first Cypriot confirmed to have died as a result of the sinking of a ferry off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday, was held ...

A €2.3 million infrastructure project to repair and reinforce a 50-year-old stormwater culvert beneath Digeni Akrita Avenue in Nicosia is set to begin, the Nicosia district government organisation (EOA) announced on ...

Cypriot film Hold Onto Me will be released in K Cineplex cinemas on September 17 following an acclaimed international festival run, its producers said. Written and directed by Myrsini Aristidou, the ...

Cyprus has an adult obesity rate of 15.5 per cent, slightly below the European Union average of 16.3 per cent, according to data published by Eurostat on Friday. The highest obesity rates ...

The removal of Loizos Economides from the board of directors of Cyta came under renewed criticism on Friday, with the Pase-Cyta union accusing the government of failing to explain the ...

Usually, when a restaurant first opens, it is wise to let it settle in and find its stride. However, with Santerra Restrobar, the owner has years of local hospitality experience. ...

A young woman has reported to police that she was raped by a 30-year-old farmhand in the Nicosia district. According to her complaint, she had gone to a farm to ...

Famagusta district is leading in the rollout of air conditioning in schools, with 65 per cent of its primary schools already fully equipped, while Paphos and Nicosia remain significantly behind. According ...

Cyprus and Greece carried out a joint search and rescue exercise in the eastern Mediterranean on Wednesday, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) said. The exercise, codenamed “Salamis-03/26”, took place ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Friday stressed the importance of the National Guard’s mission in a country that has been under Turkish occupation for 52 years, calling on new military ...

Turkish Cypriot far-right political party YDP leader Erhan Arikli on Friday said his party has officially withdrawn from the north’s ruling coalition, two days after he was dismissed from ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has notified Cyprus of part of former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ appeal against his dismissal, concerning an alleged violation of his right to freedom ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday reiterated his readiness to take part in an expanded conference on the Cyprus problem, calling on the UN Secretary-General to convene a meeting at which ...