#Cyprus

Police are investigating a new financial crime in the Osiou Avakoum Monastery scandal it emerged on Tuesday, following a complaint filed by Archimandrite Nektarios, one of monks involved. Nektarios has ...

A British Cypriot candidate in the United Kingdom’s imminent general election has been accused of “defending Adolf Hitler” in a social media post. Reform UK’s candidate in the ...

Hours after the head of the UN security council said no common ground for solving the Cyprus problem had been found by the UNSG’s personal envoy, President Nikos Christodoulides ...

A group of over 70 English school students and their teachers who were stranded in Switzerland after heavy rains damaged roads have started their return journey to Cyprus. Foreign ministry spokesman ...

Extreme temperatures and regular heatwaves are forecast for Cyprus this month according to information put out by the German Meteorological Service (DWD). DWD, which operates as part of the World ...

The presidential palace received zero waste to landfill’ certification on Tuesday, becoming the island’s first government building to hit the target. The certification was presented during a ceremony in ...

Top students, parents and teachers have blasted a national maths exam as “impossibly challenging”, it emerged on Tuesday. The exam, which is used for university entry in Cyprus and Greece, ...

The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) is a pioneer in green practices having been awarded the Zero Waste to Landfill certificate for the eighth year running, it announced on Tuesday. In 2023, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has called on the UN to present an unbiased and fair report on Cyprus, noting that direct recognition of the north was not a prerequisite, ...

New acting prison director Charis Philippides said on Tuesday that progress is being made towards stamping out organised crime in prisons and corruption among guards. “It is important to bear ...

Attorney General George Savvides would be happy to see Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides “completely annihilated,” the Supreme Constitutional Court heard on Tuesday. The statement was made by Michaelides as he ...

Parliament has no authority to dish out administrative sanctions – such as fines – on MPs for failing to file their wealth declaration on time, the House said on Monday responding to ...

Banks as well as government officials on Monday all but gave the thumbs-down to the idea of taxing the windfall profits of commercial lenders, a proposal brought by opposition party ...

Unficyp chief and the UN Special Representative on Cyprus Colin Stewart said on Monday that he is concerned over increased militarisation of the buffer zone, seemingly caused by the stalled ...

There has been a ‘systemic issue’ in not granting auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides access to key data, the Supreme Constitutional Court heard on Monday, as the case filed for his dismissal ...

The first planning permit was issued on Monday through the fresh district organisation umbrella system, which ushered in a new era for local administration. Newly elected district governors, leading this ...

Delays have pushed the completion of a Nicosia highway ring road further down the line, with a new request for placing the deadline to August 5. The transport and works ministry ...

Candidates in key constituencies in North London are focusing their campaigns on the significant British-Cypriot population ahead of the upcoming UK general election. In particular, Chipping Barnet – also known as ...

Nicosia’s newly appointed mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Monday expressed strong confidence in the success of local government reform in the capital. During the handover ceremony, Prontzos also underlined his ...

Three and a half million euro has been spent to upgrade the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police station in Dhekelia, it was announced on Monday. The upgraded station will accommodate ...

A group of 65 students and six teachers from the English School who became stranded in Switzerland are safe at their hotel, and arrangements are being made for their return, foreign ...

Outrage was expressed on Sunday at the way some people live after it emerged that some were occupying an abandoned hotel in Limassol. Former general secretary of the Diko party ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will on Monday afternoon receive Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart. The meeting, which is to take place at the presidential palace, is ...

It was, as they say, a ‘crossing the Rubicon’ moment. I was trying to organise a short trip to Rome (speaking of Caesars, and Rubicons), and having trouble finding a ...