Cyprus News

Law Commissioner Louiza Christodoulidou Zannetou on Monday said everything written across social media and press reports over her alleged refusal of an alcotest was far from reality, though she apologized ...

Suggestion comes after damning Audit Office report on endless delays The project team for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasiliko has recommended that Cyprus halt further payments to ...

Cinephiles have something exciting to look forward to next month as award-winning Greek short films will be screened all over the island. Once again, the Drama International Short Film Festival ...

Unions representing workers at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) said on Monday their members will hold a vote at the end of the month on possible industrial action, including ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades and Deputy Welfare Minister Marilena Evangelou on Monday engaged in discussions with representatives of the federation for disabled organisations (Kysoa) to address issues concerning the transportation ...

The Greek national arrested in the north for embarking on an anti-Turkish rant apologised in court on Monday for his behaviour. The man, aged 34, was arrested on Thursday morning on ...

The law to formally hand over the operations of the north’s Gecitkale (Lefkoniko) airport to the Turkish army was unanimously approved in ‘parliament’ on Monday. The airport has been ...

Police on Monday announced eight measures aimed at tackling organised crime and football violence, including increasing the number of front-line officers, more patrols and inspections on all sports fans attending ...

Eight bodies washed ashore in southern Turkey in the past six days and most of them may be from a lost migrant ship sailing toward Cyprus from the Lebanese-Syrian coast, ...

The European Commission has given the nod to the levying of the reduced 5 per cent VAT on first homes in Cyprus, the finance minister revealed on Monday. Makis Keravnos made ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday met with the newly elected president of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) Stavros Stavrou, to discuss the challenges facing the Cypriot ...

The Court of Appeal on Monday overturned the acquittal of a man who had been accused of possessing and supplying illegal drugs, sentencing him to seven months in prison. The ...

Following the tragic discovery of a deceased homeless woman in an abandoned house in Limassol, Deputy Minister of Social Welfare and Social Insurance Marilena Evangelou said on Monday that efforts ...

The north’s statistics institute released its population projection for 2022 on Monday, claiming there are just 399,727 people living in the north. This projection is a world away from estimates made ...

Akel member Costas Costas on Monday has announced his refusal to accept reappointment to the board of directors of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC). His decision, as announced by Akel ...

‘Reports from the time suggest that audiences participated vociferously in the plots, cheering their heroes and booing the villains!’ ALIX NORMAN discovers an iconic 1950s cinema is set to reopen ...

The north’s electricity authority Kib-Tek paid the Electricity Authority of Cyprus $19 million (€17.4m) to cover the north’s energy shortfalls, Kib-Tek employees’ trade union (El-Sen) chairman Ahmet Tugcu said ...

National flag carrier Cyprus Airways has announced that it is set to double its fleet of Airbus A220 aircraft in 2024, with the introduction of two new planes. This was highlighted ...

Electricity supply at the Nicosia general hospital has been successfully restored and efforts are underway to fix all technical issues that arose on Monday morning, State Health Service (Okypy) spokesperson ...

The new e-justice platform, the “biggest and strongest column” of the justice edifice is beset with problems, President of the Cyprus Bar Association Michalis Vorkas said on Monday. “Things cannot ...

Authorities on Monday were investigating after they received news about gunshots in the Pallouriotissa area of Nicosia. According to reports, at around 10pm on Sunday a group of ten people ...

An investigation has been launched into the circumstances under which arrested Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat managed to obtain a Republic of Cyprus passport while a warrant was out for ...

The construction of a roundabout in Larnaca’s Dromolaxia-Menou municipality is facing delays as some landowners have not given their consent for their land to be used for the project, ...

Water levels of in the vast majority of the islands’ dams are well below half of their capacity, it emerged on Monday. Low rainfall last year coupled with a prolonged ...