Cyprus News

Monday will see locally increased clouds at times bringing a chance of isolated showers, mainly in the west and north and later in the east. Temperatures will rise to 32C ...

Arriving back in Cyprus on Sunday night, President Nikos Christodoulides fired the police chief and the deputy director of prisons. The move follows the escape last week – and subsequent arrest ...

Police on Sunday afternoon arrested the convicted murderer who has been on the run since Thursday after he was spotted on the Limassol sea front. He was arrested at around 5.30...

Volunteering at a dog shelter is easy, fun and a wholesome experience for everyone. All you need is a love for dogs and an hour to spare. A group of ...

The lifting of a US arms embargo against Cyprus for another year has been branded a “grave mistake” by the Turkish foreign ministry, it emerged on Sunday. The Turkish Foreign ...

Returning for its fifth edition, the Nicosia International Festival will present a rich autumn and winter agenda of theatre, music and contemporary dance performances, as well as a rich parallel ...

‘Greece will not be drawn into a discussion of recognising the pseudo-state,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. In a post on social media, and referencing his recent ...

While most of the 720 people who were elected as members of the European parliament a little over 100 days ago have kept their heads well below the parapet since, Fidias Panayiotou ...

Hundreds of demonstrators lined up outside the base of Akrotiri on Sunday to protest about the ongoing killing in Gaza and calling on the government to take action against military ...

The Cyprus government recognises both the benefits of longevity and the challenges that arise in caring for the elderly, deputy welfare minister Marilena Evangelou said on Sunday. Speaking at the ...

A Nicosia man has been remanded in police custody after officers found him with 450g of cannabis. According to the police, while officers were on patrol on Saturday they stopped ...

The possibility of holding a meeting to discuss the next steps was raised between Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the United Nations Secretary-General although it would not include issues ...

Authorities in the north were informed immediately when it was realised that convicted murderer Doros Theofanous had escaped prison guards on Thursday and was on the run, informed sources told ...

It was clear from his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the resumption of negotiations depends on the Turkish side, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. “Both the secretary-general ...

Sunday will see mostly fine weather with cloud developing in the afternoon although the temperature will be a couple of degrees cooler than that seen on Saturday. The temperature will ...

A 4.3 Richter earthquake was reported overnight in the seas off Paphos. According to the EuroMediterranean Seismological Center, the earthquake occurred at 2.18 on Sunday morning with an epicenter 47km southwest of ...

Cyprus’ exposure to the public over its handling of migrants has not been flattering. Accusations over pushbacks, violence and unhygienic living conditions have been documented in numerous reports from organisations ...

Police have arrested a 53-year-old woman in connection with a case of usurping Greek Cypriot property in the north. The woman was arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday, on arrival ...

The implementation for the revised strategy for people with disabilities, covering their needs form birth to old age, while addressing prejudice and discrimination, was a top priority for the government, ...

A 58-year-old man was found dead on Saturday under his car in Kolossi. Relatives had gone looking for him when Andreas Nicolaou did not return home from his field. They ...

The manhunt for 42-year-old escaped convict Doros Theophanous, serving a life sentence for the murder of his pregnant partner and her three-year-old child, continued on Saturday with a large team ...

A 35-year-old man wanted in Germany in connection with a kidnapping case was arrested on Friday at Larnaca airport. Police said the man arrived at Larnaca just before 5pm on ...

By Philippa Tracy Having binge-watched the latest episodes of Netflix’s Emily in Paris, I still love the blatant romanticisation of Paris as a city and Emily’s ever-expanding good ...

A 31-year-old man was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Friday afternoon and is being treated at the Nicosia general hospital ICU in critical condition. According to the police, ...