#Cyprus

Phedonas Phedonos was re-elected as Paphos mayor on Sunday, seeing off a challenge from Diko-backed Evros Loizides. Phedonos won just over 60 per cent of the vote on a high turnout ...

The citizens have spoken and their verdict is fully respected, President Nikos Christodoulides said in his remarks on Sunday evening at the Presidential Palace referring to the results of the ...

With 90 per cent of the vote counted, Yiannis Armeftis was announced as Limassol mayor on Sunday. He beat his main rival Nicos Nicolaides, who has held the post since 2016. In ...

Incumbent Famagusta mayor in exile Simos Ioannou won a second term in office on Sunday, winning just shy of 40 per cent of the vote. His nearest challenger Andreas Vrahimis won 30 ...

Incumbent Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras was re-elected in a landslide victory on Sunday, winning around two thirds of votes cast in the town. With just shy of 60 per cent of ...

Charalambos Prountzos was mayor-elect of Nicosia on Sunday, garnering almost three times as many votes as his main rival Nicos Tornaritis. By 8:30pm, Tornaritis said he had called Prountzos to ...

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, ...