Cyprus News

A court in Cyprus on Wednesday ruled that Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz should be extradited to Romania, acting on an outstanding warrant issued by that country over a land ...

Unal Ustel, the north’s ‘prime minister’, said on Tuesday evening that he knows the north’s population, but that he cannot say. “We know the population,” he said, speaking ...

Cyprus is ready to take in refugees from the Middle East due to the crisis in Israel and Gaza, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday, while adding that in ...

Switzerland and the committee of missing persons (CMP) signed an agreement for the contribution of one million Swiss francs on Wednesday an announcement said. According to the announcement, the 1 million ...

Turkish Cypriot journalist and editor Sener Levent was acquitted in northern Nicosia on Wednesday of “insulting a foreign statesman” and “driving a wedge between the TRNC and Turkey”. The case ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has painted a positive picture of Cyprus’ fiscal outlook, predicting significant primary surpluses and a substantial reduction in public debt, expected to dip below the ...

Arrivals continued at both Cyprus airports and ports on Wednesday, as authorities on the island dealt with thousands of people fleeing Israel since Saturday’s Hamas attacks on the country. ...

Cyprus has experienced a 3.85 per cent reduction in ship management revenues for the first half of 2023, according to a survey on ship management conducted by the Central Bank of Cyprus (...

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday discussed the possibility of designating sexual harassment in the police force and fire brigade a disciplinary offence. The aim, they said, is to ...

The cabinet on Wednesday decided that committee will be formed under the undersecretary of the president to monitor the implementation of the recommendations in the latest report of the Council ...

The interior ministry on Wednesday announced it will be simplifying the application process for low-risk developments through changes in the legislation. The legislation will abolish the obligation to secure a ...

The Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (Cera) has adopted a draft decision on the development of Renewable Energy Source (RES) projects by the EAC, with the aim of expanding RES into ...

Reform of local governance has entered its final stages as local elections are coming up in less than a year, the interior ministry said in an announcement on Wednesday. The ...

Tensions overnight flared up once more at the unaccompanied minors’ facility in Paphos at the Tombs of the Kings area, it was reported on Wednesday. Police are investigating the latest ...

In a surprising twist on Wednesday, all charges against lawyer Andreas Pittadjis in the golden passports case were dropped at the Nicosia criminal court. He will now take on the ...

The mother of the 26-year-old National Guard soldier Thanasis Nicolaou, whose lifeless body was discovered under the Alassa bridge in Limassol in 2005, took to social media on Wednesday to express ...

A study on the impacts of tall buildings has been commissioned by the urban planning council of the interior ministry. According to a statement, the study, to be carried out ...

In the driving force hoping to bring the European Capital of Culture to Limassol, THEO PANAYIDES finds a woman who loves numbers, and inviting the audience in to a performance ...

Alpha Bank Cyprus on Wednesday announced that it has undergone a reorganisation of its management structure, combined with an expansion of its executive committee, according to a company statement. The ...

Hospitals are ready to receive and care for patients or injured persons from Israel, the spokesman for the state health services (Okypy), Charalambos Charilaou, said on Wednesday. “In the event ...

When you initially hear the name O’Shin, it is only natural to think of an Irish bar but the word has a variety of meanings, with the most likely ...

Police on Wednesday are asking for information to locate an unidentified man connected with an investigated case of dispatch of goods by false representation. The offense was committed on September 24 ...

The 1st Limassol Photography Festival opens on October 20 and will run until November 12, presented by BPRArts Cultural Management. Supported by the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, the festival aspires to ...

The Cyprus postal services announced on Wednesday that postal services will be temporary suspended to Israel and Palestine, for all services except the Quickpost courier service. Further information and updates ...