Cyprus

The headline guest at this year’s Cyprus Comic Con is the charismatic and versatile actor Tom Wlaschiha, best known for his recent portrayals of Jaqen H’ghar in the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday he will inform his EU counterparts on the situation in the buffer zone near Pyla, where scuffles broke out between UN peacekeepers in ...

Two men have been arrested in the north after one bought a ‘TRNC’ identity card from the other, before sticking his own picture on it and using the card he ...

Sixteen people were remanded in police custody for eight days by Paphos district court on Tuesday following their involvement in the violent incidents seen in Chlorakas for the past two ...

Greek and Turkish Cypriot trade unions are to hold a joint event at the Home for Cooperation in the buffer zone in Nicosia to mark World Peace Day on Friday. ...

A total of €19,00 of damage was caused by a tornado which struck in the community of Kelia on Monday, officials said on Tuesday. Larnaca district officer Odysseas Hadjistefanou said “crews ...

The majority of the migrants registered to have been living at the infamous Ayios Nikolaos development in Chlorakas, Paphos are legally residing in the Republic of Cyprus, press spokesman for ...

A 54-year-old National Guard officer who was seriously injured doing maintenance work at the Andreas Papandreou airbase in Paphos died on Tuesday from injuries sustained during the accident earlier this ...

ELENI PHILIPPOU takes an overview of the festivals on the horizon, even though the summer is largely behind us A new month awaits, bringing with it events that celebrate local ...

The impact of technical problems in UK air traffic control systems that affected most of Europe was also felt in Cyprus, causing some flights to be cancelled and others to ...

A new bus lane will begin operating on the highway into Nicosia starting September 4, to ease traffic congestion in the capital with the creation of a park and ride in ...

With September just around the corner, a new season of cultural happenings awaits! As the new academic year begins, the local cultural scene shakes off the August snooze and prepares ...

By Andria Kades and Iole Damaskinos Every means available to the government will be used to ensure safety in Chlorakas after two days of violent clashes, President Nikos Christodoulides decided ...

National flag carrier Cyprus Airways on Monday announced a remarkable 70 per cent surge in passenger numbers in July, transporting a total of 77,656 passengers, compared to 45,578 passengers during the same month ...

The government has rejected the latest proposal on developing the Aphrodite gas play as it tilts the scales in favour of the companies holding the concession while at the same ...

A new wave of protests began in Chlorakas on Monday night with groups of people chanting “get out” as part of a fresh attack against migrants living in the area. ...

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms was issued on Monday night, set to last until midnight Tuesday. Nicosia was hit with pouring rain and thundersorms storms as one resident told ...

The met office on Monday warned of further heavy rains and thunderstorms after unsettled weather hit various parts of the island earlier in the morning. Parts of Cyprus woke up ...

A social media firestorm has broken out on Monday, following attacks against migrants, their businesses, and cars in Chlorakas overnight, with the village mukhtar and a refugee NGO trading accusations ...

Applications for the government schemed aimed at revamping Nicosia’s walled city will remain open until December 2025 or until the budget runs out, the interior ministry said on Monday. The ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday he will have a new round of meetings with bank executives to see how lenders might refrain from raising interest rates again, as ...

The electricity supply of the north’s public broadcaster Bayrak and the Hala Sultan Mosque in Mia Milia were cut off on Monday, according to the north’s electricity authority (...

A decision-making meeting over Cyprus’ fires will be held next month, at the behest of President Nikos Christodoulides, it emerged on Monday. According to Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos who met ...

The Trikomo district court heard on Monday how Sefer Bugra Altundag killed 16-year-old Zehie Helin Reessur in January. In the latest hearing of Altundag’s trial, Trikomo police judicial branch ...