Cyprus

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday promised “further policies” to aid displaced persons and their descendants at a meeting with mukhtars-in-exile. “We will look at the issues which concern you and ...

The anti-corruption authority on Thursday corroborated attorney-general George Savvides’ position that he never received three “corruption cases” from it regarding alleged irregularities at the Vasiliko natural gas (LNG) import terminal. “...

Vladimiros Tziortzis achieved a significant points gain in the fourth round of Euronascar Pro 2025, which took place on August 30 and 31, at the Autodrom Most track, in front of 43,212 fans, a ...

Cyprus’ holding of the Council of the European Union’s presidency in the first half of next year will be “of crucial importance” for efforts to achieve unanimity among the ...

A 43-year-old man was arrested in connection with a string of thefts from hotel rooms in the Famagusta district, the police said on Thursday. The man was arrested on Wednesday, ...

The north’s ‘health ministry’ issued an official denial that there had been a chlorine gas leak at the Teknecik power station in Kyrenia after four people had been hospitalised ...

A 23-year-old man was arrested in Limassol in the early hours of Thursday morning after reportedly stabbing another man and leaving him with a collapsed lung. According to the police, ...

Cyprus Turkish bar association chairman Hasan Esendagli late on Wednesday night visited Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north, who was ...

Thursday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear after the lifting of the partial fog and low cloud to which most of the island woke up. However, rain will ...

Celebrating the arrival of a new month is an exciting line-up of weekend events. There is a wide choice of festivals, open-air music concerts, opera productions, village happenings, markets and ...

The House environment committee in a meeting on Wednesday said it has identified failures in inspections of the appropriate discarding of construction waste materials. The implementation of regulations on their ...

The road transport department (TOM) on Wednesday addressed reports that registration permits had not been renewed despite payments having been made, saying that efforts to resolve the issue were underway. “...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday evening assured that there were no differences with the Greek government regarding the Great Sea Interconnector project. Greek Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis had earlier ...

The drinking water supply in the Oroklini area of Larnaca will be reduced due to repair works carried out by the water development department on Thursday, Larnaca’s district government ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday formally announced the appointment of Senegalese diplomat Khassim Diagne as UN special representative and head of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp). Diagne, who ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday announced that former brigadier Paris Markou would be running as a Disy candidate in the Famagusta district. “[Makrou] is a man who has served ...

Archival material of the Eoka struggle will be given to the National Struggle Museum, in response to a bill with effect from 2026, aiming to transfer state archives from the justice ...

Zorbas is one of the 26 names jointly chosen by the met offices of Cyprus, Greece and Israel to be given to storms which occur in the region between this coming ...

A 33-year-old woman who was driving on the Nicosia – Limassol highway near Ayios Tychonas collided with a truck on Wednesday morning, with police later determining that she was driving with ...

The unaudited status of the attorney-general is not included in the package of bills on the reform of the legal service, which is set to be discussed on September 10 at ...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Nicosia is running an investigation into the project for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Vasiliko, on suspicion of procurement ...

A 31-year-old man was on Wednesday morning arrested over the possession of approximately 1 kilogram of cannabis and six grams of cocaine in his home in the Strovolos area of Nicosia. ...

Students studying at public universities in Cyprus face acute problems in finding housing close to their faculty, the House education committee warned in a meeting on Wednesday. “There are excellent ...

Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July, was himself arrested on Wednesday, according to reports. Sources confirmed to the ...