#Cyprus

Serdar Denktash, son of late Turkish Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktash, said on Thursday the north should hold parallel ‘EU elections’ this June. Speaking to the north’s public broadcaster BRT, ...

Parliament on Thursday gave the nod to the establishment of a deputy ministry for migration and asylum, hailed by the interior minister as a “milestone” for the country. Creating the ...

Although the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) remains a profitable business concern, there is also an internal effort to “embellish” its image and to conceal serious problems, found a report released ...

Parliament is reviewing a legislative proposal allowing members of the public to introduce legislation if the proposal garners 5,000 signatures, an MP with the Diko party confirmed on Thursday. Speaking on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides can stop the state broadcaster (CyBC) from appealing a court decision to pay €1 million in damages to journalist Evdokia Loizou, her lawyer said on Thursday. The statements ...

A government move to grant 14 citizenships to Turkish Cypriots of mixed marriages was welcomed on Thursday by an NGO in battling for the citizenship rights. The NGO, the Mixed Marriage ...

President Nikos Christodoulides “is trying to look cute for Turkey”, Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Thursday. Tatar was speaking to Kibris in reaction to comments from Christodoulides regarding ...

The justice ministry is forging ahead with the installation of a new system for deactivating mobile phones inside the Nicosia prisons in order to deal with the problem of organised ...

Applications for subsidised student accommodation within Nicosia’s walled city are now open, the interior ministry announced on Thursday. The project allows for financial assistance to property owners or tenants ...

By Tom Cleaver and Elias Hazou Trade unions held a protest outside the central prison on Thursday against what they described as the “dismissal” of 13 prison workers who had been ...

The attorney-general ordered on Thursday that the trial of Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat be suspended since the key witness in the case is dead. According to what was heard ...

Police in Nicosia on Wednesday night seized a large quantity of flares and fireworks in an open area in Strovolos. A search in the area uncovered cardboard boxes containing a ...

Police on Thursday are investigating an armed robbery in at a party in Limassol, from the night before, where four masked men made off with thousands of euros. According to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in The Hague on Wednesday. The pair met at the Huis ten Bosch palace, where Christodoulides paid his respects and then ...

The death of Thanasis Nicolaou was a murder, and there is an ongoing conspiracy trying to cover this up by calling it a suicide, Limassol district court heard on Wednesday. ...

The British government sowed the seeds of discord between Greek and Turkish Cypriots while seeking to consolidate London’s power, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. “The ...

Greek Cypriots living in Rizokarpaso are being “used as political pawns” by the Republic’s government, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

The government on Wednesday hit back at criticism from the bar association and accountant’s association over the creation of a unified oversight authority, saying their outcry does not send ...

MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek was on Wednesday slammed for campaigning in the north for re-election by both Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar and the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu. In ...

In 2023, Cyprus received one asylum application per 78 inhabitants, figures released on Wednesday show. This figure means Cyprus receives far more applications per head than anywhere else in Europe. According to ...

The solar farm in the buffer zone, touted as an important bicommunal project in Cyprus by the EU, is still in the idea stage and faces many challenges, the government ...

Cyprus’ entry for the Eurovision song contest in May in Sweden was on Wednesday revealed to be Liar, which will be sung by Silia Kapsis. Written by Demetris Kontopoulos and ...

The government, through the national health scheme Gesy, is constantly seeking new ways to enrich and upgrade the services received by patients with rare diseases, Health Minister Michael Damianos said ...

A Turkish taxi driver was remanded for eight days by the Famagusta District court on Wednesday, under suspicion of selling weapons in the state-controlled areas. Police said earlier that the ...