Cyprus

A fake news scam which has circulated on social media in recent days has posed as the Cyprus Mail and Cypriot businessman Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. The website, hosted at “limass....

The central offices of Disy in Nicosia were vandalised on Saturday morning, with the building’s front door being smashed. Party leader Annita Demetriou was seen evaluating the scene outside ...

The Dutch police have made public a photograph of the man they suspect of having murdered Cemil Onal, the man who made allegations of a deep money-laundering and smuggling network ...

The contractor tasked with undertaking the construction of a building in which 43-year-old George Constantinou died has been arrested, the police announced on Saturday. The police said the contractor, also ...

European parliament President Roberta Metsola on Saturday described her visit to Cyprus as “a message of our commitment to this country”. Speaking upon her visit to the presidential palace, she ...

A 26-year-old man died in Limassol on Friday night after the moped he was riding was hit by a car. Limassol police officer Marios Charalambous explained that the incident took ...

Temperatures inland are set to reach a high of 38 degrees Celsius on Saturday, as the latest run of hot weather reaches a crescendo. On the south and east coasts, temperatures ...

A group of 22 United States congressmen have urged the country’s President Donald Trump to “bring up” Cyprus during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which is ...

A leading pensioners’ group in Cyprus has urged the government to immediately renew and strengthen its holiday subsidy scheme, warning that more support is needed to help vulnerable retirees. In ...

Cypriot and Swiss officials met in Nicosia to discuss about the progress of the projects implemented within the framework of the Agreements signed between the two countries in the fields ...

The secondary school teachers’ union in Cyprus has rejected the education ministry’s final proposal for a new teacher evaluation system, the union’s president said on Friday. Speaking to ...

A new undersea cable linking Cyprus and Lebanon is being planned by Cyta, in a project expected to boost internet speed, emergency response, and economic growth across the region. Called ...

Oenophiles, heritage enthusiasts and wine producers, this is an event for you. On Sunday, the Old Market in Pallouriotissa turns into a wine lover’s playground as WINECORE – Cyprus Wine ...

MP Alexandra Attalides submitted on Friday a bill aiming to strengthen protections for borrowers and improve transparency in Cyprus’ banking and credit sector. The proposal, announced by the political party ...

Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who served under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, decried the “quagmire” of corruption, money laundering, and mafia activities in northern Cyprus, describing that quagmire as “...

Edek’s credentials committee has announced that party members will need to submit written, personal requests to confirm their registration status in the party’s official membership registry if they ...

An 85-year-old man from Kaimakli died on Friday in a tragic accident while working on his farmland near the village of Sia. Police said they were alerted at around 12.30pm, ...

A national strategy to address eating disorders is being developed by the health ministry, in what officials describe as a critical step to confront one of the most concerning mental ...

A 36-year-old man was arrested in Paphos on Thursday morning following a coordinated police operation during which several cannabis-related products were seized. Acting on a court warrant, officers searched the ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Friday laid the foundation stone for what will become the Lycabettus nursery school in Nicosia. She said the foundation stone “marks the beginning of a ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos, in a statement marking World Thalassaemia Day on Thursday, said that Cyprus has made significant progress in combating the disease. “Our country currently ranks first worldwide ...

A political ally of former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Kudret Ozersay was arrested on Thursday night, amid a deepening row between Ozersay and the north’s ruling coalition over the ...

Two Hungarian nationals were on Friday handed jail sentences for having usurped Greek Cypriot property in the north. One of the two women was sentenced to two and a half ...

“The government will not be drawn into pre-election campaigning,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, dismissing criticism against his administration as political posturing. The president was responding to criticism about ...