#Cyprus

The issue of whether girls should be allowed to attend public schools in the north while wearing hijabs returned to the fore on Tuesday, with Cyprus Turkish secondary education teachers’ ...

Recently introduced eIDs are being produced by a private company, formerly headed by Deputy Research Minister Nicodemos Damianou, which was awarded the contract without going through a tender process, an ...

Eight villages in all provinces of the island will transform into Christmas villages for the upcoming winter season, from November 22 to January 6, 2026, the deputy ministry of tourism announced on Tuesday. “...

A 30-year-old man was arrested in Limassol for the alleged distribution of 140 files containing videos and images of child sexual abuse, police said on Tuesday. He was arrested on Monday ...

On Tuesday, temperatures will rise up to 37 degrees Celsius inland, around 31 degrees in the coastal areas of the island and 29 degrees in the higher mountains. The weather is expected to ...

Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Hasan Tacoy on Monday urged the north’s electorate to choose incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar over his opposition-backed challenger Tufan Erhurman ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday night said he was optimistic over the government’s plans to implement sweeping tax reforms, following a meeting with political party leaders. “We can ...

Greek Cypriot chief negotiator Menelaos Menelaou warned British people considering buying holiday homes to avoid doing so in northern Cyprus. Speaking to British newspaper the Daily Express, he said, “they ...

After being closed for ten years, the forestry college on Monday reopened its doors as a higher education institution offering a diploma in forestry “The reopening of the college, after ...

Lawyers and accountants have filed a torrent of objections to the proposed tax reform which, were their suggestions to be adopted, would upend the government blueprint. They filed their comments ...

The policeman who was working in the passport control booth at the Dherynia crossing point who arrested Israeli property developer Simon Aykut when he attempted to cross from the north ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin on Monday pledged to “continue working and having hope to resume the talks” to solve the Cyprus problem. Speaking after a meeting with Turkish ...

The trial of ten people and companies, including former transport minister Marios Demetriades, in connection with the issuance of Cypriot passports to foreign nationals was adjourned for three months by ...

A total of six patients claimed medical negligence or misdiagnosis within two weeks in August, the patients’ association (Osak) said on Monday, urging people to take action. Osak and the ...

About 21,000 children up to the age of four will have their preschool fees and lunches paid by the state for the 2025–2026 school year, the finance ministry announced on Monday. The ...

Cyprus will on Monday host a conference of parliament speakers of small European states. The conference will be the 18th of its kind, with House president Annita Demetriou set to ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday told Turkish Cypriots to “not embarrass” influential late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash when the Turkish Cypriot leadership election takes place next month. ...

There will be no problems with the Paphos district’s water supply next year, “regardless of the weather conditions”, the agriculture ministry’s permanent Andreas Gregoriou said on Sunday. Speaking ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday held a telephone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and said after the call that he had “stressed the importance to deescalate tensions”. He said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said he had held a “pertinent discussion” with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, days after the country was the target of an ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou will hold separate meetings with trade unions and with employers’ associations in the coming days amid an ongoing rift over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) which led ...

Despite its small population and tight-knit community, Cyprus has long been one of Europe’s biggest offenders when it comes to rubbish pollution. In 2017, it ranked second highest in the ...

A total of 252 portacabins are to be used as classrooms when Turkish Cypriot children return to school at the end of the summer holiday on Monday, the north’s ‘education ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin asked President Nikos Christodoulides what his intentions are after the Turkish Cypriot leadership election, which is set to take place next month, according to ...