Cyprus News

A memorial service was held on Monday in memory of the patients and staff killed during the July 20, 1974 bombings of the Athalassa psychiatric hospital by Turkish jets. The mental health ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) board of directors on Monday unanimously decided not to amend the championship regulations for the 2024/2025 season, therefore allowing visiting team fans to attend away games. ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s statements on a two-state solution are a sign of weakness, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. His remarks come after Erdogan’s visit to the ...

A 50-year struggle to see stolen antiquities returned to the island has finally come to a close, the director of the antiquities department said on Monday at a ceremony to ...

A 64-year-old woman died of heatstroke at Nicosia general hospital, while three others are in serious condition. State health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said the woman died on Sunday ...

A group representing the missing persons has called on EU MP Fidias Panayiotou to apologise to them on Monday, after they accused him of “mocking and disrespecting” them in a ...

Inspections carried out at beaches in Pervolia by officers of the environmental commissioner’s office on July 8 unveiled a series of violations, the office said on Monday. The inspections, which ...

Travel experiences, including city breaks, cruises, tailor-made holidays and tours continue to excite Cyprus residents, with the island being the ideal starting point for global exploration. Century Travel Group’s ...

This year’s Pancyprian Exams were conducted with complete success, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday as the results were announced. A total of 5,351 candidates sat the exams, which ...

Two women, aged 35 and 34, were arrested at Paphos airport on Sunday in connection with cases of impersonation. According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, the first incident occurred on Saturday ...

A post-mortem was performed on Monday on the six-year-old girl who died in her sleep in Paphos last week, however the exact cause of death will be determined by the ...

Improvements have been reported in the health of the two national guardsmen who suffered severe symptoms of heatstroke, defence ministry spokesman Andreas Stylianou said on Monday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

The EAC is moving forward with securing large plots of state land for building more photovoltaic (PV) parks, Electricity Authority director George Petrou said on Monday. “People have come forward ...

Police in Limassol on Monday arrested two people, aged 20 and 22, after cannabis products were found in their possession. In a spot search of a car driven by one of the ...

The Department of Meteorology has issued a yellow warning for high temperatures on Monday valid from 11am until 5pm. A previous warning for high overnight temperatures expires at 8am. The ...

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Monday as high temperatures are again forecast. The warning will be in place from 11am until 5pm with maximum temperatures ...

Kratinos Pyliotis, a 19-year-old National Guardsman in 1974, served at an artillery unit in Athalassa (known as 189MPP) and recounts his experience of the coup and invasion July 15: I was threatened ...

The visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Cyprus, was not only of symbolic importance but it was more one of substance, the presidency said in a post on ...

In a few days time the annual spectacle of migrant swallows gathering in the village of Mesana in the Paphos district will again be visible, the community council has warned. ...

As the hot summer continues unabated in Cyprus, the Water Department on Sunday said the islands dams are only 36.8 per cent full, a result also of slow inflow during a ...

Our wish and hope is that the two communities will take advantage of the new opportunity presented and sit down at the table to find a solution within the framework ...

It is becoming clearer by the day that the two-state model is the only solution to the Cyprus problem, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on ...

Further identifications of missing people are expected soon, Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Anna Aristotelous said on Sunday, referring to the latest revelations from small fragments of bone. Small bones recently identified “...

The battle for Nicosia airport wasn’t – objectively speaking – the bloodiest of the many dark events that took place exactly 50 years ago, but it may have been the most consequential. ...