#Cyprus

Efforts to open new vehicle crossing points in Nicosia will continue with determination, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Tuesday. He was speaking after a meeting with Turkish ...

A small number of Cypriot passport holders were listed on Tuesday on the UK’s financial sanctions list, including one businessman allegedly linked to Roman Abramovich, former owner of Chelsea ...

The municipality of Larnaca on Tuesday expressed its sadness after thieves stole the Santa from one of its recently installed Christmas decorations. “The municipality of Larnaca expresses its deep sadness ...

Over 3,000 drought-resistant and aromatic plants have been planted in areas of Cyprus farmland at risk of desertification, the environment commissioner said on Tuesday. By 2026, the EU co-funded LIFE-AgrOassis project aims ...

Seventeen tonnes of humanitarian aid that arrived in Cyprus on Saturday from Italy will be sent to Gaza as soon as possible via Ashdod, through the Amalthea sea corridor, foreign ...

Various problems have been identified in the vehicle recall process, including delays in notifying drivers and a shortage of spare parts, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Tuesday. “The responsibility ...

An attempted murder investigation was underway in Nicosia on Tuesday, after two people were stabbed at a park on Monday evening. Police spokeswoman Eleni Constantinou said two males aged 24 and 16 ...

Parliament on Monday greenlit funds for the anti-corruption authority that the body says are indispensable to continue the work of investigations. Despite having given the authority some pushback last week, ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Monday said it would be ineffective to adopt a nationwide anti-racism strategy, despite being urged to do so by the EU Commission, ombudswoman’s office, ...

The amount of rain which has fallen in November so far already exceeds 117 per cent of the average rainfall for the entire month, the met office revealed on Monday. An ...

Nicosia district court has dismissed a lawsuit against the state, the Central Bank and the Bank of Cyprus over the 2013 ‘haircut’ on deposits, the attorney-general’s office stated on Monday. ...

Chanting slogans against the US and Israel and in solidarity with the Palestinians, the Cyprus coordinating committee of students (Psem) marched to the US embassy in Nicosia to mark the 51...

The government’s new strategy to prevent and handle violence in schools was launched on Monday, providing students, parents and teachers with the necessary tools to do so. In a ...

The case against former Green Party candidate in the European parliament elections Oz Karahan and former Sigma TV journalist Giorgos Tattis, who were both arrested for unfurling a banner containing “...

Gesy on Monday unveiled its “patient’s guide”, an online portal which offers answers to frequently asked questions related to the services it offers. The guide was unveiled by Health ...

The condition of two young men injured in the fatal car crash in Frenaros over the weekend, has been assessed as stable, doctors reported on Monday. The two, aged 18 and 20, ...

The 15-year-old boy who was arrested after having edited into existence explicit images of teachers and pupils at the school he attends pleaded guilty to child pornography-related offences in court ...

Cyprus’ strategy surrounding migration is largely focused on two core points: returns and integration, Deputy Minister of Migration Nicholas Ioannides said on Saturday. In a speech to the Demographics Institute ...

Three small earthquakes were felt by residents in Limassol and Paphos shortly before 10am on Saturday morning.A series of earthquakes began at 9:49. Those which were felt were 3.3, 3.6 and 3.7 magnitude ...

All migrants who were stranded in the buffer zone have been removed from the site, the deputy migration ministry confirmed on Saturday, putting an end to months of wrangling. A ...

The Alexandros thunderstorms plaguing Greece are slowly moving east towards Cyprus, prompting the national met office to issue a yellow weather warning for severe storms starting Saturday. The warning is ...

A beach bar on a protected environmental site was demolished early on Saturday morning, after turtle nests were endangered by the rampant pollution. The bar was on Chrysochou Bay in ...

Cyprus is one of nine European Union member states which is set to acquire French Mistral surface-to-air missiles as part of the bloc’s first ever financial support package for ...

School students from all over Cyprus staged protests to mark the 41st anniversary of the north’s unilateral declaration of independence on Friday. The largest protest of the day took ...