Cyprus

I step into Lara Sophie Benjamin’s studio on a quiet Wednesday afternoon. It had been raining earlier, so the earth still smells wet, and there is a kind of ...

The Great Sea Interconnector is “a priority” for the government, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. “It will definitively end our country’s energy isolation, enhancing the security of ...

Cyprus artist Della has been nominated for the Music Moves Europe (MME) awards 2026, the EU’s most important prize for upcoming artists, it was announced on Monday, as the public ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leaders Mehmet Ali Talat and Mustafa Akinci on Monday congratulated Turkish Cypriot leader-elect Tufan Erhurman on his landslide victory in Sunday’s election. “Conflict, alienation, polarisation, and ...

Sixty five untaxed boxes of cigarettes, each with 200 cigarettes, were seized from a 48-year-old Turkish Cypriot woman at Larnaca airport on Sunday. The tobacco products, found in her luggage as ...

Cyprus is stepping into the global spotlight as a new centre for Earth observation, driven by a €38 million European research project that combines cutting-edge satellite technology with scientific expertise.   Based ...

A search and rescue operation was launched on Sunday afternoon to locate a missing kitesurfer off the coast of Maroni, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) said. According to the ...

More than 2,000 vehicles in Cyprus have been recalled due to defective driver-side airbags, the road transport department (TOM) said on Monday. According to a notice from the vehicle distributor, the ...

From April 2027, UK pensions will face inheritance tax. Your legacy could now be reduced by up to 67%. Paperwork with HMRC can take a year, so action is urgent. Attend a ...

Paphos Rugby Union Football Club (PRUFC) kicked off the 2025/26 season in outstanding form,celebrating victories in both the Cyprus Women’s Championship Round 1 and the OpenTournament. The Paphos Wildcats set ...

Three more arrested over shooting of businessman Three more arrests were made in connection with the shooting of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous, bringing the total number of arrests to four, ...

Turkish nationalist political party MHP leader Devlet Bahceli on Sunday night declared the landslide victory of pro-reunification Turkish Cypriot leader-elect Tufan Erhurman to be “unacceptable” and called for northern Cyprus ...

Outgoing Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday night lamented “internal party problems” within the three political parties which endorsed his re-election campaign after suffering a landslide defeat to pro-reunification ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Sunday night said the election of pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman as Turkish Cypriot leader “opens a new chapter of hope and expectations for the ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday night said that the result of the day’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election – which saw pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman elected in a landslide – “...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday night congratulated Turkish Cypriot leader-elect Tufan Erhurman on being elected to the role, and declared his readiness to resume negotiations towards a federal solution to ...

Monday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across the island, though with heightened dust in the atmosphere, and the possibility of sporadic increased cloud cover. Temperatures will rise ...

Pro-reunification candidate Tufan Erhurman was on Sunday elected as Turkish Cypriot leader, unseating pro-two-state solution incumbent Ersin Tatar and winning a record number of votes in an unprecedented landslide victory. ...

A 48-year-old man was arrested in the Famagusta district on Sunday after police discovered 860 grams of cannabis and 270 grams of cocaine at his home during a coordinated operation by the ...

Residents of Anarita staged a protest on Sunday over what they describe as serious accessibility problems caused by stalled roadworks in their community. According to the Coordinating Committee of the ...

Plans to build two new shopping malls just 300 metres apart in Limassol have sparked opposition from MPs and local councillors alike who have raised serious concerns over traffic, urban planning ...

Three volumes about a city totalling more than a thousand pages may appear over-long but not when it covers 37 centuries of history, starting from 1600BC. The three-volume work, titled Walking ...

Opening its doors to book lovers and industry professionals, the Limassol International Book Fair returns to Lanitis Carob Mills on November 21, 22 and 23. The fair opens with a conference where professionals ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was on Sunday reported to the police by the north’s supreme election council after allegedly breaking electoral law during a television appearance on Saturday ...