Cyprus News

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Wednesday accused the United States of “bias” regarding the Cyprus problem, following the signing of a roadmap for bilateral defence cooperation with the US ...

Opposition parties on Wednesday criticised the government’s handling of private foreign universities opening branches in Cyprus during a meeting of the House education committee. Representatives from the universities attended ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal filed by a Syrian businessman against the revocation of his Cypriot citizenship after his name had appeared on a European Union ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday where they discussed cooperation in energy and infrastructure. According to government ...

Scientists from the Cyens centre of excellence-affiliated software company Periopsis identified a total of 820 illegal rubbish tips between April and July, they announced on Wednesday. The tips were found as ...

US sanctions imposed on entities and individuals in Cyprus are not targeting the country but oligarchs and arms traders that enable Russia to continue waging its war in Ukraine, US ...

The appeals court on Wednesday ordered three doctors to more than double their payments to a woman who was awarded €1.3 million plus interest and expenses in compensation for medical negligence. ...

Disy MP Savia Orphanidou on Wednesday announced she would forego the civil servant’s pension which she had been receiving. She said her monthly pension of €218.47 would be paid into ...

The rising number of traffic accident fatalities was the focus of the Road Safety Council that convened on Wednesday under Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades. To date, 29 road deaths have been ...

Air traffic control will finally move to its new premises in Kokkinotrimithia, a €16 million building that has been empty since it was built 15 years ago, the government announced on Wednesday. ...

An ongoing church trial against monks involved in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal was on Wednesday postponed until next week. The six-member Holy Synod court decided that they would postpone ...

Two men, aged 34 and 33, were both handed eight-day remands on Wednesday after being accused of having trafficked the 20 people found aboard a migrant boat which had departed Cyprus for Italy ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Wednesday said she does not “wake up for 2028”, when asked about Cyprus’ next presidential elections. Asked by TV channel Sigma if she would run, she ...

The forthcoming Davis Cup tennis matches between Israel and Ukraine will take place at the Herodotou Tennis Academy in Larnaca. Israel had been the designated home team for the fixture, ...

Edek on Wednesday called on the government to convene a meeting with political parties over the Great Sea Interconnector asdiscussions continue with stakeholders about the future of the project. The ...

New fixed traffic cameras will be operational from Monday at the intersection of Spyros Kyprianou and Ayias Fylaxeos avenues in Limassol, police said on Wednesday. According to police, three new ...

A questionnaire issued by the education ministry’s school medical services has caused concern among parents for replacing the terms ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with ‘parent 1’ and ‘parent 2’, the House education ...

Local authorities were up in arms on Wednesday about a group of unaccompanied minors in Larnaca who have been removed from a previous facility to a state nursing home in ...

Citing the risk of absconding, a court decided on Wednesday that Turkish-Israeli businessman Simon Aykut will be held until his trial and dismissed a request by his lawyers that he ...

Discussions regarding the regulatory framework for the Great Sea Interconnector connecting Cyprus to Crete will carry on “for as long as it takes”, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on ...

The full file of the case against Serdal Gunduz, the 30 per cent shareholder and secretary-general of the now-infamous Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU) in Morphou, will be presented ...

The expression “a little piece of paradise” is often overused, but it is very apt when it comes to The Secret Garden. We were thrilled to discover this restaurant during ...

Around 85,000 new voters will be registered when automatic voter registration is introduced, chief returning officer Elikkos Ilias said on Wednesday. In addition, he said, should the government’s plans for ...

A fire broke out at in the early morning on Wednesday in an apartment at the abandoned St Nicolas complex in Chlorakas. According to the police, two fire engines rushed ...