#Cyprus

Τhe government will upgrade sports in Cyprus to the level they should be, President Nikos Christodoulides, said addressing Cypriot Olympic athletes at a reception at the residence of the Ambassador ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested while sitting at a supermarket café with a knife that appeared to have spots of blood. The arrest unfolded on Sunday in Limassol, after members ...

A 36-year-old was remanded in court on Sunday after he was found with a 40kg stash of cannabis in his home, as well as a number of guns and bullets. ...

Turkey on Saturday removed its ambassador in the north Metin Feyzioglu and swiftly appointed now former Deputy Foreign Minister Yasin Ekrem Serim in his place. Feyzioglu was announced as the ...

The British government on Saturday moved to dispel reports it had conducted strikes in Yemen on Friday night after reports had circulated in international media suggesting strikes had been launched. ...

The European Commission has demanded that Cyprus repay almost €69 million which had been paid in grants for the crisis-ridden liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project at Vasiliko, the energy ministry ...

Concerns are continuing to grow over the state of operations of ambulance services in Cyprus, with the federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) becoming increasingly restless over what they perceive ...

There is a “very real danger” the government will have to pay back EU funds it received for the Vasiliko liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, which is now being investigated ...

Cyprus is among countries that have so far failed to temporarily ban the hunting of turtle doves, an avian species still trying to recover from an “alarming population decline”. BirdLife ...

With the aim of tackling low birthrates and the demographic aging of the population, the government is drafting a comprehensive family policy, which will include incentives for large families and ...

Technical difficulties which were challenging to diagnose, were the reason Lageia village was left without water for over a week, Deputy Mayor Areti Miltiadou said on Friday. Residents had earlier ...

Ayia Napa’s Nissi beach is “the best beach in Europe”, according to British insurance comparison website QuoteZone. The beach was found to be the best in Europe after the ...

The government aims to “evolve” the National Guard into a “flexible, semi-professional army”, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday. Speaking at a swearing-in ceremony for new conscripts, he said ...

Roadworks on the highway to the south of Nicosia caused long tailbacks for those attempting to leave the capital on Friday morning with problems set to continue with more works ...

In July 2025, the electricity market will open and consumers will be able to choose their supplier, as they do currently for phone use, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday ...

Cyprus records about 30 drownings per year, a number the government aims to bring down to zero through an action plan drafted in cooperation with Greek NGO Safe Water Sports. Data ...

Cyprus now has the most airborne firefighting means at its disposal than at any other time, and plans to become self-sufficient in this area in the coming years, the minister ...

The Audit Office on Thursday hit back against a government proposal seeking to reform the independent institution, amid accusations this would be a means to stifle the reports of the ...

A 34-year-old man is intubated at Nicosia general hospital’s intensive care unit with heatstroke, the state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Thursday. “Yesterday afternoon, a 34-year-old man was ...

The fake news bill submitted by the government and backed by the legal service is dangerous for democracy, Akel MP Irene Charalambides charged on Thursday as she wrote to the ...

Years of dumping tonnes of rubbish in a waste management plant that does not have the capacity to process municipal waste from the Limassol district it was built to serve, ...

Sigma TV chief executive officer Chrysanthos Tsouroullis briefly had his X account locked after “doxing” a well-known parody account on the platform which goes by the name “Jho Low”. “Doxing” ...

The European Commission on Wednesday urged Cyprus to move forward in strengthening the independence of the legal service, amid calls for convictions for high-level cases of corruption. In its 2024 Rule ...

A contract worth €50 million was signed by the electricity authority (EAC) and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) on Thursday for the installation of and subsequent operation of smart meters across ...