#Cyprus

US sanctions imposed on entities and individuals in Cyprus are not targeting the country but oligarchs and arms traders that enable Russia to continue waging its war in Ukraine, US ...

The appeals court on Wednesday ordered three doctors to more than double their payments to a woman who was awarded €1.3 million plus interest and expenses in compensation for medical negligence. ...

Air traffic control will finally move to its new premises in Kokkinotrimithia, a €16 million building that has been empty since it was built 15 years ago, the government announced on Wednesday. ...

Edek on Wednesday called on the government to convene a meeting with political parties over the Great Sea Interconnector asdiscussions continue with stakeholders about the future of the project. The ...

New fixed traffic cameras will be operational from Monday at the intersection of Spyros Kyprianou and Ayias Fylaxeos avenues in Limassol, police said on Wednesday. According to police, three new ...

A questionnaire issued by the education ministry’s school medical services has caused concern among parents for replacing the terms ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with ‘parent 1’ and ‘parent 2’, the House education ...

Local authorities were up in arms on Wednesday about a group of unaccompanied minors in Larnaca who have been removed from a previous facility to a state nursing home in ...

Discussions regarding the regulatory framework for the Great Sea Interconnector connecting Cyprus to Crete will carry on “for as long as it takes”, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on ...

Management of the Karpaz Gate Marina near the village of Ayia Triada in the Karpas peninsula has been transferred out of Israeli hands and put under the operation of Turkish ...

Police groups on Tuesday condemned allegations of sexist behaviour within the force towards female contract workers. The matter had been discussed during Monday’s House human rights committee, which was ...

Excavations in the north, at Pente Mili in Karavas, are underway to find and exhume the bodies of the first people who died during the 1974 Turkish invasion – an estimated 40 to 70 ...

Limassol general hospital is set for a €23 million facelift, which will see its A&E department expanded, new units set up and its overall space renovated, state health services (...

No investment has been made in the north’s ports “in 100 years”, the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Monday. Speaking to television channel Kanal T, he said ...

MPs were apparently shocked to hear the government’s proposal that currently serving state officials would be allowed to continue to get a pension while still drawing a salary, it ...

Turkish Cypriots’ credit card debt doubled within the space of a year between June 2023 and June this year, according to figures released by the north’s central bank on Tuesday. ...

A court will convene on Wednesday to decide whether Turkish-Israeli businessman Simon Aykut will be held until his trial or released on bail. Aykut, 73, is being tried for developing on ...

Larnaca will start works to reconstruct the city centre’s roads and squares in mid-October, at a cost of €7 million, it announced on Tuesday. Works are expected to last a ...

The European Commission on Tuesday refuted Cypriot cattle breeders’ assertions that it was offering preferential treatment to Turkish Cypriot halloumi producers. The cattle breeders’ coordinating committee expressed fury on Monday ...

Cyprus and the United States will “continue to develop” their bilateral cooperation in the field of defence, US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander said on ...

The Supreme Court will on October 14 start deliberations on whether a murder ruling over the death of national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou will be annulled following a motion filed by former ...

A group of migrants who attempted to travel from Cyprus to Italy early on Tuesday morning were intercepted by authorities off the coast of Akrotiri. At around 3.30am, a coast ...

An expert seems to have tilted the scales in the ongoing Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal, when he testified in church court on Tuesday that videos showing monks in actions inconsistent ...

A cross-border tax evasion and money laundering scheme involving Greece, Cyprus and Slovakia has led to the arrest of 21 people, Greek police said on Monday. Greece’s police said the ...

Israeli businessman Simon Aykut, 73, will remain in custody until Wednesday when a bail hearing will take place the Nicosia Criminal Court decided on Monday. Aykut, who holds Portuguese, Israeli, and ...