Cyprus News

By Richard Boxall Sri Lanka Lions won the inaugural Cyprus National Championships on Monday, with fairly comfortable victories over Moufflons and New Limassol Moufflons. In the first game Moufflons beat ...

A serious gun incident was reported in the early on Tuesday morning in a restaurant in the centre of Nicosia. According to reports, police responded around 3am in the morning ...

Bowls Cyprus held their National Finals at the Aliathlon Bowls Club, Paphos, on 2-3rd May. It was two days of great bowling by all players, who had gone through ...

Police on Tuesday said a 21-year-old man was arrested for setting fire to a police vehicle on Easter Saturday in Ypsonas. The Limassol man is suspected of rioting, arson of ...

By Barry Bruce Cyprus v Malta always provides an exciting game of rugby and Saturday’s match at the Tsirio Stadium in Limassol, was no different in their Rugby Europe ...

Three additional suspects were remanded for eight days on Tuesday after being arrested in connection with a Lakatamia attempted gangland murder committed last month. The court’s decision brings the ...

Critically acclaimed and multi award nominated artist Bonnie Tyler is set to perform in Cyprus in a one-night only show. Rising to fame with her contemporary approach to the sounds ...

The personal envoy of the UN Secretary General, Maria Angela Holguin will arrive on Tuesday evening in Cyprus, where she will stay until May 14. This will be her third mission ...

Tuesday will be mainly clear with increased clouds and a chance of isolated rains in the afternoon, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 27C in the interior, 25C ...

The Ukrainian Embassy in Nicosia on Monday expressed its “deep disappointment” over permission given for Russian events to be held across Cyprus to commemorate Russia’s Victory Day this week. ...

Road safety was on the top of the north’s ‘parliament’s’ agenda on Monday as it convened for the first time since the death of Greek Cypriot Photis Photiou ...

Two children were arrested on Monday in connection with an arson attack on a house in the Larnaca village of Kiti on Saturday night. The pair, aged 14 and 16 years old ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday there may be “no Turkish Cypriots left” in some areas of the north in five or ten years’ time ...

Shots were fired at a parked car in Zakaki on Monday, police said. The shots were fired shortly after 3pm, with police currently believing they were fired from a small ...

A man appeared in court in the north on Tuesday, accused of having stolen copper coils from a water tank on the roof of his own father’s house. The ...

More than 1,200 people have signed up to participate in the government’s “e-Kofini” channel on the communication app Viber, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Monday. The Viber channel was ...

Sefa Karahasan, the Turkish public broadcaster TRT’s Cyprus correspondent, was arrested in the north in relation to the ongoing “fake diploma scandal” and appeared in court on Tuesday. Karahasan’...

A woman from Kyrenia was arrested for practicing “witchcraft” and for taking money in exchange for promises of a Republic of Cyprus passport, the Turkish Cypriot police announced on Tuesday. ...

Two firefighting helicopters and a total of 18 crew members arrived in Cyprus from Jordan with the aim of boosting Cyprus’ firefighting capabilities ahead of the summer, the agriculture ministry said ...

United Nations Envoy Maria Angela Holguin is set to arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday and begin her latest round of meetings. She is expected to meet with President Nikos Christodoulides ...

Leventis Gallery celebrates its 10th anniversary this year by expanding its horizons with specially designed programmes that enhance accessibility. Several events and actions are planned for the upcoming months, both ...

A 30-year-old man from Limassol has died after being involved in a road traffic accident on the road between Kalo Chorio and Limassol on Easter Sunday evening. The man, named ...

Easter Monday’s weather will be mostly clear and sunny but tempered by the possibility of isolated rain and even isolated storms in the mountains. Temperatures will rise to 25 degrees ...

Exhibition illuminates Cyprus’ environmental consciousness through art An upcoming five-day art show is more than just an exhibition organisers say, it is a social event that puts Cyprus’ environmental crisis ...