Cyprus News

The “pride of the Greek fleet” has been sent to defend Cyprus, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told his country’s parliament on Wednesday, while speaking about the frigate Kimon ...

A new programme taking place this spring and summer invites children and their families to join a series of dance and ecological empathy activities to nurture their relationship with the ...

A 66-year-old man reported that unknown individuals reached out to him via online platforms from May to November 2025, convincing him to invest in cryptocurrencies, police said on Wednesday. Following the ...

A total of 726,000 birds were illegally killed in 2025, BirdLife Cyprus said on Wednesday, presenting a survey that indicated that targeted enforcement delivers results, while progress can be easily reversed where ...

Cypriot airspace remains open on Wednesday after the sighting of “suspicious objects” in the skies above Lebanon which were believed to have been headed in the direction of the island, ...

A fire broke out in cars located at a luxury car dealership in Limassol around 4am on Wednesday, police said. The fire brigade extinguished the fire in Yermasoyia but not ...

Duty-free tobacco products, diesel and drugs at the Ledra Street, Kato Pyrgos and Ayios Dometios crossing points have been seized, the customs department announced on Wednesday. In the early hours ...

A significant change affecting dual British–Cypriot nationals has now come into effect. As of 25 February 2026, individuals who hold both British and Cypriot citizenship must enter the United Kingdom exclusively ...

The Cyprus Post on Tuesday announced the start of operations of a new citizen service centre housed at the Athienou Post Office, 33A 1st April Street, Athienou. The centre will ...

The government on Wednesday insisted that Cypriot airspace remained open, despite media reports that it had been closed. A transport ministry spokesperson told the Cyprus Mail that Cypriot airspace remains ...

An air security alert was raised on Wednesday morning after information emerged about a suspicious object heading towards Cyprus, prompting precautionary measures at the United States embassy in Nicosia and ...

The Italian government is on Wednesday considering deploying a frigate to Cypriot waters, according to reports, after France and Greece did the same in the aftermath of a drone hitting ...

In 2025, 670 counterfeit euro banknotes of various denominations were withdrawn from circulation, a figure 17.1 per cent higher than 2024, the Central Bank announced on Wednesday. It said the €50 note had the highest ...

A 32-year-old foreign national accused of attempted murder escaped custody and left Cyprus for Romania, authorities confirmed on Wednesday, prompting an internal investigation into failures by state services. The suspect ...

The stories of millions of Armenians and Turks, lost families and hidden faces are coming to the big screen as a documentary screening at AG Leventis Gallery this March 18 presents ...

Paphos airport recorded its highest number of flight cancellations on Wednesday, since the outbreak of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, as disruption to air travel linked to the conflict in ...

The Greek naval Belharra class frigates, the Kimon and Psara, arrived in the port of Limassol on Wednesday. The two vessels entered the republic’s maritime zone shortly after dawn ...

The United States has authorised the departure of non-essential government personnel and their family members from Cyprus, while urging American citizens to reconsider travel to the island, citing heightened security ...

By Khassim Diagne For many people in Cyprus today, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus – Unficyp – feels like a familiar part of the landscape. The buffer zone, the blue ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday launched an investigation into the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Ziya Ozturkler, after he was reported to the police in January over allegations that he ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday evening confirmed that the frigate Languedoc was due to arrive in Cypriot waters imminently, with the aim of acting as a deterrent after the ...

Repatriation flights for Cypriots who found themselves in the United Arab Emirates upon the outbreak of a conflict in the region are to begin on Wednesday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

Germany will assist in “preventative measures” being taken to protect Cyprus after the island was hit by an Iranian-made drone on Monday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday evening. ...

Cyprus was the likely launchpad as British fighter jets engaged and shot down drones flying in Jordanian airspace on Tuesday evening. The British defence ministry announced that F-35 fighter jets ...