#Cyprus

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 ...

A UK spy plane has been caught on camera departing from the Akrotiri British bases in Cyprus, allegedly departing for Gaza, it emerged on Friday. The images published by Declassified ...

People applying for their driver’s licence can now register as blood donors as well as organ donors, a move expected to give a much-needed boost to blood availability in ...

Efforts to gain international recognition for the north “remain without any support whatsoever”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, the 41st anniversary of the north’s unilateral declaration of independence. ...

United States President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, is “well aware of the role of the Republic of Cyprus”, President Nikos Christodoulides said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday said he would be ready to hold meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar regarding the opening of new crossing points as early as next ...

Kalopanayiotis and Pissouri were on Friday rated as top tourist villages in an annual list published by the World Tourism Organisation (WTO). The initiative was launched in 2021 to promote tourism ...

The European Union is “closely monitoring” the waste management situation in Cyprus, European Commission Director-General for the Environment Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea said in a letter published on Thursday. He referred to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides received an allowance for living abroad while he was in fact in Cyprus, it emerged on Thursday, as the matter was discussed at the House audit committee. ...

The European Commission has initiated two new procedures against Cyprus regarding water management and the submission of updated national energy and climate plans. The Commission issued a formal notice to ...

Any asylum seeker who commits a crime will have their subsidiary protection status revoked, Deputy Minister of Migration Nicholas Ioannides announced on Thursday. His statements were made after a Cabinet ...

The Bank of Cyprus said on Thursday it is taking proactive measures to prevent online scams while fake news about a fraudulent lucrative platform linked to the bank have been ...

The health ministry and the state health services (Okypy) on Thursday announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding which they say will ensure Okypy’s financial and administrative autonomy. ...

Local government reform had been undertaken without preparation, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Wednesday. The two and a half years which had been granted while elections were postponed had ...

Cyprus Football Association (CFA) chairman Giorgos Koumas came under heavy criticism on Wednesday after the Cyprus sports writers’ union withdrew an award from a journalist who had uncovered corruption within ...

The House legal committee on Thursday called for improvements to the procedural framework surrounding public contracts, amid a wave of contracts being terminated by the government in the second half ...

The contractor for the now sunken Liopetri fish shelter and river development project hit back on Wednesday, calling the fracas ‘misinformation’ while it threatened legal action against the government. In ...