Cyprus

The right lane of the Nicosia – Limassol highway remains temporarily closed in the Parekklisia area due to a traffic accident that occurred at 8:30pm. According to police, traffic is currently ...

The electricity authority (EAC) will proceed with the broad installation of smart meters in various parts of the island from next week with electricity supply interruptions of up to 20 minutes ...

The university of Nicosia (UNIC) will start operating a branch in Athens with courses starting in the upcoming academic year 2025-2026. The Athens branch of UNIC will offer study programs ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday met his predecessor Mustafa Akinci in what is the pair’s first public meeting since a bitterly fought Turkish Cypriot leadership election in 2020. ...

Exactly 1,127 Syrian children aged between four and 18 years old have left Cyprus so far this year within the framework of Cyprus’ voluntary repatriation scheme, according to reports on Friday. The ...

The findings of the three House committees on agriculture, environment and interior will be published in a joint report highlighting political and institutional failures in the handling of recent wildfires, ...

The police officer who was working at the crossing point booth at which the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month crossed before being arrested, appeared ...

Cypriot Cup winners Aek Larnaca will play English FA Cup winners Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in this year’s Uefa Conference League’s league stage. The league phase’s ...

A 33-year-old man has been remanded in custody for seven days in connection with a house arson case, the Nicosia district court ruled on Friday. The case concerns a fire ...

State health services organisation (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou on Friday expressed fury at the police, after deputy police chief Panicos Stavrou had written in a memorandum to parliament on Thursday ...

School supplies have been donated to Greek Cypriot and Maronite children who attend schools in the north, the Pancyprian volunteerism coordinating council said on Friday. It said the supplies had ...

Former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, who pled guilty in April to three charges related to the circulation of forged documents and the knowledge that they were forged when doing so, ...

All relevant authorities have been informed about recent earthmoving works on a plot near the sea caves in Peyia, Paphos district, environment department director Theodoulos Mesimeris said on Friday. He ...

Fire brigade chief Nikos Longinos on Friday said he insists that the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last month may have been arson. Addressing ...

Major wildfires are “the new reality”, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Friday. In her address to the day’s joint session of the House agriculture, environment, and interior committees ...

Three men aged 52, 42 and 39 were seriously injured in an explosion at a metal recycling plant in Aradippou on Friday morning, though doctors at Larnaca general hospital say their condition is ...

Demetris and Maro Philippides, the elderly couple who died in the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district last month, “ignored instructions” given to them by the police, leading to ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou spoke of “unprecedented weather conditions” which exacerbated the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last month. Addressing a joint session of ...

A beloved summer meal for many Cypriots is a juicy plate of kleftiko – not a light meal in the slightest yet certainly flavoursome for meat lovers. Every September, rural associations ...

Two men were arrested in Larnaca on Friday after police said they discovered tools which could be used to facilitate a break-in and other valuables in their car. The suspects, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar late on Thursday night issued a 1,000-word statement attacking his opposition-backed election opponent Tufan Erhurman, saying that his “political success” is zero and accusing him ...

A 57-year-old man has been arrested in Larnaca as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged financial and document fraud, the police said on Friday. The police confirmed the arrest ...

Up to 20,000 saplings will be planted in land belonging to the state, village councils, the church and other shared spaces across the areas of the Limassol district which were impacted ...

A spell of seasonal low pressure is influencing Cyprus, bringing mostly clear weather with some local cloud activity later in the day. On Friday, skies will be mainly sunny. However, ...