Cyprus News

From the casino in Akrotiri to the Akamas roadworks, we are just not learning the lesson I was more than a little interested to read in the press recently that ...

The Nicosia Turkish Municipality (LTB) has joined the European Coalition of Cities Against Racism (Eccar). Announcing its joining of the coalition, LTB said it “represents local governments in the United ...

Cypriot Members of the European Parliament called for more strictness towards Turkey on Tuesday, in light of the imminent approval of the EU-Turkey report. Speaking to journalists, Akel MEP Niyazi ...

Israeli technocrats arrived in Cyprus on Tuesday for talks with Cypriot officials regarding the Cyprus’ initiative to create a humanitarian corridor between the island and Gaza. The visits come hot ...

Discussions continued regarding the north’s 2024 ‘state’ budget at ‘parliament’s’ plenary session on Tuesday. The discussions form the latest episode of the north’s budget ‘marathon’, which, is set ...

A total of 102 irregular migrants were detected on three separate boats off the coast of Cape Greco on Tuesday. The first boat was spotted at 2:15pm around 10 nautical miles off ...

MPs on Tuesday warned that the Koshi waste management facility may be contaminating the water supply in the Aradippou area. The issue was brought up at the House agriculture committee, ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled as inadmissible an appeal by a Cypriot national that Cyprus authorities had violated his private and family life by ...

Is it really the Christmas period without a performance of a beloved festive fairy tale? For years, decades and centuries even, The Nutcracker has been performed worldwide in theatre halls, ...

The government on Tuesday sought to downplay the notion that it supports a clause in an EU bill currently under discussion that would allow European governments to spy on the ...

Almost two dozen suspects had charges brought against them by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) for failing to implement EU regulations and agreements on the Greek railway, where ...

A total of 943,978 people are now registered on Gesy, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Tuesday. Kanari was speaking at a high-level meeting of the World Health Organisation to mark 15 ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli insisted on Tuesday that “sabotage” was the cause of power cuts at Ercan (Tymbou) airport after six flights were cancelled on Monday due ...

Turkish Cypriot leaders have rejected Israeli allegations that the north was being used by Iran to harbour terrorists with the aim of attacking Israelis in Cyprus. Israel had said on ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday hailed an agreement reached between the government and trade unions regarding low-wage civil servants’ pay as “a positive outcome for everyone.” He added that “...

Cyprus along with seven other countries on Tuesday managed to get ‘midwifery: knowledge, skills, and practices’ registered on UNESCO’s list of intangible culture heritage, Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou ...

Gunes Onar was on Tuesday named as Ersin Tatar’s special representative, replacing the retiring Ergun Olgun. Onar previously worked as Dervis Eroglu’s director of political affairs and undersecretary ...

Cyprus and Armenia have reiterated their preparedness to confront unforeseen threats, Defence Minister Michalis Georgallas said on Tuesday following a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Suren Papikyan, on an official ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday highlighted the need for complete absorption of EU funds as he received the 2022 annual report from the Cyprus agricultural payments organisation (Capo). He stressed this ...

Barcelona, and Geneva have been added to the Cyprus Airways schedule for the summer, while recently added flights to Brussels will continue, the airline said on Tuesday. During the summer ...

In a store that reflects its perky, restless owner THEO PANAYIDES finds himself surrounded by words “Life is trying things to see if they work”. The shop is devoted to ...

The construction of a floating production unit (FPU) in Cyprus’ natural gas field Aphrodite is necessary for its development, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday during a meeting of ...

Cyprus witnessed a substantial increase in imports in the period from January to October 2023, rising by €1.23 billion when compared to the same period in 2022, according to a report released this ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Tom Cleaver Potato and grain farmers began to leave their positions in front of the Presidential palace on Tuesday evening, on the promise of a meeting ...