Cyprus News

By Robert Morgan Iranians living in the Republic of Cyprus will vote today at their country’s embassy at Nicosia to elect a new president of the Islamic Republic. The ...

An architectural design tender was launched on Friday for the remodelling and expansion of the labour ministry while maintaining the building’s identity and historical character. The original form of ...

Troodos will not be allowed to go up in flames while others play with fireworks, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou has stressed, noting that tenfold fines are in the pipeline. She ...

Efforts are being made to avert a doctors’ strike, scheduled for July 2 and 3, Health Minister Michalis Damianos has said. Meanwhile, doctors in state hospitals have postponed scheduled theatre and outpatients ...

Cypriot businessman Dinos Iordanou, who suffered a fatal heart attack on June 16 at the age of 71, is to be buried on Saturday in his home village of Mathiatis, Nicosia. Mathiatis ...

Over a hundred influencers from the UK, Germany and Turkey will have all costs covered to help promote the north and drum up tourism. Media in the north reported that ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will discuss opening a new checkpoint a Mia Milia during his meeting with UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin slated for July 1, it emerged on Friday. ...

A 42-year-old was sentenced to nine years in jail by the Famagusta district court for the manslaughter of Nikos Angeli, 34. Police said in a press release that the 42-year-old had ...

Hosing down pavements, roads, verandas, fences and cars could land you with a three-month prison sentence or a €513 fine – or both – the agriculture ministry has warned. The ministry notes that, ...

The EU Commission is closely monitoring the situation of the ‘buffer zone migrants’ who continue to be stranded in the Green Line amid ongoing extreme weather warnings, it emerged on ...

The comprehensive citizen e-health system is a hugely significant “product of civilisation” and a decisive step towards strengthening the national health scheme Gesy and promoting patient rights, Health Minister Michalis ...

Illegal garbage dumping is out of control in Cyprus and must come to an end, the government stressed on Friday as Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou presented a six-point action plan ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has congratulated Ursula von der Leyen, António Costa and Kaja Kallas for their election to key EU positions. “Committed to working closely with you guided by ...

By Robert Morgan Around 4,000 more positions in Cypriot hotels have been filled in the first three months of this year than last after the foreign worker application process was streamlined, ...

An important artefact of the island’s maritime history, the long-serving fishing trawler Lambousa, was transferred to the old port of Limassol and relaunched on Friday. The boat, the only ...

The National Council will convene next Friday following President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin in Brussels, it emerged on Friday. The ...

Around 50 people were involved in a fight in Limassol police said on Friday, as two people ended up hospitalised for their injuries. Officers were alerted at 9:15pm on Thursday night ...

A new exhibition opens this weekend in Platres as renowned Cypriot printmaker Hambis Tsangaris presents a retrospective exhibition. The inauguration of Hambis’ Cyprus (I Kipros tou Hambi) will be conducted ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić on Monday. Burić, who will be on an official visit to the island from ...

A Larnaca man remained in hospital on Friday following a 12 metre fall from a roof. According to preliminary information from the fire service, the accident happened on Thursday around 12.30pm ...

A fire on Friday morning at a Larnaca residence caused extensive damages to property and the sunroom of the apartment’s balcony. In a post on platform X, fire service ...

The plenary of the parliamentary assembly of the council of Europe (PACE) approved the resolution of its Rapporteur Piero Fassino for the people of Varosha to return to their legal ...

Mayor of Polis Chrysochous Yiotis Papachristofi met Paphos District Governor Charalambos Pittokopitis and other officials, it was announced on Friday, to coordinate the handover of services to the self-governing body ...

A yellow weather warning is in place on Friday from 12pm until 5pm for high temperatures. The weather will be mostly clear with heightened humidity and localised afternoon clouds are ...