Cyprus

Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a kiosk which was carried out in the Nicosia district village of Klirou earlier this month, with all three ...

Doctors and veterinarians in the north on Tuesday issued a joint call for “preventative and supervisory mechanisms” after a Turkish Cypriot died of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, commonly known as mad ...

A new website was launched on Tuesday with the aim of persuading Cypriots living abroad to return to the island. Its launch was announced by President Nikos Christodoulides, who said ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Tuesday said he expects the tenders review authority to reach a decision in early October regarding Greek company Aktor’s appeal against the government’s ...

Forestry department director Savvas Iezekiel on Tuesday urged caution over demands for new firebreaks to be created with the aim of defending Cyprus’ countryside from wildfires. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

The village events just keep on coming. As we dive deeper into the calendar year and autumn makes its appearance, village festivals and cultural nights will enrich the local events’ ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades has been “politically lynched” by the Greek Cypriot political establishment over reports that he had offered Turkey a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, former Turkish ...

A 38-year-old man was arrested in Larnaca in connection with a burglary which was staged in December last year, the police said on Tuesday. The burglary is said to have ...

Rain will be possible in the mountains on Tuesday afternoon, with the odd storm not ruled out. Elsewhere, the skies will be largely clear, with temperatures set to rise to ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Monday night promised that the Great Sea Interconnector project, which, if completed, will connect the energy grids of Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, will go ...

Plans were unveiled on Sunday for artificial islands to be constructed off the coast of the Karpass peninsula and the Kyrenia district. The plans were presented by Emrullah Turanli, chairman ...

European affairs deputy minister Marilena Raouna on Monday offered Cyprus’ support for “Moldova’s European path” during a visit to the country. Speaking after a meeting with the country’s ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar “personally intervened” to stem the handing out of various permits by the north’s ruling coalition, allegedly largely to his supporters and allies, after large-scale ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Monday met Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani in Doha. The foreign ministry said that during that meeting, the pair discussed “...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday penned a letter to European Parliament president Roberta Metsola expressing her “outrage and indignation” at the arrest and continued detention of five Greek Cypriots ...

Authorities on Monday moved to quash speculation that a planned fish farming port at Pentakomo has spun out of control and would threaten marine habitats or endangered species. In a ...

A 50-year-old man arrested in Nicosia on Sunday night after police discovered a pistol in his car and a bullet at a kiosk which he had visited shortly prior to ...

Christos Christaki, the 19-year-old who died on Saturday night after being run over in a car park in Larnaca earlier in the week, died of a traumatic brain injury, an ...

Large quantities of cigarettes and tobacco products on which tax had not been paid were discovered in three separate incidents at the Ayios Dometios checkpoint and in Famagusta, police said ...

Design flaws and structural issues, including relating to unsafe materials, could force a rethink of the LNG import terminal at Vasiliko, taking the project back to square one or even ...

The Larnaca municipality on Monday appealed to farmers to keep livestock areas in the areas of Livadia and Oroklini clean. “Within the framework of improving the sanitary conditions of the ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Monday reiterated his support for the construction of the Denia-Astromeritis road after meeting community leaders from Morphou, Solea and Marathasa. “There is a common desire ...

A new digital culture platform Let’s Culture, which will give an overview of cultural events and activities taking place on the island, was presented by Deputy Minister of Culture ...

The United States navy’s guided missile destroyer the USS Mitscher arrived in Cyprus on Monday, the American embassy in Nicosia announced. The ship is one of the US’ fleet ...