Cyprus News

Akel accused the state of a “scandal of multiple coverups” on Monday, after the anti-corruption authority announced it had ended its investigation into the spy van affair without publishing its ...

A former minister who served in the Christodoulides government failed to declare €2.4 million in assets, Disy MP Demetris Demetriou confirmed on Monday. Demetriou, a member of the special parliamentary committee ...

Stricter measures to protect Limassol bay were called for by the Federation of Environmental Organisations of Cyprus (Opok) on Monday, which demanded a “immediate, coordinated and scientifically documented response” to ...

Keith Newman’s home is hardly ever quiet. He typically has a dog tagging along behind him, a dog that needs something, and at least one taking a nap somewhere ...

The share of adults aged between 25 and 64 who have taken part in formal or non-formal education and training within the last four weeks of 2025 stands at 12 per cent, ranking Cyprus ...

Secondary school students have been called on to walk out of class on Wednesday in protest over unresolved problems including delayed air conditioning, unsafe infrastructure and heavy exam workloads. The ...

The trial of former transport minister Marios Demetriades and nine other defendants in the golden passport case that was due to begin on Monday did not go ahead after prosecutors ...

Two men were left seriously injured and five suspects arrested on Monday following a violent clash near Ayios Ioannis in Limassol, police said. Officers received a report of a fight ...

Six suspects arrested over an alleged murder for hire plot in Cyprus will be deported within days, police said on Monday after detention and deportation orders were issued against them. ...

The share of adults in Cyprus participating in education and training rose to 12 per cent in 2025, up from 7.5 per cent in 2015, according to figures published by Eurostat, highlighting a growing ...

Elam MP and House environment committee chairman Linos Papayiannis said on Monday that he will refuse to invite a group of anti-hunting activists to an upcoming committee debate, describing their ...

New Turkish Cypriot ‘transport minister’ Faiz Sucuoglu on Monday said that the sinking of a ferry off the coast of Kyrenia last month was “one of the greatest tragedies” Cyprus ...

A total of 13 cars’ windscreens were smashed in a car park in Ayia Napa, with the police describing the incident as “malicious” and saying they have launched an investigation. The ...

The police discovered a further 260 kilograms of ketamine in a Limassol warehouse on Monday, adding to the 126 kilograms already seized in a major drugs haul last week. The substance was ...

A seven-metre statue of a winegrower was on Monday placed in the spot it has traditionally occupied in Limassol’s municipal garden ahead of the city’s 65th Wine Festival. ...

Former deputy attorney-general Loukis Loucaides will be called to answer to two charges against him on October 20, after his case at the Limassol permanent criminal court was on Monday adjourned ...

Fourteen people were arrested during police operations on Sunday evening, the force said on Monday. Those arrested were suspected of offences including living in Cyprus without the requisite residence documents, ...

All schools will have air conditioning units installed by 2028, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. Speaking during a visit to theAyios Dhometios middle school in Nicosia to mark the start ...

The anti-corruption authority on Monday announced that it had ended its investigation into the “spy van affair”, during which it came to light that a company was offering private surveillance ...

The United States government’s decision to extend the waiver of its arms embargo on Cyprus for another year constitutes “a clear message regarding the relations between the United States ...

One of the biggest electronic music festivals on the island will be welcomed back to the historic ETKO complex in Limassol on September 25 to 27. As the BEONIX Festival renews its ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday said that “feverish” preparations are ongoing in the hope of achieving tangible results on the Cyprus problem during the United Nations general assembly’s “high-level ...

A deep-sea research and survey ship, named the Optimus Prime, has arrived off the coast of Kyrenia and is expected to join efforts on Monday to recover the 14 people who ...

Primary schools across Cyprus reopened their doors on Monday as the new academic year began, with a total of 52,186 children flooding through the gates of 328 primary schools and 274 nursery schools ...