Cyprus News

A former ‘education minister’ in the north signed off on the opening of 16 universities, opposition political party CTP ‘MP’ Sami Ozuslu said on Wednesday evening. Speaking on television to Kanal ...

Police in the Famagusta district arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of stealing around 100 kilograms of copper on Wednesday night. According to Famagusta police department spokesman Steve Theodoulou, a man ...

This weekend the spotlight shines on Nicosia as it welcomes unique performances by local creatives, new festival editions, carnival fiestas and events that celebrate women. Here’s what’s happening ...

‘Stinky Thursday’s’ weather is expected to be partly cloudy, with isolated rain and even isolated storms expected mostly during the afternoon. The rain and storms are mostly forecast to ...

The Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council on Wednesday released an announcement stressing that it has intensified its efforts to combat the issue of illegal real estate brokering, resulting in 167 ...

One in four children in Cyprus has said they are victims of bullying in schools and online, a study has found according to non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope For Children on ...

Political courage to solve the Cyprus problem is in short supply, the UN’s special representative Colin Stewart said on Wednesday, in an appeal for relevant actors to take the “...

Humanitarian aid for Gaza is expected to sail from Cyprus in coming days, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear which country was ...

Efforts are still ongoing to resolve the liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal dispute, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday, stressing the government has not ruled out walking out of ...

A police car chase on Wednesday at Episkopi village ended with an accident on the road in Limassol. Officers tried to pull over a rental car, with three young individuals. ...

MPs questioned on Wednesday why student dorms commissioned by the University of Cyprus (UCy) cost twice as much as those built by the Limassol archbishopric. It will also take eight ...

The Cyprus Sevens Championship is back on Saturday, with a day of fantastic rugby forecast in Limassol. We’ve got six men’s teams competing (Limassol Crusaders are fielding two ...

No Cypriots were aboard the ship which was hit with a Houthi missile attack, deputy shipping minister Marina Hadjimanolis said on Wednesday evening. The blast on the Red Sea merchant ...

Cyprus has once again lost all credibility following the US sanctions against ex-Israeli intelligence officer Tal Dilian, Akel charged on Wednesday, calling on Christodoulides to take a stand on the ...

The energy regulator (Cera) on Wednesday ruled out a price increase on electricity bills. According to a Cera board decision, “It was decided to keep in force for the year 2024 ...

Russian citizens living in the north are able to vote in the country’s Presidential elections, according to Kibris Postasi. A ballot box has been opened in the building in ...

Cyprus has been urged to cough up its €100 million financial share in the Great Sea Interconnector project in a meeting between Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and Greece’s Independent Power ...

Former Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat said on Wednesday that Turkey’s current stance on the Cyprus problem is “a complete fiasco”. Speaking to Kibris Postasi, he said Turkey “...

‘Photovolatics for All’ scheme is “not for everyone” Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday. Turkish Cypriots and those living in refugee camps filed complaints about their ineligibility to submit ...

The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) on Wednesday announced the Future Startup Founders programme launch, designed exclusively for aspiring female entrepreneurs. According to the announcement, this initiative falls under the Startup ...

Opposition political parties on Wednesday described President Nikos Christodoulides’ speech on his first year in office as underwhelming and predictable and dismissed it as an attempt to “sugarcoat the situation”. ...

Conservation work at the Ayios Sergios and Vakhos church in the village of Neta, in the Karpas peninsula, has been completed, Turkish Cypriot co-chairman of the Technical Committee on Cultural ...

The north’s transport minister Erhan Arikli branded a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ racist on Wednesday. In a Facebook post, Arikli took umbrage at opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Ceyhun Birinci having ...

Approximately 435,000 birds, including migratory and threatened species, were illegally trapped and killed last autumn according to bird welfare organisations. The latest reports on bird trapping were found by BirdLife Cyprus, ...