Cyprus News

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Friday moved to defend his party’s decision to vote against a government bill which would have extended European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna’s ...

Questions regarding potential links between the lawyer of journalist Makarios Drousiotis, Leto Cariolou, and the investigator appointed by the anti-corruption authority to examine the allegations he had levelled in his ...

Eurostat figures released on Friday showed that employment in Cyprus’ cultural sector reached 4.3 per cent of total employment in 2025, matching the European Union average. The data showed that approximately 21,900 people ...

Disability benefits are increasing and becoming more inclusive through legislation voted in on July 2, which Deputy Welfare Minister Clea Papaellina on Friday described as one of the most important reforms ...

As the temperatures climbed higher and higher, we found ourselves looking for somewhere to escape that wasn’t simply home with the air conditioning on or another afternoon at the ...

Cyprus has just recorded the strongest half-year in the history of its property market. Between January and June, buyers deposited 10,007 contracts of sale at District Land Offices — 14.6% more than a ...

The Kourion archaeological museum in Episkopi will close for renovation works from August 1, the department of antiquities announced on Friday. The project will modernise the museum, upgrade its exhibition and ...

Upgrading paediatric and paediatric oncology services remains a key priority for the health ministry, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Friday. Speaking at a ceremony marking the donation of medical ...

A 24-year-old woman who appealed to Cyprus for help to leave Gaza is not a Cypriot citizen, despite being of Cypriot descent through her great-grandmother, Cyprus’ representative to Palestine told ...

Disy on Friday hit back at the government, excoriating President Nikos Christodoulides’ “last-minute” attempt to extend European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna’s term in office until the end of ...

Former health minister George Pamboridis on Friday said that he will seek his party Disy’s nomination for the 2028 presidential election. He was asked during an appearance on television channel ...

Police have arrested one person and secured an eight-day remand order following a violent clash involving two groups of Syrian nationals in Xylofagou on Wednesday night, as investigations continue to ...

The sale of shares to establish the Pancyprian Cooperative Bank will take place between July 22 and November 17, 2026, as the initiative enters its capital raising phase following approval of the public ...

Two former monks at the centre of the high-profile Avakoum monastery scandal have launched a bakery business in Lythrodontas while awaiting trial on a series of criminal charges. Former monks ...

The Finance Ministry has reviewed progress on a series of Swiss-funded projects worth more than €26 million during the fourth annual meeting held under the framework of the Second Swiss Contribution 2019...

Both British Cypriot members of the House of Commons have offered their support to former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as the United Kingdom’s prime ...

The first of three new Airbus H145 Jupiter HC Mk2 helicopters has completed its maiden flight from RAF Akrotiri, marking the start of year-round emergency response in Cyprus, the British ...

Cyprus’ two firefighting aircraft are set to return to the island after travelling to France to help battle major wildfires in the country’s southwest, head of the fire service ...

Police are investigating a bakery robbery in Limassol after two suspects stole a cash register drawer with €300 early on Friday. A company distributor spotted a hooded man inside the bakery ...

Five people were arrested overnight during targeted operations carried out across Cyprus to prevent crime and maintain public order, police said on Friday. The arrests were linked to offences including ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Friday expressed fury after parliament on Thursday night refused to acquiesce to the government’s request that European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna’s term ...

Something new is coming to Paphos this summer, something tasty and in a total summer mood. The Taste of Cyprus Festival will bring together passionate chefs and street food vendors ...

The Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign ministry’ has described the resolution passed by the European Parliament earlier this week on the sexual violence suffered by Cypriot women during Turkey’s invasion in 1974 ...

Friday’s weather will be mostly sunny across most of the island for most of the day, though this will be tempered by the possibility of rain in the mountains ...