Cyprus

Localised snow is expected to fall in mountainous areas on Monday, with the rest of the island subjected to partial clouds and isolated rain. Temperatures are expected to remain at ...

Pro-Palestine protestors took to the streets in Cyprus for the seventh successive week on Sunday, marching through central Nicosia. The protestors gathered at Eleftheria Square before making their way onto ...

A total of 17 people who were staying in Cyprus illegally were arrested on Sunday, police said. The arrests were made in the Larnaca district. Police say procedures to repatriate all 17 ...

Christos Patsalides has announced his intention to run to be the first elected governor of the Paphos district in 2024. Patsalides served as Interior minister under President Tasos Papadopoulos and then ...

The Israel-Hamas war is a crisis but, in terms of energy, what happens is dependent on the extent and duration of the fighting. The concern is that the main combatants ...

A 16-year-old was arrested in Nicosia on Sunday, suspected of stealing a car and committing numerous traffic offences. Police received a call at around 6am from a member of the ...

Navigating the complex interplay of geopolitics and geoeconomics By Panayiotis Tilliros The world is currently witnessing a tumultuous period marked by three significant wars that have far-reaching geopolitical, geoeconomic and ...

The government has allocated €11.2 million in the 2024 state budget for the purchase and lease of firefighting aircraft, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Sunday. The money will go towards the ...

The Technopolis venue has a busy few week ahead finds ELENI PHILIPPOU With a busy time coming up as Christmas nears, Paphos venue Technopolis 20 will host several music nights and ...

Fibre optic internet cables will be installed in every single home in the north in 2024, according to ‘public works minister’ Erhan Arikli. Arikli was speaking at an event hosted by ...

People belonging to vulnerable groups should stay indoors, the Labour inspection department said on Sunday, as high concentrations of dust have been detected in Cyprus’ air. The department also urged ...

Akel members have approved four changes to the party’s structure aimed at modernising the party. With the relevant motions having been approved by a majority of the more than 1,000 ...

The UBP, the largest political party in the north, is set to hold its next party conference in September. The move was announced on Saturday by party leader and ‘prime ...

Giorgos Perdikis has told Green Party members “for God’s sake come and talk to me about it” if they have a problem with how the party is being run ...

The government attaches great importance to the promotion and strengthening of rural areas and mountain villages, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Sunday. Ioannou was speaking at the opening of ...

‘Given Akrotiri’s size, capacity and proximity to the Middle East, it’s hardly a far-fetched hypothesis’ Both Nicosia and London have denied the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) on the ...

A lifelong dedication to all things green has paid off with a healthy basil plant over 2.5 metres tall Yiannakis Ioannou, a seasoned gardener with a lifelong passion for nurturing nature’...

Demolition work began on Saturday at Kythrea’s health centre, after the building was deemed unsafe during earthquake proofing checks. Speaking at the commencement of demolition works, the north’s ‘...

A Greek Cypriot woman appeared in court in the north on Saturday, accused of robbing the Erulku supermarket in Neo Chorio. According to the Turkish Cypriot police, the woman entered ...

An 18-year-old was remanded in custody for three days on Saturday after attempting to leave Cyprus from Paphos airport with a forged identity card. The incident occurred at around 4:40pm ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci has reacted furiously after the north’s ‘labour ministry’ removed the Istanbul convention from northern Nicosia’s violence against women protocol. The Istanbul convention ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos travelled to Barcelona on Sunday to take part in the Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean. The forum’s focus will be on developments in ...

A 43-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Saturday while in possession of a kilogram of cocaine. Police found 250 grams of cocaine in his car and arrested him. Following his ...

He now wants to give something back to Cyprus Patrick Gborie counts himself one of the luckiest of refugees. And with good reason. After coming to Cyprus as an asylum ...