Cyprus

A few days after the election of Tufan Erhurman as the new Turkish Cypriot leader, we asked a selection of people on the streets of north Nicosia how they felt ...

Housing scarcity in Cyprus is intensifying, creating a growing crisis that strains residents’ access to affordable homes. With demand outpacing supply, competition among tenants has increased, complicating the search for ...

The federation of patients’ associations (Osak), the Cyprus confederation of disability organisations (Kysoa) and the Third Age Observatory on Friday jointly expressed their disagreement over recent changes made to the ...

The draft framework for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), presented earlier this week, was sharply criticised by the employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev) and the Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (...

The health ministry has presented a budget of €1.51 billion for 2026, marking a significant investment in the country’s healthcare system, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Friday. The budget includes €333 ...

Trade unions Peo and Sek on Friday sent a joint letter to the interior minister, expressing opposition to the government’s interpretation of how municipal wage costs are calculated under ...

The reconstruction of Strovolos’ historic core will begin early next year, the Strovolos municipality announced on Friday. The initial phase focuses on the area around the historic churches of Panayia ...

A 69-year-old man was arrested on Thursday after police discovered large quantities of tobacco products in his vehicle in the Larnaca district, police said on Friday. The customs department spotted ...

By Tom Cleaver Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said the Turkish Cypriots’ will “is highly respected by us” as federal Cyprus advocate Tufan Erhurman was sworn in as ...

The antiquities department on Friday said that recent reports describing the unification project of Larnaca’s archaeological sites as “stalled” or “completely halted” do not reflect the full situation. The ...

The “blue folder” which the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July were carrying while walking around the village of Gastria, near Trikomo, was on Friday ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Friday promised to “strengthen our deterrent power” while attending a ceremony to award ‘black berets’ to armed infantrymen in the Larnaca district village of Kornos. ...

New Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman called for a solution to the Cyprus problem “where everyone wins” and for “lasting peace” in his first speech after being sworn in, at ...

Israeli property developer Simon Aykut was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison, after having last week pled guilty to a total of 40 of the charges he faced related ...

Extensive damages were caused to the car of a 50-year-old Larnaca man when it was set fire to outside his house. Examinations at the scene discovered a flammable substance, while ...

The Lebanese government on Thursday night approved the delimitation of its maritime border with Cyprus. Thursday’s cabinet meeting was attended by both the country’s President Joseph Aoun and ...

Cypriot citizens can now apply to study at three United States military academies – West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy – the defence ministry announced on Friday. The ...

We’ve all asked it: “Where’s the rain?” Well, there was promise of isolated showers earlier in the week. (Did it rain where you were? It didn’t here!) ...

A 37-year-old man arrested in Larnaca late on Thursday was remanded in police custody for five days by Larnaca district court on Friday after 360 grams of crystal meth was found ...

Firefighters rescued an injured man who was trapped overnight in an overturned tractor in Psematismenos, Larnaca, the fire service said on Friday. In a post on X, fire service spokesman ...

Two men, aged 35 and 26, were arrested on Thursday afternoon in Limassol after eight kilos of cannabis were found in their possession, police said on Friday. Police watched the 35-year-old park ...

Tufan Erhurman was on Friday sworn in as Turkish Cypriot leader in a brief ceremony at the north’s ‘parliament’. The ceremony was attended by Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz ...

Deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos has been hospitalised in Athens while attempting to make his way back to Cyprus from Istanbul, where he had appealed against his dismissal at the Ecumenical ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday night called for the European Union’s climate goals to “be more realistic” after the conclusion of the day’s European Council meeting. “Many member ...