#Cyprus

No lives are at risk as a result of the delays caused by the decision to cancel a contract for the construction of a building which will house a new ...

A day after a demonstration against Israel’s capture of the Global Sumud flotilla was violently broken up by police in Nicosia, a second protest was held – organised by Akel, ...

Over a kilogram of cannabis was found being smuggled to Cyprus in two bags of protein powder, the customs department said. The drugs were found after customs workers carried out ...

The first boat from the Gaza Sumud flotilla which arrived in Cyprus on Thursday night has since sailed from the Larnaca port, where it originally docked, to the Ayia Napa ...

The second Gaza Sumud flotilla boat which arrived in Cyprus in the space of 24 hours on Friday is to depart from Cyprus on Saturday, according to a representative of the ...

The list of unused Turkish Cypriot properties in the western Limassol village cluster which will be available for use will be published on January 2, the House refugees committee stated on ...

Protesters gathered again on Friday evening for a standing demonstration outside the foreign ministry, before setting off on a spontaneous march in response to the Thursday’s clashes and allegations ...

Several complaints will be filed with the independent police complaints authority after pepper spray and tear gas was deployed towards protestors at Thursday’s demonstration in solidarity with the Global ...

A second boat, part of the Gaza Sumud flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, docked in Paphos on Friday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed to the Cyprus News ...

Threats, blackmail, ‘protection’ and financial coercion appear to be behind Monday night’s attempted murder of a 42-year-old Ukrainian outside a seaside resort in Limassol. The police are looking for ...

Owners of property fully or partially destroyed in the wildfire that swept through mountainous Limassol in July are preparing to submit mass objections against their insurance companies for what they ...

Famagusta district governor Yiannis Karousos on Friday said that water which is unaccounted for is costing consumers in Cyprus €13 million per year. This figure, he said, is based on the ...

Anger brewed on Friday over the police’s heavy-handed response to a protest outside the foreign ministry in response to Israel’s interception of boats sailing towards Gaza as part ...

Around 50 people, including mayor Andreas Vyras, gathered at the Larnaca port to welcome one of the boats which formed the Gaza Sumud flotilla to the island on Thursday night. Vyras ...

In an effort to reach a breakthrough in the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) dispute, President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a meeting early next week with the ministers of labour and finance. ...

The first immobilisations of cars subject to a recall due to being fitted with potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata and have not had their airbags replaced began ...

One of the boats which formed the Gaza Sumud flotilla, a group of more than 50 boats which attempted to break the State of Israel’s naval blockade and provide humanitarian ...

The municipality of Aradippou has strongly opposed the construction and operation of a pyrolysis and refining plant in the Koshi area of Larnaca district. Pyrolysis is the heating of an ...

Opposition party Akel tabled a bill on Thursday that would repeal a law passed earlier this year regulating public gatherings and parades, decried by critics as draconian. The bill is ...

Only three of the island’s water dams have contingency plans in case of catastrophic failure, while almost two-thirds of the water bodies are in bad shape, the auditor-general’s ...

Returning to the European Commission the €67 million linked to the stalled LNG project will not “derail” this year’s state budget, the government spokesman said on Thursday. Last week it ...

Cabinet has approved a motion to repeal the legislation which allows for Cypriot passports to be granted to foreign investors, thus removing the provisions which allowed for the country’s ‘...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said it is “up to Turkey” to meet the conditions set out om the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (Safe) defence procurement programme. ...

Budget cuts at the United Nations have sparked fears that jobs may be lost at the UN’s good offices in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail was informed on Thursday. UN ...