#Cyprus

The father of one of the Cypriot children killed during February’s earthquakes was detained on arrival in Turkey on Tuesday after a case was filed against him for post ...

Police on Tuesday said 136 migrants arrived to Cyprus by boat on New Year’s Day, while the man suspected of being the boat’s operator has been arrested and remanded ...

Amid great fanfare and pledges of transparency and change, 2023 saw a new president elected. And though the ‘new broom’ promised to sweep clean, Nikos Christodoulides’ administration soon became clogged by ...

Life would be so much simpler without the views. I’ve been writing profiles for years – I interviewed 45 people for the Living section of the Sunday Mail in 2023, including today’...

2023 was a tumultuous year. Our writers look back on what they turned to to find some escape via books, music, films/TV and TikTok ALIX NORMAN READING: 2023 has been murder ...

Immediately after the Hamas attack on October 7, Limassol port became a haven for fleeing Israelis, welcoming the first passengers arriving from Haifa on October 12. And Cyprus was not left unscathed ...

Police in Larnaca arrested a 21-year-old found in possession of explosives, authorities said on Monday. According to police, the 21-year-old man was found in Larnaca area on Sunday evening. Officer ...

‘Deterioration in terms of corruption has been evident in our reports’ Multiple bribery allegations surfacing over the past week involving senior Turkish and Turkish Cypriot officials have shaken the northern ...

Two individuals were arrested for burglary, after they were found with knives, tools for breaking and entering, and stolen property, police said on Monday. According to police in Paphos, the ...

Four individuals died in a car crash on at the start of the New Year on the Platres road in the Kato Polemidia area of Limassol, police said on Monday. ...

Turkish Cypriot families devastated by Turkey earthquake A little after 3:17am on Monday, February 6, I woke up dazed and confused with my bed rocking back and forth. Upon reaching for ...

Most news scandals are shameful, but the violent riots that took hold of Limassol on September 1 were nothing short of a disgrace. The reasons? Numerous. Take it from the fact ...

Some breathed a sigh of relief on December 15 when news broke the European Parliament and the European Council agreed to amend the draft text of a new law coming down ...

Deaths in ongoing wars have resulted from the mistakes of a handful of politicians. When will they ever learn? Alper Riza’s review of 2023 Reviews of the year are obviously ...

What happened to the ship with the first cargo? How long will planned corridor operate for? How the aid operation will unfold remains unanswered Over two months since Cyprus first ...

Hundreds of people marched in Nicosia on Saturday in support of Palestine, calling for a ceasefire as Israel continued to bomb Gaza. The march started in Eleftheria Square and continued ...

Anyone seeking to initiate proceedings against the auditor-general in retaliation for complaints sent to the anti-corruption authority is committing a criminal offence, the service announced on Saturday. On Friday, a ...

A company in Limassol has fallen victim to online cheats operating out of Chile by ordering meat and losing thousands of euro, the police said on Saturday. The case is ...

There is untapped potential in Cyprus for astronomical observations, the three-year research project Astrotourism in Cyprus concluded, it was reported on Saturday. According to the Nicosia Astronomy School, astrotourism is ...

A 26-year-old released convict was remanded for eight days by the Nicosia District Court on Saturday suspected of shooting a gun six times in the air near the central prison ...

A runoff channel constructed forty years ago leading into Oroklini Lake was last cleaned decades ago, raising concerns over flooding among owners of adjacent properties, it emerged on Friday. Oroklini ...

Former House President Demetris Syllouris and former Akel MP Christakis Giovanis pleaded not guilty to five charges read out to them at Nicosia criminal court on Friday. The charges stem ...

The head of the Larnaca Hoteliers Association Marios Polyviou said the levels of hotel occupancy and tourist arrivals in town over the past month were satisfactory. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos categorically denied on Friday the complaints made by the patient’s association regarding the potential misuse of Gesy’s funds earmarked for healthcare, while the health ...