#Cyprus

The European Commission is “closely monitoring the progress in fulfilling the requirements” of Cyprus’ path towards Schengen membership, European Commissioner for internal affairs Magnus Brunner announced on Wednesday. Considering the ...

Lawlessness is being ‘celebrated’ said the chairman of the House legal committee on Wednesday, commenting on the series of uncontrolled bonfires and homemade explosives across Cyprus over Easter. Speaking to ...

In a display of skill and determination, Dinos Kkanti shattered the Guinness World Record for the traditional “glass dance” on Tuesday night, balancing an astonishing 416 glasses on his head. The ...

For more than two years, traffic cameras on one of the main arteries of the Nicosia suburb of Engomi have not been in operation following the failure to renew a ...

The main civil servants’ union on Tuesday slammed a recently published report of the International Monetary Fund, vowing to fight any attempt to “encroach” on workers’ rights. In an interview ...

An attack inside Cyprus’ central prisons was on Tuesday branded an “attempted murder” by a prisoners’ rights group, which called for an urgent police investigation. The Association for the Protection ...

Seventeen municipalities and community clusters bordering forest areas have been equipped with government-funded wood chippers, the ministry of agriculture announced on Tuesday in a move aimed at reducing wildfire hazards ...

A 46-year-old British tourist who was arrested after colliding head-on with a motorcycle and killing its rider was on Tuesday ordered to remain in custody until his next court hearing ...

After a weekend marred by law breaking behaviour at Easter bonfires, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Tuesday said he would write to the Supreme Court to request that cases involving ...

The House legal committee on Tuesday denied responsibility for the various crimes surrounding Easter bonfires, known as lambradjies, and other explosives over the weekend, insisting that the bill the government ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will attend the funeral of Pope Francis, it was reported on Tuesday. The Cyprus News Agency said that Christodoulides will travel to Rome to attend the funeral, ...

Mobile speed cameras are “not set up on a whim”, traffic police director Charis Evripidou said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, he said there are “points where ...

The Turkish foreign ministry has promised to take legal action over the publication of allegations against the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and others regarding ...

Consumer spending during the Easter period showed encouraging signs, particularly in essential goods, according to the head of the small shopkeepers’ association (Povek) Stefanos Koursaris and supermarkets’ association director Andreas ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday lit a fire outside Kyrenia town hall as nightly protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to ...

In Cyprus, family has always come first. On this island, over half of all Cypriots – the highest percentage in Europe – are in daily contact with their kin according to the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, describing him as a tireless advocate for peace, dialogue and solidarity. ...

A series of attacks against police officers during the Easter weekend has prompted strong reactions from the police, who called for immediate action and greater public awareness. The police association ...

A 16-year-old was arrested in Paphos on Easter Sunday for illegal possession of firecrackers, as part of a nationwide police operation targeting youth delinquency during the Easter holidays. According to ...

The village of Elia, near Lefka, on Saturday night lit its own fire in protest against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by ...

The Tolmi addiction centre in Paphos is aiming to open a new residential addiction treatment facility, with the town’s municipality having given a “positive” response to the idea, the ...

Ozgur Ozel, the leader of Turkey’s largest opposition political party the CHP, on Saturday decried the “bankruptcy” of the country’s foreign policy in the wake of the signing ...

Non-governmental organisation Accept – LGBTI Cyprus on Sunday reacted with fury to an image of an Easter bonfire, known as a “lambradjia”, adorned with placards with “LGBT” written on them. In ...

Turkey’s presidential communications directorate on Saturday night slammed “fictitious” and “unfounded” allegations levelled against the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and others regarding reported ...