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The foreign minister and attorney-general have had recent meetings about Greek Cypriot businessmen and lawyers active in buying property in the north, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Letymbiotis’ ...

Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos has spoken up once more about the urgent need to deal with the housing of minor asylum seekers in the city. In statements to media on ...

A man appeared in court in Kyrenia on Tuesday accused of attacking someone with scissors after the victim cursed his mother. The attacker and victim were reportedly friends and had ...

Business chief executives have expressed greater optimism about the economic prospects in 2024 than they had done for the previous year, with a many having plans to expand their workforce in ...

The man who was “too drunk to remember” stealing a lorry in the Republic and driving it through Louroujina to the north is of “full mental capacity”, it was heard ...

Over 12,000 new bone marrow donors registered themselves in Cyprus last year, the Karaiskakio Foundation announced on Tuesday. The non-profit organisation, established to create a volunteer bone marrow donor registry, said 12,439 ...

The process for the revamp of Yeroskipou’s historical centre is moving forward, as the village authority announced on Tuesday that the bidding process to award the project to a ...

Municipalities in Nicosia are to confiscate electric scooters if they are left “abandoned” in public places, it emerged on Tuesday. Following mounting complaints from the capital’s residents, a meeting ...

Iga Swiatek came through an opening test of fire in her hunt for a first Australian Open title on Tuesday before Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz wrapped up the third day’s ...

Mobile traffic cameras are now enabled to catch drivers speeding on both sides of the road, it was reported on Tuesday. In addition, court summons have been sent out to ...

A Palestinian shop owner said Israeli troops used him as a human shield to protect themselves during a raid on the town of Dura in the occupied West Bank. Mobile ...

The Meritta Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Centre announced on Tuesday it had released three turtles, which had been receiving treatment, back into the sea. The turtles, named Tontik, Jale and Omer, ...

The government will decide by the end of the month whether the Cypriot state will invest in the mooted Great Sea Interconnector project, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. ...

The modernising and upgrading of the Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) for vulnerable groups is based on three pillars tackling inefficiency, misappropriation of funds, and empowerment of applicants, Government Spokesman Konstantinos ...

Japanese shipping operator Nippon Yusen suspended sailings through the Red Sea on Tuesday after Yemen’s Houthi movement vowed to step up attacks on vessels in the region. The Iran-allied ...

Commissioner of the Environment, Antonia Theodosiou, said it was critical for businesses to align with the newly established framework of the European Green Deal. At a workshop titled “How do ...

Gunshots fired around 4am on Tuesday in the area of Geri, near Nicosia, were aimed from a distance at a specific individual, police spokesperson Christos Andreou said. The incident was ...

Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Tuesday denied reports that the Greek government had intervened to force President Nikos Christodoulides to remove former Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas from his post. Speaking ...

AS Roma named their former player Daniele De Rossi as their new manager until the end of the season, hours after parting ways with manager Jose Mourinho on Tuesday. Mourinho ...

The government is “in constant contact” with the United Kingdom regarding the use of the British bases on the island, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Asked at a ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos expressed concerns that the tensions in the Red Sea could fuel more inflation. Speaking to CNA from Brussels, where he attended sessions of the Eurozone Finance ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet the UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar on January 30, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Her appointment constitutes a “significant development” ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos on Tuesday reiterated the government’s commitment to oncological patients in Cyprus and to and further improving healthcare services. Following a visit to the Bank of ...

A Cypriot artist will be in the international spotlight this week with the inclusion of a piece of work in a prestigious annual show. SARA DOUEDARI speaks to her Possibly ...