#Cyprus

The government is to buy ten private aircraft with the aim of expanding its firefighting capacity, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Saturday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), ...

There are now no land mines left within the buffer zone, sources said on Saturday. Sources from the Cypriot government told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) that the Greek Cypriot ...

Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut was arrested on Friday while attempting to cross from the north to the Republic. Aykut is the founder of the Afik Group, which has ...

The upgrading of Cyprus’ long-term rating by agency Fitch from BBB to BBB+ is “a vote of confidence in the government”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. “The latest upgrade … ...

The combined cost to the taxpayer for the holding of Sunday’s local government and European parliament elections is €7 million, chief returning officer Elikkos Elia said on Friday. He said ...

A massive police presence will be monitoring election centres across Cyprus on Sunday, spokesman Christos Andreou said, while the police union Isotita expressed dissatisfaction with the overtime pay. According to ...

The two independent investigators on Thanasis Nicolaou’s case received on Friday the full verdict of the death inquiry and court transcripts from the latest hearings. At Limassol court, retired ...

Amid the ongoing heatwave affecting Cyprus, the social welfare deputy ministry has conducted surprise inspections of nursing homes in Nicosia and while most facilities were found to be adhering to ...

Ballot boxes for Sunday’s multiple elections are being handed over to the 1,864 polling station chiefs on Friday. Chief returning officer Elikkos Elia said Nicosia ballot boxes had already been ...

For the third year in a row the agriculture ministry is using barn owls to control rodent populations across Cyprus. The initiative was first launched in 2019. It is supported by ...

Officials from the tax department are set to crack down on homeowners who benefit from VAT reductions while renting out their property through AirBnB and Booking.com, it emerged on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday welcomed the President of Montenegro Jakov Milatovic at the Presidential Palace, on his first official visit to Cyprus. Following a reception, Milatovic attended a private ...

Unions on Thursday demanded the immediate resolution of serious issues affecting the viability of the Electricity Authority (EAC), threatening strike action if no progress is made in the next seven ...

Desperate efforts to avert island-wide power cuts due to excessive demand on a deficient grid have been successful. The freak heatwave hit Cyprus while maintenance works were being carried out ...

Cypriot litigants moved up to seventh place among the nationalities most frequently using London courts for commercial disputes in the 12 months to April 2024, it emerged on Wednesday. Specifically, 33 cases involving ...

Cabinet on Wednesday decided to revoke the Cypriot citizenship of Malaysian-born Jho Low, an internationally wanted fugitive. Though the decision was taken last year, Low filed an appeal prompting an ...

Tamassos Bishop Isaias threatened on Wednesday to send police to the infamous Osiou Avakoum monastery in Fterikoudes, if monks attempt to return there on June 6, when their suspension ends. The ...

The blazing heat in Cyprus has increased concerns over the health and safety of a number of migrants stranded in the buffer zone for days, the UN warned on Wednesday, ...

The Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) on Wednesday made a fresh call for domestic suppliers to provide products to be sent to Gaza via Cyprus’ Amalthea humanitarian aid ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos is likely to receive a negative response from the nursing registration council regarding his proposal to hire nurses from non-EU countries to fill existing staffing gaps ...

The national cybersecurity coordination centre (NCC-CY) is set to begin operations, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Nicodemos Damianou has announced. Speaking on CyBC’s morning radio, Damianou ...

Support in Cyprus for leaving the European Union jumped by a whopping 12 per cent between 2019 and 2023, according to a report in French magazine Le Grand Continent using statistics from the ...

Akel MP Irini Charalambidou on Tuesday slammed the attorney-general’s office for its handling of the prosecution of former Volunteerism Commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, accused of forging his academic qualifications. In ...

The government on Tuesday remained tight-lipped over mounting criticism on its handling of 27 migrants stranded in the buffer zone, with President Nikos Christodoulides stressing a new influx of arrivals will ...