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Nine people were arrested during overnight police operations carried out across Cyprus, as officers carried out preventive checks targeting crime and public safety, police said on Wednesday. The arrests involved ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin will return to the island before the end of the month, Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Menelaos Menelaou said on Wednesday, ...

Days before its summer production premieres, Ion by Euripides, which will travel around Cyprus and to Athen’s Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc) has presented its ...

Wednesday marked 52 years since a Greek military junta-sponsored coup d’état overthrew the Cypriot government of the day, which was led by Archbishop Makarios III. The coup was led by ...

The Larnaca district government (EOA) said on Tuesday that 90 buildings believed to be Turkish Cypriot properties are being assessed as potentially dangerous following extensive inspections. In a statement, it said ...

Chief Returning Officer, Elikkos Elias, said on Tuesday that Anastasia Anthousi’s appeal to the electoral court over a disputed parliamentary seat was “honest”, whilst assuring that any ruling by ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Tuesday that a proposal had been reached between the Public Works Department and Limassol municipality over controversial pedestrian crossings and bollards installed as part ...

A National Guard soldier is among two Greek Cypriots who will remain in custody for a further two days in the north, after a court there extended their detention over ...

Parliament on Tuesday rejected government legislation introducing a landfill tax on municipal waste, with MPs arguing that households should not bear additional costs before the necessary waste management infrastructure and ...

Turkish vice president Cevdet Yilmaz on Tuesday dismissed a recent European Parliament resolution on rape committed by Turkish soldiers during the 1974 invasion, describing it as “legally and morally unfounded” and ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades gave new reassurances on Tuesday that Cyprus faces no shortage of fuel stocks amid the continuing conflict in the Persian Gulf. Around 20 per cent of global ...

Disy MP George Pamborides exchanged criticism with figures close to former party leader Averof Neophytou on Tuesday over the timing of discussions surrounding the party’s candidate for the 2028 presidential ...

Russians accounted for 51 per cent of foreign residential property purchases in Cyprus during 2025, a report published on Tuesday by Russian business magazine Business Petersburg showed. Despite European sanctions and tighter ...

American singer Jason Derulo is expected to perform at a luxury resort in Kyrenia this Saturday. According to the resort’s social media posts as well as online ticketing platforms, ...

Reports that the Turkish Cypriot man injured in an attack in Ayia Napa had died are false, authorities in the north said on Tuesday, adding that his condition remains stable ...

Seven girls aged between 12 and 15 have alleged they were sexually abused by a 64-year-old man at a horse-riding school in Lapithos, with investigators in the north continuing inquiries as further ...

Cyprus reaffirmed its close defence partnership with France on Tuesday as National Guard personnel marched in the Bastille Day military parade in Paris. National Guard Chief Lieutenant General Emmanouel Theodorou ...

Cypriot authorities have had no involvement in an ongoing European VAT fraud investigation other than the sharing of information, it was reported on Tuesday. Citing sources in Cyprus familiar with ...

Sixteen-year-old Nikola Savic won three gold medals at the International STEM Olympiad Grand Final in Rome, raising the flag of the Republic of Cyprus on the podium after claiming top ...

Twenty three major school infrastructure projects worth over €125 million are currently underway and will be completed for the 2026 to 2027 academic year, the education ministry said on Tuesday. These projects aim ...

Coffee lovers who bring a reusable cup to participating cafés on July 18 will receive a free coffee as part of the Bring Your Own Cup Day campaign, organised by ...

The Larnaca district government (EOA) has secured over €39 million in European funding for infrastructure projects, water management, and the district’s green and digital transition, authorities said on Tuesday.  Since ...

A team of Cypriot university students behind agritech startup LIVIA has won the European Innovation of the Year award at Gen-E 2026, Europe’s largest entrepreneurship festival, after representing Cyprus in ...

The health ministry on Tuesday urged the public to take extra precautions as temperatures are set to climb above 40C, warning that extreme heat can pose serious health risks. People ...