#Cyprus

The Cypriot government has strongly condemned the ongoing detention of five Greek Cypriots by the Turkish Cypriot authorities in the north of the island. In a written statement, the director ...

An 87-year-old woman was killed in a road accident in Lakatamia on Saturday morning. The incident happened around 8am on Plato street. Police said the victim, Ifiigenia Krassia, was crossing ...

Relatives and friends gathered on Friday morning to say a final farewell to Demetris and Maro Filippides, aged 81 and 77, who died trying to escape the wildfire that swept through the ...

Russia’s foreign ministry has named Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and House Speaker Annita Demetriou in a new online list highlighting what it describes as hostile language from Western officials. ...

Dr Pantinos Mavrogenis, member of the Gynaecological Society of Cyprus, has openly criticised the health insurance organisation (HIO) over its proposed system of financial penalties for doctors performing high rates ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on suspicion of espionage in the north last month in the early hours of Saturday morning learned that they will remain in custody ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on suspicion of espionage in the north last month spent more than ten hours in a military court in northern Nicosia on Friday. ...

The United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) is providing humanitarian assistance to the five Greek Cypriots who remain in custody after having been arrested in the north on suspicion ...

Cyprus Turkish bar association head Hasan Esendagli on Friday said the arrest of five Greek Cypriots in the north on suspicion of espionage is “not something we, as legal professionals, ...

Relief measures for communities affected by the recent wildfires are in full swing, commissioner for the development of mountain communities Charalambos Christofinas said on Friday. Christofinas was tasked by President ...

A total of 35,000 of the more than 80,000 vehicles which were recalled in February following a decree issued by Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades due to the fact they had been fitted ...

A Turkish Cypriot civil servant who works at the north’s land registry office has been arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting the five Greek Cypriots who remain in ...

The potential payment of €25 million by the Cypriot government to help finance the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector is “a matter between the governments” of Cyprus and Greece, Energy ...

Official reports assessing the response to the devastating July wildfire in the Limassol mountain region drawn up by the agencies involved have been submitted to the relevant ministers and are ...

Donations for the support of wildfire victims in Cyprus have reached approximately €1.2 million, according to accountant-general Andreas Antoniades, who spoke to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Tuesday. The funds, ...

Thousands, of people held a demonstration in Limassol on Thursday evening, demanding accountability and protesting the government’s perceived inaction during last week’s deadly fires that swept through mountainous ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, who served in the post between 2015 and 2020, described the arrest of five Greek Cypriots in the north on suspicion of espionage it as a “...

Despite a law having just come into force, allowing state officials to waive receiving a pension while still in active service, it turns out this has no practical application, media ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday hailed Cyprus’ “excellent” relationship with France, saying, “whenever there is a crisis, whenever there is an opportunity, our two countries stand together”. “Our two ...

A “person who is known to the authorities” survived an attempted murder in the Larnaca district on Thursday. The crime was committed at around 11.30am near the Dromolaxia industrial area, ...

Private criminal prosecutions against the seven people held responsible for the death of conscript Thanasis Nicolaou, who was killed in 2005, are to be filed within the next two weeks, the ...

A Cyprus-based shipping company by the name of “GMCG Ltd” was designated as “blocked property” by the United States’ government as part of the country’s latest round of sanctions ...

Cyprus Public Transport expressed its fury on Thursday over workers in Larnaca’s decision to go on strike on Wednesday evening. A total of 120 Larnaca-based Cyprus Public Transport employees, including ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested over alleged spying in the north on July 19 are set to appear before Trikomo court on Thursday as their trial proceedings resume. Their ...