#Cyprus

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić on Monday. Burić, who will be on an official visit to the island from ...

Nineteen football clubs collectively owe the state some €33 million in taxes, and their repayment conduct does not bode well for the future, the Audit Office has said. The auditor-general’s ...

Traffic violations caught on camera and the fines they entail were among proposals discussed at the House on Thursday, with transport minister Alexis Vafeades pledging to return with an official ...

With third country nationals receiving their work permits earlier through expedited procedures, the tourism industry is fully staffed and ready for the summer wave of tourists. Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou ...

Hezbollah’s threats are not in touch with reality as Cyprus’ role in Gaza is strictly humanitarian, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos stressed on Wednesday in a press conference with US ...

Cyprus on Wednesday denounced the Russian government’s decision to block access to over 80 European media outlets, including the Cyprus Mail, a move the European Union condemned as a “totally ...

German Foreign Minister Analena Baerbock had to fly over the tarmac at Larnaca airport on Tuesday on a flight to Lebanon from Israel. It was reported in Deutsche Welle, that ...

A ship loaded with 2,000 pallets of humanitarian aid departed on Wednesday from Larnaca port to the US-built pier in Gaza, amid growing concerns for the project’s viability and a ...

Police are investigating whether the death of Panayiotis Anastasi, 40, from Sotira in Famagusta, was caused by medical negligence. Anastasi was admitted to the ICU of the Famagusta general hospital in ...

Cyprus has submitted a request to the European Commission for a targeted review of its recovery and resilience plan (RRP), which amounts to €1.2 billion. “Yesterday (Tuesday), Cyprus submitted to the ...

The first supplementary budget for 2024, worth €351.3 million, has been approved by the cabinet to cover medical supplies, social insurance, desalination, defence and education. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Finance Minister ...

The lone remaining pupil in the village of Kambos and her teacher have earned the distinction of the “smallest school in Cyprus” it was reported on Tuesday. Nine-year-old Demetra Panayiotou, ...

There are ‘weaknesses and mistakes’ in the finance ministry over the way it handles payments and grants, the audit office said in a report on Tuesday. According to the findings ...

The energy minister on Tuesday sounded favourably disposed towards the state investing directly in a mooted subsea electricity cable linking Cyprus to Greece, but MPs pushed back citing the political ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos was on Tuesday taken to hospital in Nicosia after feeling unwell following a trip. He is currently receiving care at Apollonio hospital and will be kept ...

Global companies such as Tesla and Samsung have shown interest in participating in Cyprus’ battery-based electricity storage system, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. In a presentation on the ...

The government’s contract with Opap Cyprus, providing for €447 million income over 15 years, is satisfactory and to the benefit of the republic, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, while the ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a third suspect in connection with the discovery of what authorities have described as the largest weapons cache found on the island. The 42-year-old man, is ...

Three Cypriot newspapers, including the Cyprus Mail, featured on a list of EU media outlets that Russia’s foreign ministry on Tuesday said it was banning access to inside the ...

A man found dead on a beach in Ayia Napa on Monday died from drowning, an autopsy showed on Tuesday. Georgios Senekkis, 57, from Dasaki Achnas died while harpoon fishing in ...

Press emphasising safety concerns for tourists after Hezbollah threats last week are “a bolt from the blue” and the only way out is to defuse the situation, the Hotel Professionals ...

The government has plans to improve the infrastructure at Pournara migrant reception centre, where “excellent work” is being done, Deputy Immigration Minister Nicholas Ioannides said on Tuesday. Speaking after his ...

Larnaca’s criminal court has sentenced a 26-year-old to 11 years in prison for importing 17kg of cannabis, police said on Tuesday. The court heard that 16.752kg of cannabis had been ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is expected to meet UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin in Brussels next week, on the sidelines of the European Council, it emerged on Tuesday. Government spokesman Konstantinos ...