#Cyprus

After years of delays, the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will begin installing smart meters this month, starting with urban areas across the country. EAC spokesperson Christina Papadopoulou outlined the ...

Cyprus will resolve all technical issues necessary to join the Schengen area by 2025, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. The political aspects of the matter have already been addressed, he ...

The Forestry Department responded to Cyfield Construction on Friday amid an ongoing dispute over the terminated contract for the Akamas road network upgrade project. In a written statement, the government ...

The dismantling of the controversial barbed wire fence which had been placed in and around Cyprus’ buffer zone near the villages of Akaki, Peristerona, and Astromeritis to kerb migrant flows ...

The Public Works Department is expediting the preparation of new tender documents for the first phase of the Paphos-Polis road, aiming to announce the tender as soon as possible, according ...

Authorities will begin legal action in three months against drivers who fail to settle fines issued by traffic cameras. There are currently some 250,000 unpaid fines issued by traffic cameras according ...

A British soldier based in Cyprus is set to run a full marathon in scuba gear to raise funds to rescue three stray cats, it emerged on Friday. Chief Instructor ...

President Nikos Christodoulides travels to Lebanon on Friday to meet with newly elected President Joseph Aoun. Christodoulides said he was the first head of state to visit Aoun, with whom ...

Police were on Thursday investigating a case of attempted murder after an incident involving shots fired in Kornos, Larnaca, resulting in the serious injury of one person. The incident happened ...

Hundreds of demonstrators on Thursday afternoon booed Israeli president Isaac Herzog and shouted “killer go home” as he departed the presidential palace in Nicosia after a meeting there with President ...

Director of Cyfield Construction, Kyriakos Chrysochos on Thursday expressed his willingness to reach a settlement to continue work on upgrades to Akamas’ road network, despite the current suspension and contract ...

Turkish Cypriots are paying more for a cup of coffee than United States congressmen, economist Mertkan Hamit said. In a social media post, he pointed out that an iced americano ...

Cyprus has dropped two positions in the latest Henley & Partners Passport Index, unveiled yesterday. The Cypriot passport is now ranked 14th globally in 2025, down from its 12th-place position in 2024. ...

The United States navy’s replenishment tanker ship the USS Laramie arrived in Limassol on Thursday, the country’s ambassador in Nicosia Julie Davis Fisher said. She said the ship ...

Haris Loizides, deputy president of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA), has backed those football clubs facing criminal charges over millions of euros in unpaid taxes and social insurance contributions. Speaking ...

The “pay as you throw” scheme, wherein people are forced to pay for special issue rubbish bags to have their rubbish collected, will cost each consumer between €150 and €250 per year, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said Cyprus’ trilateral cooperation with Egypt and Greece has as one of its main objectives “the promotion of peace and stability in the region”. Speaking ...

The forestry college, which is to take in its first higher diploma student cohort in September, will offer a certificate in forestry, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou, told the House environment ...

The House education committee on Wednesday discussed extending all-day schools and changing opening hours to reduce traffic congestion. It also called for the evaluation of analytical school programmes to promote ...

The north’s ruling coalition partners “have not met in 20 days”, ‘deputy prime minister’ and DP leader Fikri Ataoglu said on Tuesday, as coalition partner YDP mulls a potential withdrawal. ...

London-based Cypriot Michael Kyriacos Efstratiou is appealing to people on the island to find a stem cell donor after he was diagnosed with leukaemia. Efforts to find a compatible stem ...

Two minors and a woman were taken to hospital after a brawl on Tuesday between civilians and people staying in a facility for unaccompanied minors in Zakaki, Limassol. Police said ...

The Greek state-owned asset management company Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRDAF) was on Tuesday placed in the driving seat of the Larnaca port’s development. The decision was made ...

Reducing electricity costs for households and businesses remains a key priority for the government, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. Speaking at a Transmission System Operator Cyprus event to ...