Cyprus News

Paphos police arrested a 37-year-old man overnight who was wanted by the Ukrainian authorities for arson and whose extradition process in underway on Friday. According to Paphos assistant police chief, ...

Turkey’s accession to the EU is contingent upon the Cyprus issue, Slovenian candidate for the position of EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Marta Kos said. Kos was speaking ...

Friday will be mostly clear with temperatures rising to 25C inland, 26C on the coasts, and 15C in the higher mountains. The winds will be mainly north-easterly, weak to moderate, ...

Improved relations between Greece and Turkey have “created positive conditions for the Cyprus problem”, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said on Thursday. Speaking to Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, he said both ...

Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou addressed the staffing challenges faced by the district administrations during a meeting with the six district officers on Thursday. The meeting focused on several key issues ...

An MP on Thursday claimed that the Cypriot state was preparing to “borrow again” to repay a €6.3 billion bailout granted back in 2013. Zacharias Koulias (Diko) made the comments while the ...

The House plenum on Thursday approved an extra €94 million for the Health Insurance Organisation for fiscal year 2024, but not without some gripes from MPs. The supplementary budget largely concerns expenses ...

Cypriot traditional quality products such as halloumi, kolokasi and commandaria, are national treasures, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Thursday. The minister was speaking at the second CyFood B2B ...

The average annual salary in Cyprus in 2023 was lower than the EU average, according to data released by Eurostat on Thursday. Last year the average annual full-time adjusted salary for ...

A demonstration will be held in Limassol this Sunday to demand an end to racist attacks on delivery workers and racist rhetoric from the state and media. In a joint ...

The government has been paying €6,000 a month for the past four years for facilities intended for people with autism which do not yet exist, the House health committee heard on ...

The year 2025 will be “much more difficult” economically than previous years for Turkish Cypriots, the north’s ‘economy minister’ Olgun Amcaoglu said on Thursday. Speaking to the north’s public ...

A 36-year-old man fell victim to internet fraud after transferring money to a fake profile. The man reported the incident to Limassol police, stating he lost a substantial amount of ...

Concrete manufacturers and traders went on strike on Thursday, demanding to be paid for overtime worked and a return to their pre-2013 collective labour agreement conditions. The workers gathered at ...

The Green Party on Thursday laid a wreath at a monument to Turkish Cypriot doctor and pro-Cypriot unity activist Ihsan Ali, on the eve of the 46th anniversary of his ...

Police are investigating the case of a teenager who showed up to school with €15,000 in cash and distributed money to classmates According to Alpha News, the student gave one classmate ...

French company Nexans is conducting a seabed survey as construction of the Great Sea Interconnector cable continues, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency ...

Some political leaders on Thursday extended their congratulations to Donald Trump on his election as US president, expressing optimism that his administration will support efforts to resolve the Cyprus issue. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in person in Budapest ahead of the European Political Community’s summit in the Hungarian capital on Thursday. Christodoulides and ...

The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday he “rejects” efforts to “legitimise” the north at the previous day’s summit of the Organisation of Turkic ...

The Athienou municipality on Thursday demanded a crossing point be opened in the nearby village of Pyroi, ahead of a planned meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides. A delegation of seven ...

A 35-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday by Paphos police for illegally staying in the Republic. The woman presented a Georgian passport, but it was later revealed that she had ...

A memorial service and inauguration of a memorial bench will take place on Sunday in remembrance of the seven foreign women and girls who were murdered by serial killer, Nikos ...

The state health services (Okypy) is carrying out a disciplinary investigation over its CEO for the Larnaca-Famagusta directorate after allegations of inappropriate conduct, it was reported on Thursday.There is ...