Cyprus News

Cyprus holidays are deeply connected to religion, history, and community life. While the island observes a full calendar of public holidays, some celebrations are far more important than others and ...

A traffic accident on Sunday lunchtime left six people in hospital. According to police, the crash happened at noon at the junction of Yiannos Kranidiotis and General Timayia avenue. Under ...

While many British citizens who are also citizens of Cyprus and other countries have expressed fears regarding the “new” requirement for them to have and produce a valid British passport ...

The touching life story of the iconic Cypriot singer Kyriakou Pelagia returns to the stage after an astonishing premiere in 2025. Blending theatre, live music and a documentary-style presentation, a unique ...

The co-founder of Accept Cyprus, Costas Gavrielides, has passed away at the age of 48, it was announced on Sunday. His sudden death was met with sadness by the LGBTQI community, ...

A Paphos family has made an urgent appeal for a stem cell donor for the youngster Lucas Adamou, who has been battling cancer for the past two years. The disease ...

Progress on the Cyprus problem depends on political will, inclusive dialogue and small but tangible steps that show cooperation is possible, UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin said on Sunday. She ...

Two men aged 21 and one aged 45 have been arrested while over 1.5kg of cannabis was seized, police said on Sunday. While police were carrying out a search of the 45-year-old’...

Those who comment on the government’s tax reform policy should “weigh all the data”, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Sunday. He said that while the views of the ...

A register of property owned in the north by British Cypriot is being compiled, the Federation of Cypriots of the United Kingdom announced on Sunday. This initiative aims to clarify ...

Police on Sunday warned about heavy traffic on the way to the mountains, adding that access to the peak on Olympos will be restricted. Because of the large number of ...

Protestors in Larnaca have called for “an end to the stagnation and mockery” around developing the town’s port and marina. They called for the immediate examination of the proposals ...

The weather is expected to be improved on Sunday compared to the previous day, but this is just giving residents a temporary respite. On Monday a new weather front will ...

Desalination, first introduced in 1997, now supplies around 70 per cent of the island’s drinking water

Women’s stories. Stories that deserve to be heard from women who carry more than one homeland. That is what is coming up at HERS Festival in Larnaca on February 5, ...

Severe reductions in water supply to agriculture will have devastating consequences for farmers and consumers alike, agricultural association president Kyriakos Kailas cautioned on Saturday. Kailas described the scale of the ...

Cypriot driver Tio Ellinas was back on track at Estoril on Thursday as the Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe continued with rounds three and four, following a podium finish at ...

A three-month-old infant admitted to Makarios children’s hospital last week with shaken baby syndrome was extubated on Saturday, according to Okypy press spokesman Charalambos Charilaou. Charilaou confirmed that the ...

Municipal authorities have begun demolishing illegal structures along the Pervolia beachfront on Saturday. The demolitions follow actions taken by the Larnaca municipality during 2024 and 2025 to remove premises operating illegally within ...

Here’s a pro tip, says Christos Soteriou. If you’re in a place with no good options – at the airport, say – and desperate for a coffee, go to Starbucks (...

Parliament has released €7 million in state funding to political parties for the upcoming elections in May, clearing a legal hurdle that had blocked the grant amid questions over alleged irregular ...

Dhekelia community council held a protest on Saturday outside the Dhekelia base police station, calling for urgent action on pending urban planning zones and the expansion of the Xylofagou quarry ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has conveyed three potential dates for meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed on Saturday. The dates in question being Monday, February 16, ...

Fallout intensified over the disappearance of 13.6 kilograms of TNT from a national guard firing range in Kalo Chorio on Friday, with Akel describing the incident as “extremely serious” and calling ...