Cyprus News

Pupils of the nursery school and primary school in the village of Akrotiri, both of which have been closed for a week in the aftermath of a drone strike on ...

A British Merlin Mk2 utility helicopter and an “engineering team” are to arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday, with the United Kingdom and multiple other countries continuing to bolster their military ...

A teacher at a private school who was accused by parents of denying the Holocaust was found on Monday not to have done so by human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday visited the Greek frigate Kimon, which has been stationed off the coast of Cyprus since last week, after the ...

There is “no less painful alternative” to killing animals in livestock units which have had recorded cases of foot and mouth disease, veterinary association chairman Demetris Epaminondas said on Monday. “...

The visit of French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Cyprus on Monday constitutes “a show of solidarity in practice”, House President Annita Demetriou said. She ...

A new bill to regulate mortgages and foreclosures is not expected until after May’s parliamentary election at the earliest, finance ministry spokeswoman Avgi Chrysostomou-Lapathiotis said on Monday. She told ...

Association of Cyprus Travel and Tourism Agents (ACTTA) president Charis Papacharalambous on Monday said that the island’s air connectivity is returning to normal following the resumption of key flights ...

Moufflon enclosures that protect and conserve the wildlife will remain closed to the public in Platania and Stavros tis Psokas for precautionary reasons, the forestry department said on Monday. The ...

The hostilities in the Middle East were discussed during a meeting between Larnaca school students and President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday, the latter reiterating that Cyprus wished to be part ...

Urban taxi drivers warned on Monday they would start an indefinite strike on Tuesday if problems leading to the sector’s “total destruction” were not immediately addressed. In a letter ...

A total of 677,133 vehicles have had their road tax renewed as of March 8, compared to 680,670 by the same date last year, the road transport department (TOM) said on Monday. Vehicle ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said of last week’s drone strike that “when Cyprus was attacked, all of Europe was attacked”, as he visited Paphos’ Andreas Papandreou airbase ...

Decisive action is required to combat child poverty in the European Union, with current estimates putting quarter of the EU’s infant population – 20 million children – at risk, deputy minister of ...

Motherhood is often described as joyful, transformative and fulfilling. What is often overlooked are the feelings of isolation, even for women who are fortunate enough to be surrounded by family ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei dismissed reports that Iranian munitions had been launched towards Turkey, Cyprus and Azerbaijan in the past few days. “No offensives were initiated from Iranian ...

The road transport department (TOM) on Monday warned over hidden electronic car door handles after safety incidents abroad where vehicle doors failed to open during emergencies. The department said international ...

Firemen came under attack on Sunday afternoon when unknown people started throwing stones at them as they were trying to extinguish a fire on a heap of wood and waste ...

Turkey has deployed six F-16s and air defence systems to the north in light of recent developments in the Middle East, the country’s defence ministry announced on Monday. ...

Cancelled EU informal ministerial councils, put on hold due to escalating tension in the Middle East that affected flights to and from the island, have been rescheduled. The informal telecommunication (...

All confirmed cases of Foot-and-mouth disease so far have been identified in the Larnaca district, though the disease has spread to 34 farms within the containment zone, the Veterinary Services of ...

Larnaca and Paphos airports see 138 flights scheduled for Monday Hermes Airports on Monday announced that Cyprus’ air connectivity with Europe has been restored, following the resumption of several flights that ...

The parents’ association in Akrotiri on Monday requested the temporary relocation of the community’s nursery and primary schools, citing growing fears following last week’s drone attack on the ...

Tight security measures have been taken at Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos, where Nikos Christodoulides will be meeting later on Monday with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and French ...