Cyprus News

Former Disy leader, MP Averof Neophytou, lashed out on Tuesday over a comment by former Disy President Nicos Anastasiades, who had called him “bitter”. “Those who are bitter are the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said that the Turkish Cypriot side had rejected a proposal to open further checkpoints that he put forward, it was reported on Tuesday. Christodoulides spoke to CyBC ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Azerbaijan’s approach to recognising the north “has reached the same position” as Turkey’s. Erdogan was speaking at Ankara’s Esenboga ...

The children’s and oncology ward at Limassol general hospital has been left without AC since Sunday amid extreme temperatures around the island. Following complaints by a number of patients, ...

Two Greek Cypriot men were found guilty of operating an illegal business in an illegal building they created in Ypsonas, the British bases (SBA) police said on Tuesday. According to ...

The contract between the state Natural Gas Infrastructure Company (Etyfa) and CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC Ltd) for the construction of the natural gas liquification plant at Vasiliko is heading towards ...

A 39-year-old man has been handed concurrent prison sentences for burning down the Paphos municipality Christmas tree in January. The Paphos district court passed sentences for torching and destroying the ...

A spontaneous two-hour work stoppage at Larnaca and Paphos airports on Tuesday morning over understaffing did not impact passengers at the airports, airports operator Hermes said. Airport service and traffic ...

A 53-year-old in Paphos was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday for burglary. The Paphos district court ruled the sentence would begin on April 11, 2024, the day the man was ...

A low intensity improvised explosive device caused extensive damage to a sliding glass door on Monday when it exploded outside the house in Mazotos. The explosion appears to have occurred ...

Isolated showers and possibly a storm are on the horizon for Tuesday, mainly in the mountains and inland. Keep your umbrellas handy for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday too, as rain ...

There is now no humanitarian aid from Cyprus left in the secure area on the beach in Gaza where the temporary jetty was once anchored, United Nations World Food Programme (...

Former President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday staunchly denied ever suggesting a two-state solution, while he called former Disy party leader Averof Neophytou bitter. In an interview on the ANT1 podcast, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday suggested there would be news even next week over the Larnaca port and marina project. “Very soon there will be an announcement, even next week. ...

MPs on Monday reviewed the government’s request for an extra €351 million in spending, just days before the supplementary state budget heads to the House plenum for a vote. The ...

A medical association on Monday said it was preparing ‘necessary legal action’ against the Health Insurance Organisation amid a spat between the two. The diagnostics association (Pasydike) stressed it was ...

A 44-year-old old man was sentenced to six years in jail on Monday after he was found with around 6kg of cannabis. The sentence was handed down at Larnaca criminal ...

Lawmakers were skeptical on Monday when the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) requested an extra €8.4 million to run the port in Larnaca after the contract with a private company – Kition Ocean ...

Mixed reactions followed the open letter published over the weekend by Maria Angela Holguin, the UN secretary-general’s personal Cyprus envoy – some dismissed it as generic and tone-deaf to the ...

There is a steep rise in domestic violence cases, and efforts to roll out a ‘panic button’ to help victims should be ready in the next three months, Justice Minister ...

Firefighting efforts are underway to control a fire that broke out on Monday afternoon near the village of Salamiou, in the Paphos district. According to a post published by Fire ...

A 29-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after smashing the rear windscreen of a car which had run his dog over. The man was walking his dog off its leash ...

A man was taken to hospital on Monday afternoon after falling from the fifth floor of an abandoned apartment block. The man reportedly fell onto a skylight covering the ground ...

An 18-year-old woman on holiday in Cyprus reported a 19-year-old man raped her, it emerged on Monday. Both are British nationals and the incident allegedly unfolded in Ayia Napa. The ...