Cyprus News

Parents’ names will return to Cyprus’ new biometric identity cards, while members of the public will also be given the option of obtaining a version omitting them. The interior ministry ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is preparing the cabinet reshuffle, with changes expected to include both internal transfers and the appointment of new figures from the centre right, according to information emerging ...

A total of five hectares of dry grass, wild vegetation, waste materials and large piles of rubbish were burned in the fire that broke out in Arsos on Thursday. Community ...

The justice ministry confirmed on Friday A prison guard employed on an indefinite contract has been dismissed for dereliction of duty, after an investigation found repeated failures to comply. The ...

The forestry department warned that the risk of forest fires will reach Red Alert level tomorrow, urging the public to exercise extreme caution to prevent fires. The department appealed to ...

The European Commission’s Cyprus envoy Raffaele Fitto on Friday said he is “here, above all, to listen” as he concluded his first visit to the island since being appointed ...

The Cypriot government “will have had a say” in the sale of the BG Group’s Cyprus unit from British multinational corporation Royal Dutch Shell to Hungarian oil and gas ...

Irregular arrivals to Cyprus fell by 92 per cent and new asylum applications dropped by 93 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2022, Deputy Migration Minister ...

Questions over the handling of the Videogate investigation intensified on Friday after independent criminal investigator Andreas Paschalides admitted he “may have made a mistake in the wording” of statements issued ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Friday sharply criticised President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with newly appointed EU envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto. Referring to what he described ...

Cyprus could lose up to half of its conventional electricity generation capacity by 2030 unless critical energy projects are completed, officials and industry representatives warned the House energy committee on Friday. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday stressed the need for the implementation of confidence building measures, both between the island’s two sides, and between the Turkish Cypriot community ...

It is hard to believe that Sense by the Sea has just celebrated its first anniversary, as it seems like it was only just built. There was much discussion as ...

Four workers were injured after a road construction machine overturned during roadworks in the village of Marathounta, Paphos, on Friday morning. Police said the accident happened at around 10.30am while ...

A 20-year-old man was remanded in custody for four days by the Limassol district court on Friday in connection with the alleged stabbing of a 19-year-old man. Police said the ...

London’s metropolitan police on Friday announced the arrest of a 44-year-old man who was arrested in Cyprus last year, accused of having spied on both the British Royal Air ...

Turkey’s ruling AK Party’s spokesman Omer Celik has said discussions on the Cyprus problem must take place “on the basis of diplomacy and the United Nations’ parameters”, as ...

Energy company Shell said on Friday it had ‌agreed to sell its BG Cyprus unit to Hungarian oil and gas firm MOL Group for up to $720 million, as the British ...

The Senior Judge of the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) court on Friday reserved his decision on a bail application by the father accused over the deaths of his two young ...

The election billboard near Larnaca airport promoting Israeli prime ministerial candidate and former IDF chief-of-staff Gadi Eisenkot has been vandalised with paint in the colours of the Palestinian flag. News ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday that the coming period would be “particularly critical” for the Cyprus issue, with intensive consultations aimed at securing a broader conference convened by the ...

The defence minister and the National Guard chief on Friday both apologised to residents of the area surrounding the Kalo Chorio firing range near Limassol over Monday’s fire sparked ...

A 67-year-old man was arrested in connection with a suspected fraud involving gaining €9,800 through false representations in Paphos, police said on Friday. The case relates to an incident in January 2024, ...

A 34-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Thursday night after he was caught driving at 177km/h on a road where the speed limit is 80km/h. Police stopped ...