#Cyprus

Cyprus has recorded the highest ratio of departures to arrivals among EU member states in 2024, with a rate of 179 per cent. A total of 10,941 people left the country in the ...

The Greek defence minister met with his counterpart in Cyprus to discuss bilateral cooperation and upgrading the Republic’s defence infrastructures on Wednesday. The meeting came in the wake of ...

Car dealerships in Cyprus are set to collect millions by charging administrative costs or free airbag replacements in affected cars. Toyota’s dealership, which has the largest number of cars ...

The government on Wednesday approved a bill to itself the power to ban away fans from football matches “in exceptional cases”. Speaking after the day’s cabinet meeting, Justice Minister ...

The road transport department (TOM) and a car importer could face legal action if the attorney-general’s office determines they bear criminal liability for the death of 24-year-old Kyriakos Oxinos, ...

Cyprus lost 167,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy in 2024 due to a lack of storage facilities, outraged MPs were told on Tuesday, as households continue to face soaring electricity bills. MPs ...

The threats made to President Nikos Christodoulides over social media may have originated from somewhere in the north, reports said on Tuesday. Daily Phileleftheros said the threats were made via ...

More than 1,500 cancer-related deaths and 4,000 new cases of the disease are reported in Cyprus every year, the Pancyprian Association of Nurses said on Tuesday, World Cancer Day. In Cyprus, around ...

The road transport department on Tuesday apologised after sending text messages to the families of people who had died in traffic accidents, informing them that their cars are subject to ...

Exploration activities in three offshore blocks inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) have come to an end after the licenses expired without renewal, the government said on Tuesday. Licenses to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said he is “absolutely satisfied” with the European Council’s resolution the previous day to spend more on defence. At Monday’s European Council retreat ...

By Michele Kambas Researchers in Cyprus have discovered a hidden portrait that lay undetected for centuries beneath a 1570 oil painting by Renaissance master Titian, a rendering of which is now ...

The pursuit of a solution to the Cyprus problem is not high in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s order of priorities, former UK special representative for Cyprus Lord David ...

Nicosia criminal court on Monday agreed to hear by videoconference the testimony of a key prosecution witness in the ongoing trial relating to Cyprus’ now-defunct citizenship-by-investment programme. In the case ...

Two men were on Monday handed prison sentences of 45,376 and a half years each in Turkey for operating a ponzi scheme which funnelled part of its earnings through northern Cyprus. ...

Anti-fascist movement Antifa and far-right political party Elam are to stage simultaneous protests in Limassol on Friday. Antifa announced that their gathering would begin at 7pm on the Molos coastal ...

The Cyprus Architects Association on Monday slammed the recent demolition of an iconic Nicosia 1930s home, calling for an improved mechanism to evaluate and list historic buildings, including modernist ones. ...

A planned crossing point linking the Nicosia district village of Lympia and the adjacent Turkish Cypriot village of Louroujina could be opened as quickly as 10 days after being given the ...

Nurses union Pasyno on Monday added its voice to condemnations of an attack against medical staff at Polis Chrysochous hospital over the weekend, calling on the state to protect health ...

The architectural landmark home knocked down last week was not a listed building, the Nicosia district administration (EOA) said on Sunday. It added that Nicosia municipality had drawn up a ...

Two dogs were rescued from a 20 metre pit in the Larnaca village of Anafotias, the fire department said on Sunday. Fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on X that the ...

By Kerry Abbott The UN counts on a rules-based order, bereft of most means of enforcement. In Cyprus there are good offices, a peacekeeping force and numerous peace efforts by ...

Desalination plants will work on a continuous basis to help relieve the pressure on the island’s dams and provide farmers with water, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Sunday ...

The reservoir has been emptied, and the farmers are worried. Following last week’s draining after a leak at the Mavrokolympos reservoir, which served as the main water supply for ...