Cyprus

Out of the 36 children missing since the 1974 Turkish invasion, only 20 have been identified so far, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday in his address at the naming ceremony of the ‘...

The UN secretary general’s personal envoy to Cyprus will be on the island after January 27, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Colombian diplomat Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar has already ...

Prominent Larnaca businessman Demetris Lefkaritis has died at the age of 67 it was announced on Saturday. Lefkaritis was the executive director of Petrolina Holdings. Reports suggested his death was unexpected ...

Cyprus is taking all measures to ensure national security remains intact President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, amid growing criticism and fears over the use of the British bases in ...

Students in Larnaca facing financial difficulties will be offered free supportive classes, the parents association for secondary and technical education said on Saturday. The support will be offered together with ...

Fishermen in Paphos say they are in desperate need of state support to survive, as infrastructure in Paphos is crumbling and many are leaving the profession. In an interview with ...

A solidarity event in support on Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Mustafa Hurben was set to take place on Saturday at the Ledra St crossing point in Nicosia. “By refusing to ...

A yellow weather warning was in effect until Saturday noon for rain and isolated thunderstorms. Issued by the met department, the warning was valid from 5pm on Friday until 12pm ...

More than half a million Cypriots live abroad. Thousands of expats once called this island home. Alix Norman asks why they would or wouldn’t return for good There’s ...

Two artistic events coming up in Paphos shortly are inviting the public to attend. Ex Artis Cultural Association organises the first, a public art installation. On the morning of January 20 ...

Cyprus has one of the largest proportion of refugees from Ukraine who have been granted temporary protection status since the Russian invasion, with 20.7 people per thousand population, according to data ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos had a call with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Friday, to discuss “ongoing developments in the region” A brief post on Cyprus’ foreign ministry account ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos was in Slovenia on Friday discussing the Cyprus problem and bilateral relations with his counterpart Tanja Fajon. During a press conference, Fajon said she supports an ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou will inform the Culture and Education Committee of the EU parliament on issues faced by Greek Cypriot schools in the north in Rizokarpaso. According to an ...

The Greens on Friday called for a complete re-design of the Akamas plan, saying a reversal of the controversial road works does not go far enough in protecting the national ...

UK Cypriot Laura Maria Sone-Demetrious, 28, was killed earlier in the week, when she was hit by a car while walking her dogs it emerged on Friday, after the family launched ...

The Cyprus bar association is investigating some of its members and a company associated with them, believed to be involved in buying and selling of property in the north, it ...

The system for registering ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) at the Registrar of Companies, will allow companies to post this information without paying the fines imposed on January 1 for failing to ...

The north’s minimum wage was raised to a net figure of 24,000TL on Friday, following a unanimous decision of its minimum wage determination commission. The new minimum wage is ...

The newly-appointed Commissioner for the Environment, Antonia Theodosiou, acknowledged the importance of the Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) and its significance to the tourism industry. Addressing the 16th Annual General ...

The state and the private sector are joining forces to try and bridge the gaps in the jobs market in the IT sector with a targeted programme to attract and ...

Cyprus’ innovation ecosystem boasts over 400 startups and innovative businesses, more than 2500 researchers, and over 4000 entrepreneurs, said Demetris Skourides, the chief scientist of the Research and Innovation Foundation. “These numbers demonstrate ...

The interior ministry’s proposal for a radical revision of the urban planning and building permit process, specifically for low-risk developments such as residences and small apartment buildings, has garnered ...

The north “must limit and stop” its handing out of ‘citizenships’, ‘MP’ and university owner Serhat Akpinar told the Cyprus Mail. Akpinar, a senior member of ruling coalition party the ...