Cyprus News

Mixed reactions followed the open letter published over the weekend by Maria Angela Holguin, the UN secretary-general’s personal Cyprus envoy – some dismissed it as generic and tone-deaf to the ...

There is a steep rise in domestic violence cases, and efforts to roll out a ‘panic button’ to help victims should be ready in the next three months, Justice Minister ...

Firefighting efforts are underway to control a fire that broke out on Monday afternoon near the village of Salamiou, in the Paphos district. According to a post published by Fire ...

A 29-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after smashing the rear windscreen of a car which had run his dog over. The man was walking his dog off its leash ...

A man was taken to hospital on Monday afternoon after falling from the fifth floor of an abandoned apartment block. The man reportedly fell onto a skylight covering the ground ...

An 18-year-old woman on holiday in Cyprus reported a 19-year-old man raped her, it emerged on Monday. Both are British nationals and the incident allegedly unfolded in Ayia Napa. The ...

Workers at the Cyprus Broadcast Corporation (CyBC) will stop work at 8pm for an hour on Friday to protest the fact that colleagues who retired after January 2023 have not yet ...

A Greek national appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of having left for the Republic via the Ledras street crossing point without having gone through the passport ...

Cyprus will wield its diplomatic tools over Turkey’s attempts to have the north recognised, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday amid controversy surrounding the Organisation of Turkic States (...

The 2025 state budget will be in surplus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. After a Council of Ministers meeting held at the Presidential Palace, Christodoulides held an extraordinary session during ...

Betting tax legislation should be forwarded to the European Commission three months before being passed into law, president of the National Betting Authority Ioanna Fiakkou has said. Speaking at the ...

A fire that broke out on Monday early afternoon in the village of Fasouri, located in the Limassol district and close to the Akrotiri military base, has been brought under ...

A fake news scam which has circulated on Facebook in recent days has posed as the Cyprus Mail in an attempt to lure people in to an investment scam. The ...

The football players association (Pasp) on Monday voiced strong concerns over the government’s stance on restricting the movement of fans, urging instead for the enforcement of existing laws to ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos has called for calm in an attempt to quell the public outcry regarding the doctor who had been convicted for indecent assault against a female patient ...

The government is set to end the practice of private adoptions of children with a new bill submitted to the social welfare deputy ministry. Should it pass into law, the ...

Police on Monday urged people to be wary of a new scam on WhatsApp promising huge profits from investments. The police electronic fraud department said it had received a large ...

Names of possible candidates for Cyprus’ new European commissioner are being heard in corridors, with Harris Georgiades’ popping up as Disy’s most probable to be appointed. Meanwhile, references to ...

Turkish Cypriot representative at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Oguzhan Hasipoglu on Sunday called for an investigation to be launched after the Republic of Cyprus made ...

With one day left till the initial ten-year transition period for producing halloumi according to PDO guidelines expires, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Monday presented incentives and measures to help ...

In a significant move for the food delivery industry in Cyprus, Wolt has become the first company to sign a collective agreement with the labour ministry and trade unions for ...

A 16-year-old has been arrested regarding the illegal possession of drugs, obstruction of police duty and bearing a knife. Paphos police’s Michalis Nicolaou said at 10.20pm on Sunday night ...

A 25-year-old was caught doing 197km on the Nicosia-Larnaca highway, nearly double the 100km speed limit. The man was stopped by the accident prevention squad at around 1am near the ...

A 59-year-old was arrested on Sunday night in Limassol for possession of 21kg and 810gr of duty free narghile tobacco. After a tipoff, the police searched two properties belonging to ...