#Cyprus

Opposition political parties on Wednesday described President Nikos Christodoulides’ speech on his first year in office as underwhelming and predictable and dismissed it as an attempt to “sugarcoat the situation”. ...

A three-year-old child who contracted measles is “out of danger” and in a “good condition” under treatment at the Makarios hospital in Nicosia, the hospital’s paediatric department director Avraam ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Wednesday described a planned separation of his powers set out by President Nikos Christodoulides as “legally impossible”. In a post on X, he said the Audit ...

A case involving allegations of money laundering activities against a 31-year-old Ukrainian woman who is accused of transferring millions of euros to Cyprus in recent months is expected to be ...

The state should proceed with the taxation of the windfall profits of banks and renewable energy (RES) companies to procure revenue for implementation of an integrated social policy, PEO union ...

The Austrian government on Wednesday threw its weight behind Cyprus’ plan to declare parts of Syria safe to return migrants. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, a spokesperson for the Austrian ...

The picture of suffering in Gaza is well-known, despite obstruction of journalists and news flow from the region, Cypriot emergency coordinator for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Nikolas Papachrysostomou said on ...

The US government on Tuesday announced sanctions against two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Consortium that develops spyware technology – including ex-Israeli intelligence officer Tal Dilian who in 2019 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday evening highlighted the importance his government is putting on restarting Cyprus talks, despite the difficult stance of the Turkish side. Speaking during a televised speech ...

The supreme constitutional court has found no career advancement discrimination took place against female non-commissioned officers (NCOs) in the National Guard, according to a statement released Tuesday. In a statement, ...

The 31-year-old Ukrainian woman suspected of money laundering is not cooperating with authorities, police spokesman Christos Andreou said on Tuesday. She is currently a serving a five-day remand order, which ...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday said it is not his fault if people “cannot see the realities of Cyprus”. Speaking during a trip to the German capital Berlin, ...

The green light was given on Tuesday for the construction of the Ayios Minas monastery in Pentalia, Paphos by the environment department. However, in it ruling the department said that ...

The Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) said on Tuesday it will begin investigating doctor Pavlos Antoniou for potential disciplinary offences, after he was jailed for indecently assaulting a patient. Head of ...

The Swedish government on Tuesday refuted the Cypriot interior ministry’s claim it had offered “significant support” for the plan to declare parts of Syria safe. The interior ministry had ...

Diplomats past and present convened on Tuesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) and discuss prospects for peace in ...

A proposal to establish a special category of “rural hotels” was discussed by the House commerce committee on Tuesday. The proposed law, tabled by Disy MPs Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis and Nikos ...

Police are investigating after potential criminal offences were found at the Cyprus Shooting Sport Federation, it emerged on Tuesday. Two scathing reports were compiled by the sports and ethics protection ...

Students from Kokkinochoria high school presented a theatrical performance at the House refugees committee on Tuesday based on testimonies collected from people who lived through the invasion in 1974. The performance ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou committed her ministry to building new schools and upgrading existing ones in the town and district of Larnaca. Speaking during a visit to the town’s ...

Concerns were raised on Tuesday about the state of the island’s dams and reservoirs, but the agriculture ministry said the situation is under control. The state of ten ageing ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday thanked Slovakia for the country’s “long-term” support regarding the Cyprus problem. He was speaking at a meeting with Slovakia’s Parliament speaker Peter Pellegrini ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has stepped in to stop the state broadcaster (CyBC) from appealing a €1 million payout in damages to journalist Evdokia Loizou. In a statement on Tuesday, Loizou said ...

Organised crime has grown to a ‘worrying’ scale, and all elements of society must come together to contain it, speakers said at a workshop held on Monday. The remarks came ...