Cyprus News

In today’s episode, the European Council reaffirmed its commitment to a bizonal bicommunal federal solution to the Cyprus problem. Meanwhile, the House interior committee called on the government to “...

The closing ceremony of the 22nd Cyprus Film Days International Festival caps a week filled with cinema, creative exchanges and strong emotions. The ceremony will take place on Saturday at ...

The European Union should “stop being a slave to the Greek Cypriot side”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Thursday evening. Tatar was reacting to the outcome of this ...

Five people, aged between 19 and 28, were charged in writing of working illegally in Paphos, the town’s police assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said on Friday. In addition, the man ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Friday in connection with a bomb explosion in Paralimni last month. The bomb had been placed outside a nightclub in Pernera ...

Increased levels of dust are expected to remain in the atmosphere through Friday, while temperatures are to remain warm. The mercury will rise to 26 degrees Celsius inland, 23 degrees Celsius on ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos welcomed the release of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Fiscal Monitor, which expects that Cyprus’ public debt ratio will decline to the Maastricht Treaty limit (60 ...

Cyprus is “remaining consistent in its long-standing positions” on the matter of Kosovo, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Thursday. He was speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) ...

Cyprus served as a transit for US missiles delivered to Israel as the country prepared its defences for the coming Iranian barrage last weekend, Israeli media reported on Thursday evening. ...

A lactation room for women has just been opened in the parliament building, House President Annita Demetriou announced on Thursday. Catering to female staff and visitors to the premises, the ...

Cyprus on Thursday categorically denied allegations of pushing back and threatening migrants during an operation off the coast of Lebanon, where five boats were returned. Asked by the Cyprus Mail ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday evening observed a minute’s silence for the victims of the Armenian genocide, with the body pledging to “fight for a world where peace ...

The Audit Office went after stipends given to diplomats for living abroad and President Nikos Christodoulides, who was receiving these funds for three months while being stationed in Cyprus, in ...

The head of the national guard on Thursday took exception to the auditor-general revealing potentially sensitive information about the military, such as weapons storage depots and the state of munitions. ...

The House interior committee on Thursday called on the government to “urgently effectively manage the migration issue.” Upon the publication of a report into the matter, the committee added that ...

A total of 10 bicommunal business ventures were crowned winners of this year’s Stelios Foundation Bicommunal Business Awards on Wednesday night. The businesses, all of which are fronted by one ...

Lawyers representing the Osiou Avakoum monks called on Thursday for an end to the investigations and procedures conducted by the archdiocese, citing alleged prior sentencing of the monks for purported ...

The mothers of two Cypriot children who were killed in last year’s earthquakes in Turkey met with Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc on Wednesday. Rusen Yucesoylu Karakaya and Pervin ...

Local government reform is “on the right track”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. Most of the teething problems faced during the transition to Cyprus’ new system of local ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Elias Hazou Health Minister Michael Damianos on Thursday praised his ministry’s accomplishments during the first year of President Nikos Christodoulides’ tenure, stressing “the significant strides ...

Cyprus has seen “one of the largest increases” in its share of renewable energy sources of any European Union member state, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday. He was ...

Cyprus Police Association chairman Kyriakos Charalambous resigned with immediate effect on Thursday. In his resignation letter, he cited “personal issues” and increased professional obligations as reasons for his stepping down ...

Over the past days, following the termination of the government’s reduced tax measure on petrol and diesel, the average price of fuel in Cyprus has increased by 4.5 cents per ...

By Robert Morgan A protest against racism and in support of migrant rights is being organised for Saturday at noon in Solomos Square, Nicosia. “Racial discrimination in Cyprus is becoming ...