Cyprus News

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos reiterated Cyprus’ strong solidarity with Israel during a meeting he had on Friday with the Israeli Ambassador in Nicosia Oren Anolik. Kombos said in a post ...

On a mission to embrace the new look of Nicosia’s commercial centre, Nicosia Municipality is holding a street party on Makarios Avenue this Saturday. Taking place at Spyridaki Square, ...

Construction began on a new solar farm at the Nicosia general hospital on Friday. The first phase of the solar farm project is set to be completed in January, with ...

Cyprus’ decision on whether to participate in the EuroAsia Interconnector will be made immediately once the study for the project is submitted in mid-November, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on ...

Energy experts at a conference in Cyprus said the island has massive potential for renewables and can surpass its 2030 targets if it properly manages the upcoming challenges. The key hurdles – ...

Vandalism at primary schools in Nicosia is causing serious problems, members of the house education committee said on Friday, following a visit to schools in the district. The committee members ...

Cyprus and Egypt are currently experiencing more immediate credit risks compared to other nations due to the Israel-Hamas conflict, according to a report by Germany-based ratings agency Scope Ratings. In ...

Plans to increase revenue and save costs in the state health services (Okypy) were discussed at an intergovernmental meeting on Friday. The meeting was attended by President Nikos Christodoulides, Health ...

Taking place in October for the first time in an effort to extend the island’s touristic season, the 62nd Limassol Wine Festival is currently taking place in the heart ...

The north’s ‘cabinet’ approved a bill to privatise its ports on Thursday evening. The move was published in the ‘official gazette’ on Friday morning, with tenders set to be ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Sibel Siber was remanded in custody for three days on Friday after having been arrested in the ongoing “fake prescriptions” scandal. Siber, a doctor by ...

The transport ministry on Friday released a statement banning private vehicles from accessing the road in front of the arrivals at Larnaca and Paphos airports. Specifically, at Larnaca Airport the ...

In the coming weeks, the government is poised to make its final decisions regarding new measures to combat rising prices, although a meeting at the presidential palace on Friday failed ...

Limassol General has been downgraded to a category 2 hospital, the health insurance organisation (HIO) announced on Friday, an issue which in previous days drew the ire of the state health ...

The north’s ‘cabinet’ approved a bill to privatise its ports on Thursday evening. The move was published in the ‘official gazette’ on Friday morning, with tenders set to be ...

A teacher at a Limassol high school was accused of forcibly cutting a student’s hair, it emerged on Friday. According to reports, the incident happened at the start of ...

The Animal Party expressed its “disgust and outrage” on Friday after images surfaced of kittens which had been “brutally tortured and killed” in a cemetery in Larnaca. “There can be ...

The island’s ports have been put on full alert on Friday under a plan to evacuate thousands of Israelis and foreign nationals by sea to Cyprus. Initial plans include ...

Titled Seeing Through Melancholia: Transcultural Melancholias / Hüzün in the Eastern Mediterranean, a new exhibition will take over the House of Hadjigeorkakis Kornesios this autumn. From October 25 to November 19, ...

In today’s episode, the interior minister informed the House interior committee of his plans to create a Deputy Ministry of Migration and Asylum. Elsewhere, the House plenum passed a ...

A hooded man in Limassol on Friday threatened employees with a gun and tried to set fire to a pizza restaurant. According to a police report, the incident occurred at 4.20...

By Iole Damaskinos and Tom Cleaver There are now no commercial flights between Cyprus and Israel after Cypriot airline TUS Airways became the last to suspend its services between the ...

Cyprus-based Yotam Werzansky-Orland, Esq., CEO of KWO Strategy Ltd., has earned his place among the world’s top 300 innovation and intellectual property (IP) strategists, as recognised by the prestigious annual ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit for the period of January to August 2023 reached €5.8 billion, compared to €5.2 billion during the same period in 2022, according to a report released this week by the state’...