Cyprus News

The energy regulator (Cera) said on Tuesday it is “under pressure” to consent to Cypriot consumers paying a fee from now for the Great Sea Interconnector, the mooted subsea electricity ...

The presidential palace coughed up almost €60,000 on catering and restaurants in 2023, according to a report published on Tuesday. Details of the state expenditure were reported in Philenews though it did ...

The government will invite two tenders in a bid to complete the LNG project, one for remaining construction work on the jetty at the land-based facilities at Vasiliko, the other ...

A plan called Nafkratis has been updated for migratory flows in case Cyprus needs to become a safe junction for evacuees due to an explosive situation in Lebanon and the ...

Abandoned and unwanted items were removed from the beach on Tuesday near Larnaca nautical club by the municipality and the town’s district administration. The municipality provided an excavator and ...

Nicosia can count on Belgrade’s full support when it comes to Cyprus’ national issues, Serbia’s top diplomat assured his Cypriot counterpart on Tuesday. Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Duric ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday met Cypriot diplomats at the Presidential palace in Nicosia, expressing the hope he would soon have something to share about the Cyprus problem. At the ...

Video footage emerged on Tuesday of a man stealing a set of traffic lights from an intersection in Kyrenia. The footage was captured by a CCTV camera located at the ...

Cypriot swimmer Nikolas Antoniou was knocked out of the Olympic Games on Tuesday despite winning his men’s 100-metre freestyle heat at La Defense Arena in Paris. Antoniou’s winning ...

Ten days ago model with a Cypriot heritage Sophia Hadjipanteli captivated the crowd at Zandra Rhodes’ book launch for ICONIC: My Life in Fashion in 50 Objects in London. Held at ...

A British woman who attempted to import cannabis into the island was on Tuesday jailed for 11 years by the Larnaca criminal court. The 22-year-old was arrested with 16kg of the ...

Police on Tuesday were investigating an incident during which hooded men climbed up traffic cameras in Limassol and spray painted their lenses. The cameras had been newly installed on Franklin ...

There are over 14,000 pending asylum-seeker applications from Syrian nationals, the UNHCR confirmed on Tuesday as the EU Commission said any efforts to return Syrians to their home country must be ...

Turkish Cypriot political leadership figures lined up behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following a spat between Erdogan and Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Erdogan had on Sunday night warned ...

Three people were arrested in Limassol on Monday night after a fight broke out in the city. The police had been called at around 11pm, with bystanders reporting a mass ...

Chairman of Cyprus’ Natural Gas Public Corporation (Defa) Antonis Patsalis has died at the age of 72, it was reported on Tuesday. News of his death was announced by the spokeswoman ...

State authorities will be hard pressed on Tuesday at an extraordinary meeting convened by the House energy committee, to discuss the Vasiliko LNG project fiasco, among other hot topics. Energy ...

The foreign ministry on Tuesday issued a reminder that it advises against all travel to Lebanon. The guidance was first issued on October 29 last year, when tensions between Israel and ...

Police on Monday arrested a fifth person in a case involving the attempt to blow up a prison officer’s car in Nicosia. A 27-year-old Nicosia resident was arrested and ...

Paphos police made two arrests on Monday for a case of illegal employment in Paphos. According to the police, around 10am officers from the aliens and immigration service went to ...

Police seized ampoules with laughing gas (nitrous oxide) and items for their use on Monday night from a kiosk in Ayia Napa. According to the police, 50 unused ampoules, five devices, ...

US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Immigration Julieta Valls Noyes is expected to visit Cyprus on Tuesday for meetings with senior government and international officials followed by ...

Police seized a large number of counterfeit goods on Monday in Famagusta. In a coordinated operation by police and customs officers, three premises were searched and 357 items of clothing products ...

The 30th session of the federation of Cypriot expatriates is meeting in Nicosia on Tuesday for a three-day conference. Participants are the world federation of Cypriot expatriates (Pomak), its youth ...