Cyprus News

The House on Thursday passed an amendment to a law that significantly reduces the fines imposed on corporate entities for not declaring their ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) on time. Under ...

Cyprus has received a total of €126 million net in funds from the EU for 2023 and is set to gain much more by 2027, Cypriot member of the European Court of Auditors (...

The police force on Thursday received a gift in the form a surveillance drone which it said it would put to use immediately. Equipped with state-of-the-art thermal cameras, the drone ...

ExxonMobil will drill a well offshore Cyprus in January in its pursuit of natural gas, a senior executive said on Thursday at an energy and geopolitics event in Nicosia. “We’...

Road transport department director Andreas Nikiforou on Thursday told the House transport committee about the crimes committed by children on school buses. One child, he said, had brought a plastic ...

The rectors of Cyprus’ two public universities, the University of Cyprus’ Tasos Christofides and the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak)’s Panayiotis Zaphiris, on Thursday called for the “immediate passage ...

The government is “ready” to cooperate with parliament to find a solution to the issue of cars with faulty airbags remaining on Cyprus’ roads, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on ...

“There is no diversity of voices” in the north’s media, opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Sami Ozuslu said on Wednesday night. He was speaking at the north’s ‘parliamentary’ finance ...

State health services Okypy will be submitting a new proposal by Monday regarding the millions of euros in incentives state hospital doctors are demanding, with doctors saying they would not ...

Negotiations to end the labour crisis in the cement works have reached a deadlock, with aftershocks to be felt across the economy, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thurdsay. Trade ...

President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Nadia Calvino will visit Nicosia on Friday to inaugurate the EIB’s new office in Cyprus, according to an official announcement. Calvino’s ...

Cyprus’ nature, cultural heritage and local hospitality can be explored during a one- or two-day weekend trip to Tillyria organised by Nicosia’s tourism board on November 30 and December 1. November 30 ...

Eleven members of Dromolaxia-Meneou’s municipal council have called for mayor Kypros Andronikou to reevaluate his stance after an incident on November 18, when a verbal confrontation erupted between the mayor ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou was travelling to Baku on Thursday to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). Her visit follows that of President Nikos Christodoulides’, who took ...

The presidential palace will be lit up in purple on Thursday to mark national pancreatic cancer day. The lighting of the palace will take place at 4.00pm as part of ...

The EU is becoming irrelevant in talks regarding regional crises, namely the Middle East and Ukraine, and should set up a more substantive communication with the US, while Cyprus has ...

A lucky dog was rescued from a 20-metre ravine on Wednesday in Paphos by the fire service. The fire service spokesperson Andreas Kettis said on X, ‘the Paphos fire department ...

A child in Cyprus was identified by the Greek police as the person who had sent threatening emails on New Year’s Day regarding bombs at Greek airports, according to ...

Cyprus, the Jewel of the Mediterranean, gets millions of visitors every year with its beaches, landmarks and villages. Tourism is a big part of the island’s economy so we ...

The tax department on Thursday reportedly threatened to take legal action against football clubs if they do not comply with their current obligations as defined by the tax debt repayment ...

A 48-year-old cleaning lady was remanded for four days on Thursday over the theft of €6,000 from a home in Paphos. According to Paphos police deputy chief Michalis Nicolaou, there was ...

The fire department hauled a car out of a flooded road on Wednesday night, after heavy rainfall in the district.In a separate incident in Larnaca, firefighters pumped water out ...

Turkish Cypriot left-leaning political parties the CTP and the TDP traded blows on Wednesday night after the latter’s leader Zeki Celer alleged that CTP ‘MPs’ may have voted for ...

The name chosen for one of the new village clusters in the Larnaca district is too long, interior ministry permanent secretary Elikkos Elia said on Thursday. Evaluating progress regarding the ...