Cyprus

Calls for the resignation of Cyprus’ police chief and justice minister were still on the table on Monday, as the police’s widely condemned failure to deal with Friday’s ...

Sefer Bugra Altundag, the man accused of killing 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur, was sentenced to three years in military prison on Monday for “violating a military base” ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari has thrown her support behind a plan to transfer the process of sending patients abroad to the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO). Speaking after a meeting of ...

A 20-year-old British tourist reported she was ganged raped at her Ayia Napa hotel in Cyprus, it emerged on Monday. Five Israeli nationals were arrested and remanded for eight days ...

Following three-way talks at the presidential palace on Monday, President Nikos Christodoulides, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Greece’s Kyriakos Mitsotakis reaffirmed their commitment to reinforce their cooperation in energy. “...

‘These people have been gone for millennia, but their stories live on in us. In Cypriots.’ ALIX NORMAN speaks to an expert on Cyprus history and discovers what makes the ...

The British bases police said a dog rescued in Avgorou last week has been handed over to the person that discovered her. Tasos Matheou spotted the small dog trapped in ...

Police in Paphos are investigating after a dog reportedly died following being caught in an illegal trap. According to Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, the incident was reported by the 30...

A 42-year-old man suspected of being involved in an attempted murder in Xylotymbou last week was remanded for eight days by the Famagusta District Court, police said on Monday. According ...

Israeli nationals in Cyprus on Monday held a protest outside the presidential palace against the controversial judicial reform promoted by Israel’s current government. The protest happened against the backdrop ...

The Cyprus economy would collapse if it weren’t for migrant workers, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Monday as they comprise nearly a quarter of the workforce. A total ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, Israeli and Greek Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu and Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed serious concern over recent actions in the buffer zone near Pyla, underlining the need to avoid ...

A man in Paphos was fined thousands of euros for hunting in prohibited area, police said on Monday. According to police, game fund officers found the man on Sunday in ...

In today’s episode, a tripartite meeting between leaders of Cyprus, Greece, Israel will be held on Monday, to discuss regional issues of interest. President Nikos Christodoulides and his team ...

Police in Paphos on Monday announced the arrest of a 28-year-old woman for investigation into a case of burglary, theft and fraudulent payment. According to the police, on September 3, a 31...

Heightened checks and patrols over the last three days in Paphos resulted in a total of seven arrests police announced on Monday. The operations focused on the communities of Chlorakas, ...

A fire broke out shortly before midnight on Sunday in a restaurant in Paphos, which was extinguished before it could spread. According to the police, the fire was called in ...

Monday will start off mostly clear gradually becoming partly cloudy with isolated rains and storms, mainly in the mountains, the interior and the north. Temperatures will rise to 34C inland, 31...

Calls on politicians not to pander to racists for votes The attacks on migrants and their properties in Chlorakas a week ago by thugs was a direct consequence of the ...

By Efi Xanthou The ruckus over the claims concerning the qualifications of the permanent secretary of the health ministry Christina Yiannaki have immersed us over the last month. I am ...

Entrance to the Paphos village of Mandria has been given a colourful facelift By Melissa Hekkers The island’s longest mural now stands complete at the entrance of Mandria village ...

Cyprus has received a demarche from an Arabian Gulf nation, after it emerged that far-right protestors attacked a tourist from their country, the permanent secretary of the foreign affairs ministry ...

Summer is a fruitful season on the island. Not only because there are endless events to go to but also because seasonal fruit, dishes and vegetables are abundant. Here to ...

Unficyp has allowed plenty of Greek Cypriot building in buffer zone, Turkish Cypriots argue By Fahri Zihni Following the Pile (Pyla)-United Nations incident on August 18, when the building of ...