#Cyprus

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday held a telephone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and said after the call that he had “stressed the importance to deescalate tensions”. He said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said he had held a “pertinent discussion” with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, days after the country was the target of an ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou will hold separate meetings with trade unions and with employers’ associations in the coming days amid an ongoing rift over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) which led ...

Despite its small population and tight-knit community, Cyprus has long been one of Europe’s biggest offenders when it comes to rubbish pollution. In 2017, it ranked second highest in the ...

A total of 252 portacabins are to be used as classrooms when Turkish Cypriot children return to school at the end of the summer holiday on Monday, the north’s ‘education ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin asked President Nikos Christodoulides what his intentions are after the Turkish Cypriot leadership election, which is set to take place next month, according to ...

The Portuguese government considers Cyprus’ committee on missing persons (CMP) “invaluable”, the country’s ambassador in Nicosia Vanda Sequeira said on Saturday. She was speaking to the Cyprus Mail after ...

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Friday night decried the resolution passed by the European parliament earlier in the week on the arrests of five Greek Cypriots in the north, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet European Council President Antonio Costa on Monday as part of the latter’s visit to the island. On Friday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said Costa’...

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Friday said the Turkish authorities would even deny the existence of northern Cyprus so as to be able to revoke his bachelor’s degree. He ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and his challenger Tufan Erhurman both formally submitted their candidacies for next month’s Turkish Cypriot leadership elections on Friday. Both men marked the submission ...

The leaders of Cyprus’ two communities “have to make decisions” for there to be progress towards the implementation of new confidence-building measures between Cyprus’ two sides, United Nations envoy Maria ...

The supreme constitutional court on Friday rejected dismissed judge Doria Varoshiotou’s request that three of its judges be recused from her appeal against her dismissal from the judiciary. Varoshiotou’...

The anti-corruption authority on Friday released its report into the conduct of former Edek leader and sitting MP Marinos Sizopoulos, finding that he may have committed fraud, forgery, conspiracy to ...

All five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July have now been released on bail, after a civilian court in Trikomo ordered the release of the final ...

A seven-metre statue of a winegrower was on Monday placed in its traditional spot in Limassol’s municipal garden ahead of the city’s 64th Wine Festival. The statue is ...

Workers at three hotels in Limassol went on a spontaneous strike on Friday morning. Trade union Sek announced that workers at the Atlantica Miramare hotel, the Atlantica Oasis hotel, and ...

One of the five people who filed complaints to the police leading to the arrest and subsequent detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north on Thursday night withdrew her ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman holds a four-point lead over incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar ahead of next month’s election, according to a poll released ...

On Thursday, the European Parliament overwhelmingly adopted a resolution condemning the illegal and continued detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north, calling for their immediate and unconditional release. The ...

The two defendants in the ongoing ‘golden passports’ trial insisted on Thursday that they are innocent of all charges, that they broke no law nor done anything untoward. Former House ...

Overall tax revenues have risen considerably over the last few years, although tax arrears continue to be high, MPs heard on Thursday. The House audit committee was discussing the auditor-general’...

Nicosia district court on Thursday sentenced former volunteerism commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki to three years in prison for deliberately circulating forged documents to secure a job in the public sector. During ...

MEPs from Cyprus and Greece called for the release of five Greek Cypriots arrested in the north in July and demanded measures be taken against Turkey, during a debate at ...