Cyprus News

Cyprus is expected to increase subsidies to farmers by up to 25 per cent by the end of the year. This was announced as President Nikos Christodoulides received the 2025 annual report ...

Primary school teachers’ union Poed will be striking on November 26 from 7.30am till 9am to protest the proposed teacher evaluation plan, a week after unions Oelmek and Isotita are set ...

By Christina Michailidis For centuries, people have looked to the sea for healing. In 18th century Europe, doctors would prescribe sea air and saltwater baths as remedies for melancholy and ...

CARDET, a leading independent research and development organisation focused on education, innovation, information technology and social justice, and the official National Coordinator of the CONCORD network in Cyprus, is proud ...

Nestled among the rolling foothills of the Troodos Mountains, Omodos stands as one of Cyprus’s most enchanting and atmospheric mountain villages—a place where tradition, craftsmanship, and natural beauty ...

All caravans and camping setups must be removed from the Platania campsite by December 15 to allow upgrade works to proceed, the forestry department announced on Monday. The works aim to ...

The four suspects in the gunning down of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous a few metres from his Limassol home last month will remain in custody until their trial begins at ...

Students call on US to stop playing role of ‘unelected global policeman’ Events were held on Monday in Cyprus to honour the November 17, 1973, uprising against the junta in Greece, during ...

The minimum wage is set to be adjusted and “substantially improved” twice, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said before the House finance committee during its discussion of the ministry’s 2026 budget ...

A €16,500 penalty was handed down by the Limassol district court over sweeping safety failures that led to a construction worker’s death when an excavation collapsed, with additional fines imposed ...

The European Union (EU) allocated €1.72 trillion to healthcare in 2023, an amount equal to 10 per cent of the bloc’s gross domestic product, according to Eurostat. Germany recorded the highest level ...

A 35-year-old woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted in April for smuggling 35kg of cannabis in her luggage at Larnaca airport, police said on Monday. The 35...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday stressed the urgent need for parliament to approve the teacher evaluation reform; a key milestone tied to €60 million in funding from the EU Recovery and ...

Trade union Isotita on Monday called on parliament to vote against the teacher evaluation plan, appealing for a “return to a consultation process for the development of a modern, pedagogically ...

Nearly two tonnes of submerged rubbish, including dozens of vehicle wheels, were removed from the seabed of Kato Paphos harbour on Sunday morning in a large-scale community cleanup organised by ...

There is an architectural marvel hiding in a Nicosia neighbourhood. The home of Neoptolemos Michaelides, one of Cyprus’ most acclaimed architects, is the focus of a new book, featuring critical ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman will be meeting on Thursday at 8.30am in Nicosia, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis announced on Monday. In statements on Monday, Erhurman ...

The House education committee has changed the time it will be meeting on Wednesday, following objections by parents’ associations who said a planned work stoppage by teachers over their new ...

Two people were sent to hospital in the early hours of Monday after an accident on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway. The police said that around 1am two cars crashed near the ...

The week starts off cloudy with a few isolated showers, mainly in the mountains, however skies clear from Tuesday onwards. Temperatures on Monday will reach 24C inland and along the ...

The Akamas Municipality hosted a working meeting of partners involved in the European research programmes Atlantic-Arctic Agora (A-AAGORA) and CLIMAREST, bringing together researchers, local and regional authorities, and stakeholders from ...

The National Guard General Staff has taken all necessary steps following the violation of the Republic of Cyprus’ airspace by Turkish F-16 fighter jets on Saturday, according to information provided ...

Cypriots are wonderfully passionate about the things they love, with football being a prime example, but naturally critical, they tend to rush to judgement. So walking football faces an uphill ...

The 8th Radisson Blu Larnaca International Marathon concluded on Sunday, marking another successful year for an event, organisers describe as “one of Cyprus’ most significant sporting institutions,” according to a ...