Cyprus

A woman will spend nine years in prison for attempting to smuggle nearly a kilogramme of cocaine into Cyprus, the Larnaca criminal court ruled on Wednesday. The 24-year-old was arrested ...

Paphos district administration officials were on Wednesday recording the damage that was caused by the recent fires that ravaged properties across the region prompting the evacuation of residents from five ...

The Audit Office on Wednesday slammed the forestry department for its failure to obtain a sufficient number of firefighting aircraft, which has left Cyprus exposed during its most high-risk fire ...

A free summer school hosted by the non-profit Hope For Children will return for its second year, the organisation announced on Tuesday. The summer school will run in two sessions, ...

Cyprus FM calls for ‘meaningful negotiations’By Gina Agapiou Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos emphasised the need for meaningful negotiations to resolve the Cyprus issue, during his address at the 39th ...

After a long week at work with a heatwave peaking with record-breaking temperatures, the call of the sea at the weekend can be strong. But for some the plunge has ...

Two 20-year-old men are in critical condition at Nicosia General Hospital after a quad bike accident Tuesday night in Ayia Napa. According to police, the accident occurred at 11.45pm when ...

BirdLife Cyprus and the AG Leventis Gallery present the opening of the LIFE with Vultures exhibition next week, a poignant showcase of the efforts to save the Griffon Vulture from ...

Final exams in public schools across Cyprus continue on Wednesday with Modern Greek.The education ministry expects 5,352 candidates to turn up for Wednesday’s three-hour exam.Thursday’s exams are ...

By Duncan McCowan I’m very fortunate to have a large garden, about an English acre, secreted between Dali and Potamia, and bordered by the seasonal Yialyas river. I’m ...

Wednesday will be clear and hot with a yellow weather warning in place for temperatures at 41C in the interior 34C on the south and east coasts, 33C on the ...

With the United Kingdom’s general election just three weeks away, British political parties are vying to win the votes of both diaspora Cypriots in the UK and British citizens ...

The families of the 24 Cypriot children who were killed when the Isias hotel in the Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed travelled to Turkey on Tuesday ahead of the resumption of ...

The met office on Tuesday issued a yellow weather warning for Wednesday afternoon, with temperatures set to reach as high as 41 degrees Celsius inland. The warning will be in place ...

With the elections for MEPs and local government officials over, the Audit Office will now step in to inspect if all candidates stuck to the rules over their spending. There ...

The 27 migrants stuck in the buffer zone in the heat dealing with dizziness, mosquitoes and fainting, the UNHCR said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, UN refugee agency spokeswoman ...

Just under 17 per cent of the Cypriot population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2023, according to data released by the Statistical Service (CyStat) on Tuesday. Specifically, 16.7 per ...

Newly-elected district governors, mayors, deputy mayors, municipal councillors and school superintendents were officially installed on Tuesday, during lengthy proceedings following the unprecedented numbers of positions and nominees. The new district ...

Cyprus is ready to contribute to the ‘herculean effort’ required to reconstruct Gaza if a ceasefire goes ahead, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Dead Sea Summit ...

The justice ministry and police are to examine a decision by the Cyprus Football Association to allow the return of away fans to stadiums in the new season before taking ...

Sixty Cypriot antiquities looted after the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974 are to be returned to the island following the signing of an agreement between Cyprus and German authorities, ...

A total of three villages have been evacuated as homes and animals have been engulfed in flames as wildfires raged out of control in the Paphos district on Tuesday. Psathi ...

Six new fire-fighting aircraft are joining the forestry department’s fleet, it announced on Tuesday. Two planes arrived from Argentina on Monday afternoon, with two more from Australia due to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met UNSG Antonio Guterres in Jordan on Tuesday, as they both attended a conference over the dire humanitarian conditions unfolding in Gaza for months. Government sources said ...