Cyprus News

The Turkish parliament on Thursday night passed a resolution supporting a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem. The resolution, introduced by Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus, stated that “the only and ...

Milan Trajkovic, the Cypriot champion of sprint hurdles, will add a third Olympics to his resume at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Games this summer. The 32-year-old will also carry the ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) voiced its concern on Friday over the agreement reached between the finance ministry and public sector unions for a general wage increase ...

Punishing doctors for performing C-sections would be pushing them into dangerous waters, as the implementation of proposed penalties would possibly discourage obstetricians from advising caesareans even if they were the ...

A man is in custody after punching a 45-year-old woman at a hotel pool in Ayia Napa, according to a report from local police. At around 5.00pm on Thursday, the ...

Greek opposition political party Syriza leader Stefanos Kasselakis on Friday promised “initiatives in the European parliament” with regard to the Cyprus problem. Speaking after a meeting with Cypriot president Nikos ...

A 42-year-old man was arrested on Friday for an incident that took place in November 2023, according to police reports. The suspect had been a wanted person for over eight months ...

An autopsy on Saturday is expected to shed light on the exact cause of death of 36-year-old Romans Cvetkovs from Latvia, who was killed in an accident in Ayia Napa ...

Police in Limassol on Thursday night arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of having stolen a total of 110 electric scooters. They had visited a house in the city which is ...

Nicosia district court on Friday rejected former Volunteer Commissioner Yiannakis Yiannakis’ request to suspend his trial. Yiannakis’ defence argued that his right to a fair trial and presumption of innocence ...

A global tech outage disrupted operations in multiple industries in Cyprus and abroad on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off-air and everything from banking to healthcare hit by ...

Police on Friday said their intervention ensured the swift and safe transportation of an unconscious patient to the Limassol general hospital. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when an officer ...

Police in Paphos are investigating the death of a six-year-old girl. The girl was living with her parents, who are asylum seekers from Nigeria, and had according to Paphos police’...

Police in Paphos on Thursday evening seized a total of seven computers which they believe had been converted into illegal gambling machines. Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou ...

Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Thursday night met with representatives from the Paphos chamber of commerce and industry (Evep) to discuss the under-construction road between Paphos and Polis Chrysochous, ...

Turkish opposition political party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel on Thursday evening said the north is not a “baby homeland”, but in fact a “sister country”. Ozel was speaking at late ...

The met office on Friday issued a yellow weather warning for extreme high temperatures. The warning will be in effect between 11am and 4pm, with temperatures set to rise to ...

Temperatures on Friday are set to reach a whopping 42 degrees Celsius inland, making the day a veritable scorcher. Temperatures on the coasts will be slightly lower, rising only to 34 degrees ...

There are “no plastics worse than others” when it comes to cleaning beaches, especially after parties or weddings when – in the name of creating a celebratory atmosphere – poppers propel thousands ...

The government on Thursday signed an agreement granting all workers in the central government and the broader public sector a 1.5 per cent rise on their base salary – the first such ...

The independent investigation into the circumstances behind the murder of Thanasis Nicolaou will plough ahead despite the certiorari (a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a case ...

The Embassy of Palestine in Cyprus denounced on Thursday the Israeli parliament’s rejection of a Palestinian state, calling the move a rebuff to the international community. “The insistence of ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday announced they had found and seized a total of 75 kilograms of lamb meat which had been smuggled to the north from the Republic. The ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday instructed his government to explore the possibility of offering financial and psychological support to the children of missing persons. The decision came as he met ...