Cyprus News

The citizens’ service centre on Makarios avenue in central Nicosia will close for good on September 6, the government announced on Thursday. The move was marketed as a “merger” of the ...

A 57-year-old British man was found dead in his Nicosia apartment, police confirmed on Thursday as investigations are underway. Pools of blood were found in his Pallouriotisa home when officers ...

The development of the Larnaca marina and port will be split into two separate projects, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday, referring to works estimated to cost up to €30 ...

Over €41 million was paid in 2023 to private hospitals for treating patients referred through the national health scheme (Gesy), with one medical establishment in Cyprus receiving over €6 million. According to information ...

Turkish Cypriots “cannot be linobambaki”, the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Thursday. Speaking on the 453rd anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1571, he described August ...

Andreas Angelides, lawyer and former Diko MP, died on Thursday. His funeral will be held on August 2 at the church of God’s Wisdom in Strovolos, at 4.30pm. Angelides was ...

Two persons were placed under arrest on Thursday in connection with the gruesome discovery of two charred bodies in a car in Limassol, while authorities also identified and named one ...

Costas Antoniou, 45, accused of shooting dead 52-year-old Charalambos Constantinides on June 25 in Ormidia, did not admit to premeditated murder in court on Thursday. Antoniou has already confessed to the murder ...

A Lufthansa flight from Munich to Tel Aviv landed in Larnaca, Cyprus, Israeli press reports said on Thursday. Times of Israel said the airline told Channel 12 that the plane landed ...

A total of 43 per cent of Cypriots believe the rise of Elam is “dangerous for democracy” while 58 per cent said there was a need for new parties, according to a ...

The ‘goat plague’ killing off sheep and goats in Greece and Romania is not affecting Cyprus’ small ruminants, however neither the island nor the EU as a whole are turning ...

A European arrest warrant has been issued for the mother of a three-month-old infant who died in horrific conditions, infested with insect bites and severely malnourished. Police confirmed on Thursday ...

The Customs Department made seven big busts in July, confiscating duty free tobacco products, mainly brought illegally from the north to the south, with the biggest haul being 4,082 cartons of 200 ...

A 59-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday after being spotted by an off-duty police officer holding a stolen gallery gun while walking around a residential area. The man, ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition politicians reacted furiously after TMT veterans were invited by ‘parliament speaker’ Zorlu Tore to meet inside the ‘parliament’s’ chamber on Wednesday ahead of the 66th anniversary ...

A 28-year-old man was arrested on Thursday in Nicosia on suspicion of having robbed three bakeries. The first robbery took place at 11pm, with the man entering a bakery with ...

The north’s ‘government’ on Wednesday night announced that it would privatise the operation of the landfill site in the village of Koutsoventis. The north’s central tender commission said ...

Temperatures on Thursday are set to reach a whopping 40 degrees Celsius inland, with temperatures on the southeast and east coasts, 34 degrees Celsius on the north coast, 33 degrees Celsius on the ...

Traffic from one of the busiest roads in the Larnaca area is being diverted through a small, formerly quiet residential street, causing uproar and a potentially dangerous situation. The problem ...

A fight broke out in Limassol on Wednesday night between two groups, leaving a man seriously injured on the seaside road. Initial information said that two people were injured in ...

A new yellow warning for high temperatures on Thursday was issued by the met office. According to the warning, the temperature is expected to reach around 40 degrees Celsius inland. The ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos will be paying a working visit to Cairo on Thursday, to discuss Cyprus-Egypt relations, EU-Egypt relations, energy issues and developments in the Middle East. A press ...

Police on Wednesday were investigating murder, after two charred bodies were recovered from a burning vehicle in Limassol. The car, with the two men, had been located on a dirt ...

Cypriots abroad are the “best ambassadors” for the country’s interests, foreign ministry permanent secretary, Andreas Kakouris said on Wednesday. Commenting at the world conference for overseas Cypriots, Kakouris said ...