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The Turkish Cypriot legislature voted on Thursday to change their voting system and do away with the “mixed voting”, meaning that voters will now only be able to choose candidates ...

An Elam member has been appointed to the board of directors of the youth organisation (Onek) for the first time, prompting criticism from Edon on Thursday over what it said ...

The trial of furloughed Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos resumed on Thursday, with the prosecution calling to the stand a number of witnesses acquainted with the alleged rape victim. Phedonos faces ...

A demonstration took place without incident outside the presidential palace late Thursday afternoon protesting the visit here by Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Organised by the Cyprus Peace Council and other ...

An anticipated foodie event every season, after a brief summer break Fork Food Market is back. Its next event in the Municipal Gardens of Nicosia is set for Friday, September 18, ...

People who “should not be hospitalised in psychiatric hospitals” are currently inpatients at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital, House health committee chairwoman Savia Orphanidou said on Thursday. Addressing the day’s ...

The interior ministry on Thursday provided a series of clarifications on two new schemes designed to boost affordable housing, announced earlier this week. The first scheme concerns the allocation of ...

The Supreme Court has allowed businessman Savvas Kakos to challenge the arrest warrant issued against him, finding that there was an initial case that the warrant may have been issued ...

Israeli defence companies are interested in establishing operations in Cyprus to potentially benefit from the European Union’s SAFE defence financing programme, as President Isaac Herzog held talks with President ...

Borrowers with floating-rate loans will see their repayments rise following the European Central Bank’s (ECB) latest interest rate increase, although the impact will not be immediate, the Association of ...

The state has lost more than €5 million in fees from six pleasure boat mooring areas that have remained unused since they were granted to private companies in 2018, the audit office ...

Denia village community leader Charalambos Alexandrou on Thursday said that he had asked that the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) be “more noticeable” in the area around his ...

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is putting €200,000 behind Cyprus’ young entrepreneurs for a fourth year, with three cash prizes on offer to business founders under 34 as the 2026 Stelios Awards return. The Stelios ...

Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation’s Southeast Asia head and daughter of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Wednesday, according to her resignation letter seen by Reuters, ...

Cyprus’ business competitiveness hinges on green and digital shift, says minister Cyprus’ business competitiveness increasingly depends on the green and digital transition, Commerce Minister Michael Damianos said on Thursday, noting ...

The final person who remained in hospital following the sinking of a passenger ferry off the coast of Kyrenia last week has been discharged, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel ...

The Animal Party has proposed sterilising around 60 cats living at the central prisons in an effort to control their population. The party said the state was responsible for securing the ...

Electric scooter injuries have risen sharply despite thousands of complaints over their use, with MPs calling for stronger enforcement and changes to existing rules during the House transport committee on ...

The French Football Federation is withdrawing its support for Gianni Infantino’s re-election bid as Fifa chief next year, FFF President Philippe Diallo said on Thursday, saying trust in the ...

A few days before the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we asked people on the streets of Nicosia what they remember from that day in 2001, and what it means to them all ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its three key interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, citing continued inflationary pressures from the conflict in the Middle East and warning that ...

Mid-summer, and a Cyprus wine exhibition took place in the village of Pissouri. This was the sixth wine exhibition organised by the village and was held under the auspices of ...

Algeria said on Thursday it had decided to sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates after what it described as a series of “provocative or hostile” actions by Abu ...

A fire at a school in Congo’s rebel-controlled city of Bukavu has killed at least 17 people, including some children, local and medical sources said on Thursday. A witness at ...