Cyprus

Efforts are still ongoing to resolve the liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal dispute, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday, stressing the government has not ruled out walking out of ...

A police car chase on Wednesday at Episkopi village ended with an accident on the road in Limassol. Officers tried to pull over a rental car, with three young individuals. ...

MPs questioned on Wednesday why student dorms commissioned by the University of Cyprus (UCy) cost twice as much as those built by the Limassol archbishopric. It will also take eight ...

The Cyprus Sevens Championship is back on Saturday, with a day of fantastic rugby forecast in Limassol. We’ve got six men’s teams competing (Limassol Crusaders are fielding two ...

No Cypriots were aboard the ship which was hit with a Houthi missile attack, deputy shipping minister Marina Hadjimanolis said on Wednesday evening. The blast on the Red Sea merchant ...

Cyprus has once again lost all credibility following the US sanctions against ex-Israeli intelligence officer Tal Dilian, Akel charged on Wednesday, calling on Christodoulides to take a stand on the ...

The energy regulator (Cera) on Wednesday ruled out a price increase on electricity bills. According to a Cera board decision, “It was decided to keep in force for the year 2024 ...

Russian citizens living in the north are able to vote in the country’s Presidential elections, according to Kibris Postasi. A ballot box has been opened in the building in ...

Cyprus has been urged to cough up its €100 million financial share in the Great Sea Interconnector project in a meeting between Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and Greece’s Independent Power ...

Former Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat said on Wednesday that Turkey’s current stance on the Cyprus problem is “a complete fiasco”. Speaking to Kibris Postasi, he said Turkey “...

‘Photovolatics for All’ scheme is “not for everyone” Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday. Turkish Cypriots and those living in refugee camps filed complaints about their ineligibility to submit ...

The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) on Wednesday announced the Future Startup Founders programme launch, designed exclusively for aspiring female entrepreneurs. According to the announcement, this initiative falls under the Startup ...

Opposition political parties on Wednesday described President Nikos Christodoulides’ speech on his first year in office as underwhelming and predictable and dismissed it as an attempt to “sugarcoat the situation”. ...

Conservation work at the Ayios Sergios and Vakhos church in the village of Neta, in the Karpas peninsula, has been completed, Turkish Cypriot co-chairman of the Technical Committee on Cultural ...

The north’s transport minister Erhan Arikli branded a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ racist on Wednesday. In a Facebook post, Arikli took umbrage at opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Ceyhun Birinci having ...

Approximately 435,000 birds, including migratory and threatened species, were illegally trapped and killed last autumn according to bird welfare organisations. The latest reports on bird trapping were found by BirdLife Cyprus, ...

The government on Wednesday announced its approval of a bill which would give it the power to set the maximum price of some products, including bottled water, at airports and ...

The Great Britain-Cyprus Business Association held a conference on Tuesday evening which put the spotlight on Larnaca’s potential as a key investment destination. The event, titled “A Hidden Gem ...

The government on Wednesday decided to send financial aid to those affected by storms in Limassol and the village of Kormakitis earlier this year. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Interior ...

A three-year-old child who contracted measles is “out of danger” and in a “good condition” under treatment at the Makarios hospital in Nicosia, the hospital’s paediatric department director Avraam ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Wednesday described a planned separation of his powers set out by President Nikos Christodoulides as “legally impossible”. In a post on X, he said the Audit ...

Turkey on Wednesday issued an anti-Navtex to Cyprus’ initial navigational warning about studies being carried out in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) by Ankara’s ships. The original ...

A case involving allegations of money laundering activities against a 31-year-old Ukrainian woman who is accused of transferring millions of euros to Cyprus in recent months is expected to be ...

The state should proceed with the taxation of the windfall profits of banks and renewable energy (RES) companies to procure revenue for implementation of an integrated social policy, PEO union ...