Cyprus News

Two controversial bills aimed at introducing reforms at the legal service and audit office will be ready next month Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Thursday, amid expected backlash over ...

The government on Thursday asked the Electricity of Cyprus (EAC) to take a series of steps to mitigate the risk of fires being caused by faulty equipment or power cables. ...

The European Commission has given assurances that it will use “all the diplomatic means at its disposal” in order to protect the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) after reports this week ...

There have been no reported cases of the ‘goat plague’ affecting sheep and goats in Cyprus, despite recent outbreaks in Greece and Romania, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou reassured on Thursday. ...

We are one year away from the first jump-ball at the FIBA ​​EuroBasket 2025 which Cyprus will organize, along with co-hosts Finland, Poland and Latvia, and the Organizing Committee today announces ...

By Richard Boxall Cyprus cricketers put up a good fight in their opening T20 world cup qualifying match against Spain in Guernsey, before going down to a 15-run defeat to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday said the United Nations had called in on the telephone, expecting that he would enter negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem as early ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines flight which landed at Larnaca airport on Tuesday carrying players and coaches from Azeri football club Zira FK had “special permission” to land, the airport said on ...

Agricultural organisations are hopeful that this year’s olive oil production will be better than last year’s, potentially leading to a drop in prices for consumers. However, the full ...

Medical services in Cyprus are on high alert to address any potential cases of Mpox (monkeypox), the director of public health services, Elisavet Constantinou, said on Thursday. Speaking to the ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Thursday urged the “world and the European Union to recognise right from wrong” in response to a reported agreement between the Republic ...

The Greens on Thursday called on the government to do more to prosecute those dealing in Greek Cypriot properties in the north, releasing a long list of suspects and suspected ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has accepted an invitation to attend a European Union ministers meeting in Brussels next week along with Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, it was reported ...

The British bases has issued fines totalling €8,700 since April for the use of hunting dogs in game reserve areas, sending a clear message that “we must take a zero-tolerance approach ...

A six-day remand order has been issued against the 27-year-old who was arrested on Wednesday for robbing a kiosk in Limassol. Testimonies against him regarding four other recent cases of ...

A Turkish soldier died and 11 more were injured on Thursday after a military vehicle overturned near Morphou. The vehicle was travelling towards Morphou from the village of Argaki. According to ...

The Green Party on Thursday expressed “great concern” over plans to develop Aphrodite’s Rock that would cause “irrevocable damage” to the environment. In a statement, it said there were ...

Trikomo’s Turkish Cypriot mayor Hasan Sadikoglu and his municipality are both the subjects of a case which was handed over to the Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday, alleging lawbreaking ...

Nicosia municipality, in cooperation with the Keead information training centre and the Akelius language foundation is offering free English lessons for beginners, it announced on Thursday. The classes will start ...

More than 80 per cent of recent graduates in Cyprus were employed in 2023, according to data collected by the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat. This figure is a slight decrease ...

Around 600 new housing units are to be constructed in Limassol in the next six years for rent or purchase as part of the state’s affordable housing policy, the Cyprus ...

Children’s orchestra Sistema Cyprus’ Larnaca branch’s future has been secured thanks to the latest donation put forward by foreign exchange company XM. XM’s donation has covered the ...

Implementation of local government reforms in the Paphos district has not gotten off to a great start, the president of the Union of Paphos Communities said on Friday. Michalis Nikandros ...

A 31-year-old asylum seeker was arrested on Wednesday at the Limassol port for attempting to travel under false identity. The woman, originally from Congo, tried to board the ferry to ...