Cyprus News

The head of the consumers’ association on Monday predicted that fuel prices will continue to rise significantly, squeezing the average householder, while others also expressed concerns over the effects of ...

The Cyprus problem “is still solvable”, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp)’s head Colin Stewart said on Monday. Speaking at an event at the Ledra Palace hotel ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday implored his European Union counterparts to re-evaluate the status of parts of Syria and consider parts of the war-torn country as “safe”. Speaking at ...

Police on Monday announced the arrest of a 30-year-old man in connection with an attempted murder which had taken place in March last year. The man was arrested after having ...

The north’s ‘government’ on Monday night ordered a 60-day suspension of strike activity at Ercan (Tymbou) airport after air traffic control staff had walked out earlier in the evening. ...

Authorities in Cyprus risk losing out on EU funds unless they quickly come to a final arrangement concerning the purchase and installation of smart meters, the boss at the Electricity ...

Get ready for a night of electrifying performances as three of Cyprus’ top bands come together for one music-filled evening, part of the LeFUNKosia event. Taking over a downtown Nicosia ...

The Greek Cypriot arrested in the north for sexually assaulting a male hitchhiker appeared in court in the north for the second time on Monday. The man, aged 69, reportedly sexually ...

Over 70 per cent of people in the north are overweight or obese, the north’s ‘health minister’ Hakan Dincyurek said on Monday. Speaking on the occasion of World Obesity Day, ...

Former financial ombudsman Pavlos Ioannou will run as MEP on the Elam ticket, the far-right party announced on Monday. Ioannou will be classed as candidate “according to merit” and has ...

Organised crime has grown to a ‘worrying’ scale, and all elements of society must come together to contain it, speakers said at a workshop held on Monday. The remarks came ...

The foreign ministry has not allayed concerns that Cyprus is at risk for a terror attack over the use of the British Bases, Diko MP Christos Orphanides charged on Monday. ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Monday decried the United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 on the anniversary of its passage. The resolution, which passed through the Security Council on March 4, 1964, ...

Cyprus’ anti-money laundering unit (Mokas) may be roped in to investigate the case of the Ukrainian woman who was remanded after reporting a €420,000 robbery. Police now fear there may be ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Monday released a report revealing a decline in deposit interest rates in January 2024, alongside a mixed picture in interest rates for key loan ...

Cypriot diplomat Andrestinos Papadopoulos died on Sunday at the age of 88, following a battle with cancer. Papadopoulos was born in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 1936, and went on to ...

The significant role of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) in efforts to “restore peace, stability, and international legality in Cyprus,” was hailed on Monday by President Nikos ...

Two of the suspects accused of being a part of a mass brawl which took place on Zahra street in Nicosia’s old town in the north “were handing out ...

The European Commission will support Cyprus’ initiative to implement a maritime humanitarian corridor, its president Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. Her post on X came after a call ...

A team from Shriners Children’s are in Cyprus to perform surgical procedures and examine children with orthopedic diseases. Shriners Children’s, operated by Shriners International in Florida is a ...

The Green party has included a Turkish Cypriot, Oz Karahan, on its ballot for June’s European elections. They have become only the second political party represented in parliament to ...

Dr Pavlos Antoniou was handed a four-month prison sentence by Nicosia district court on Monday after he was found guilty of assaulting a patient. Antoniou is a gastroenterologist and showed “...

‘Soon, it will be too late for us.’ Calling across the miles to Limassol and Larnaca, London and Melbourne, one young creator is attempting to preserve what remains of the ...

There are plenty of other worlds to imagine a life in on the small and silver screen finds CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Dune 2 premiered this week to universal acclaim. Dennis Villeneuve’s ...