#Cyprus

Cyprus may be embroiled in a €15 million international fraud and money laundering scheme, suspected of obtaining EU funds for IT projects with false invoices, two EU bodies revealed on Thursday. ...

By Tom Cleaver and Nikolaos Prakas The interior ministry said on Thursday that they agree on the recommendations for stricter checks made in an audit office report on golden visa ...

By John Irish President Nikos Christodoulides outlined a proposal on Thursday to open a maritime corridor to help deliver more aid to Gaza, a plan which he said could be ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Thursday presented the €30 million scheme aiming to increase the use of photovoltaic panels in Cyprus which will in turn reduce home electricity bills. The revised ...

One person has been killed and four more have been injured after a Russian missile hit a Cypriot-owned ship entering the port of Odessa, in Ukraine, on Wednesday. The ship, ...

The two men arrested at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport on Wednesday have “nothing to do with the murders of Thanasis Kalogeropoulos and Alexis Mavromichalis”, police spokesman Christos Andreou ...

Low-cost airline Easyjet will operate flights connecting Belfast and Glasgow to Larnaca from May 2024, according to post on X by the deputy ministry of tourism on Thursday. According to the ...

The police force is to be modernised, upgraded and reorganised in line with the recommendations of the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (Greco), Justice Minister Anna Procopiou ...

The EU report on the 2023 enlargement policy called on Turkey to reaffirm a commitment to UN-led settlement talks on the Cyprus issue, in line with the UN Security Council resolutions, ...

Israel’s Newmed Energy LP announced on Wednesday that the final decisions regarding the development of the ‘Aphrodite’ gas field will be made on November 20. The company also said that ...

Almost half of university graduates are overqualified for their job, Cyprus’ higher education director Dr Terpsa Constantinidou said on Wednesday, highlighting that modern-day graduates are expected to have a combination ...

Government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said he expects construction works in Pyla to resume soon, “as provided for in the provisions of the agreement reached”. Letymbiotis was speaking after the cabinet ...

More than two dozen remand and deportation orders were issued on Wednesday, following the arrests of migrants in a fight at Pournara reception centre two days ago. Police said that ...

The government is working towards safeguarding Cyprus’ name abroad where sanctions are concerned, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday after a high-level briefing at the presidential palace. The meeting ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Tuesday expressed concerns about the possible expansion of the crisis in the Middle East and the spread of war. Addressing MPs of the House foreign ...

Interior minister vows to get tough after fight at Pournara sees 33 arrests Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou got tough on Tuesday, warning migrants that had caused trouble the previous night they ...

The House plenum should vote before Christmas on a bill proposing to end prolonged periods of standing imposed on employees by businesses, the House labour committee heard on Tuesday. The ...

It is of critical importance that Cyprus develops the necessary infrastructure to exploit its natural gas because at present its hydrocarbons cannot be effectively utilised, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said ...

Controversy has surfaced in the north over payments made to a private company for the rent of the Ayia Anastasia church in Lapithos, which currently operates as a nursing home. ...

Elderly refugees are requesting assistance from the fire service to carry their groceries upstairs due to the absence of elevators, the House refugees committee heard on Tuesday. After the committee ...

Six teenagers were expelled from the Paphos Technical School on Tuesday due to “their delinquent behaviour”, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported. The school’s leaders said the children were “...

Cyprus’ proposal to establish a humanitarian aid sea corridor to Gaza will be discussed by President Nikos Christodoulides at an international meeting in Paris on Friday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

Almost a third of Cypriots are still smokers, according to statistics compiled by research company Marc released on Tuesday. Marc, acting on behalf of Philip Morris Cyprus, interviewed a total ...

Nearly a third of elderly people killed in traffic accidents in Cyprus were pedestrians, a European transport safety council (ETSC) report said on Tuesday. During the three-year period from 2020 to 2022, 32 ...