Cyprus News

The agriculture ministry on Thursday warned of fines of up to €1,000 for anyone who collects, transports or markets carobs before August 15. They said they “attach great importance to the promotion ...

A 54-year-old man from Paphos was fined €800 after being found to be in possession of tobacco products which had been smuggled into Cyprus without the requisite tax having been paid, ...

A 34-year-old man is intubated at Nicosia general hospital’s intensive care unit with heatstroke, the state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday. “Yesterday afternoon, a 34-year-old man was ...

The fake news bill submitted by the government and backed by the legal service is dangerous for democracy, Akel MP Irene Charalambides charged on Thursday as she wrote to the ...

Part of the Nicosia-Limassol motorway will be closed on Thursday night for maintenance works, police said. Traffic will be diverted through the old Nicosia-Limassol Road. Roads in Limassol will also ...

Cyprus is “interested” in the role of a European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, President Nikos Christodoulides said. According to a report published on news website Politico on Thursday, Christodoulides said ...

A 25-year-old motorcyclist injured in an accident a day ago, has died, police said on Thursday. The motorcyclist had been involved in a crash on Wednesday in Paphos, when a ...

In the heart of every home lies the living room – a space where comfort meets style, and memories are made. Whether you’re curling up with a good book, entertaining ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that “it is time to reunite the last divided EU member state” during a reception at the presidential palace for the American Hellenic Educational ...

Firefighters were called to the village of Arsos in the Limassol district late Wednesday night to tackle a large fire that broke out shortly before 1am. According to Fire Service ...

A 54-year-old man from the Philippines, a crew member of the Singapore-flagged cargo ship ‘Maersk Calabar’, was airlifted to the Paphos general hospital on Wednesday. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (...

The met office has issued a yellow warning for heavy thunderstorms and hail for Thursday, valid from 12:00 until 18:00. According to the met office, isolated heavy thunderstorms are expected to affect ...

Years of dumping tonnes of rubbish in a waste management plant that does not have the capacity to process municipal waste from the Limassol district it was built to serve, ...

Limassol medical centre director Andreas Pantazis on Wednesday called for private ambulances to be included in Gesy. In an explosive letter written to Health Minister Michael Damianos, he said the ...

More than 1,000 people are currently incarcerated at the north’s prison, Cyprus Turkish civil servants’ trade union (Ktams) leader Guven Bengihan said on Thursday. Speaking to news website Kibris Postasi, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday announced his intention to seek re-election next year. Speaking to Turkish television channel A Haber, he said, “having achieved all I have achieved, ...

Inspiring stories are coming to Kalopanayiotis village as the second edition of Pop Up Talks, Stories That Inspire is set to take place in the first week of August. Following ...

The K-Cineplex cinema at the Mall of Cyprus closed for good on Sunday. The cinema had been open for 17 years. Announcing the closure, the Mall of Cyprus expressed its “gratitude” ...

Sigma TV chief executive officer Chrysanthos Tsouroullis briefly had his X account locked after “doxing” a well-known parody account on the platform which goes by the name “Jho Low”. “Doxing” ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to limit the number of third-country nationals accepted to each of the 21 private universities in Cyprus. The proposal was put forward by Education ...

The European Commission on Wednesday urged Cyprus to move forward in strengthening the independence of the legal service, amid calls for convictions for high-level cases of corruption. In its 2024 Rule ...

A contract worth €50 million was signed by the electricity authority (EAC) and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) on Thursday for the installation of and subsequent operation of smart meters across ...

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is set to open a branch in Cyprus, offering all the course and specialisations available at its Athens campus. The plans were confirmed ...

The hearing for a judicial review filed by former state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos at the Supreme Court began on Wednesday with accusations of conflict of interest against the state legal ...