#Cyprus

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 ...

Alkis H. Hadjikyriakos Public Ltd, which makes the Frou Frou brand biscuits has announced increases in the prices of its products containing chocolate by 20 to 30 per cent. The higher prices ...

With a new month to look forward to there is plenty going on says Eleni Philippou Rialto Theatre welcomes the first month of spring with a renewed cultural agenda of ...

By Martin Clark The incredibly diverse nature of the Cypriot countryside and villages is due to physical geography in the first instance, with the island’s position on the edge ...

In a report released Tuesday, the auditor-general’s office again raised the matter of the simultaneous payment of salaries and pensions to currently serving state officials, calling on the Treasury ...

A proposal extending maternity leave to 22 weeks for the first child is set for a vote at the House plenum on Thursday. During discussions at the House labour committee on ...

The Cyprus Wetlands Conservation group has called for an urgent review of the proposed revamp of Larnaca’s Pattichion park, claiming that it amounts to yet another environmental blunder. In ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to The Hague for an official visit on Wednesday. Government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the president will depart on Wednesday morning for The Hague, where ...