Cyprus News

A series of measures aimed at tackling delays in the treatment of prisoners at public hospitals, improving the handling of psychiatric cases and strengthening the forensic medicine service were agreed ...

Cyprus has budgeted more than €1.28 billion for defence strengthening over the next three years, with spending under the specific heading set to more than double in 2027, as the island pushes ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday he will visit China in early 2027, as Cyprus and China seek to further strengthen their strategic partnership. Christodoulides announced the visit during a meeting ...

Runners of all ages took part in the Eurolife Run The Park 2026 at Athalassa park in Nicosia, raising €2,500 for the Karaiskakio Foundation. The event included 10km and 5km races, an 800...

Cyprus will proceed with the upgrade of its ageing AMX-30 battle tanks as there is currently no alternative to replace them, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday. Palmas confirmed ...

The pancyprian association of cancer patients and friends (Pasykaf) has stood beside patients and their families for four decades, Deputy Social Welfare Minister Tina Pavlou said on Friday. Pavlou said ...

No further cases of West Nile virus have been detected in horses in the Paralimni area after five animals at the same premises tested positive, the veterinary services said on ...

EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou on Friday categorically ruled out entering politics or standing in Cyprus’ 2028 presidential elections, denying reports linking him with a possible candidacy backed by Akel. “I ...

Primary school pupils from Paphos and Yeroskipou will visit an animal shelter in Achelia on Tuesday to mark World Animal Day, the animal welfare commissioner’s office announced on Friday. ...

The technical chamber (Etek) expects revised legislation on dangerous buildings by the end of the year, its secretary general, Andreas Theodotou, said on Friday, following the collapse of a balcony ...

The Nicosia Kids Festival, organised by the Cyfield Group, will return to the Old GSP Square on Sunday, October 18, following a first edition that drew more than 6,000 visitors. The event, ...

The presidential palace sought on Friday to calm a public dispute between Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos and Finance Minister Makis Keravnos, with a meeting between the two left open once ...

Police have traced the car and suspected driver involved in a hit-and-run which injured two pedestrians in Paralimni in the early hours of Sunday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, ...

Students with a migrant background scored higher than their Cypriot peers across reading, mathematics and science in the latest PISA survey, according to results presented by the education ministry on ...

Legal tools for evacuating dangerous buildings are “time consuming and ineffective”, Limassol EOA chairman Yiannis Tsouloftas stressed on Friday, following the collapse of a balcony on Thursday that promoted the ...

There are no bodies remaining in the wreckage of the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia last month, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Friday, with 13 ...

The labour inspection service will carry out checks across the construction industry next month, targeting undeclared workers. The inspection service said the campaign was intended to raise awareness among employers ...

Students, tourism representatives, officials and visitors took part in a beach clean-up at Finikoudes in Larnaca on Friday as part of activities marking World Tourism Day. The environmental initiative, titled “...

The request that Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci not be referred to as a mayor at the Cyprus Forum came directly from “Republic of Cyprus officials”, the forum’s ...

There are certain advantages to reviewing restaurants. Occasionally, somebody even invites you to one. And so, for once, there was no reservation to make, no bill to anticipate and, rather ...

Cyprus will not accept a partial solution to the Cyprus problem, Disy leader Annita Demetriou said on Friday. Speaking during a Kyrenia district council meeting discussing the ongoing consequences of ...

The Fiscal Council has warned that Cyprus’s public wage bill remains one of the clearest strains on the state budget, even as it described the economy as broadly resilient. ...

A man from Somalia saw his conviction increased from two to three years for a domestic violence case after the court of appeal found the initial penalty was “clearly insufficient” ...

Turkish Cypriot authorities were not informed about a crack on the left side of a ferry which went on to sink off the coast of Kyrenia, the Turkish Cypriot Kyrenia ...