#Cyprus

Cyprus will run for spot on the board of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. He said in this way Cyprus would be able to ...

The further extension of electricity subsidies will continue if the cabinet decides to continue with the support, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, following reports that when the subsidy expires ...

A 52-year-old man died on Saturday in Limassol after being hit by a car while attempting to cross the road, police said. According to police, at around 5am a 67-year-old ...

Police in Paphos are investigating the unnatural death of baby boy, after his parents found him unconscious in his cot on Saturday. According to police, the baby was found unconscious ...

Cyprus on Saturday marked the anniversary of the start of the 1955-1959 struggle for independence against British colonial rule with a series of church services and other events presided over ...

Corrective measures have been taken at the airports police said on Friday, following a report that two officers posing as civilians were able to pass explosives and knives through Larnaca ...

Kokkinochoria gymnasium and lyceum won a national school competition ‘Think Smart, Create Green’ and will compete in the international final competition in May 2023, an announcement said on Friday. According to ...

Lawyer Alexandros Clerides said he was pleased over a satisfactory meeting with the director of the president’s office, Charalambos Charalambous on Friday, after the prisoners’ rights protection association, which ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos met on Friday with Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou to discuss issues in the banking system, a day after he had met with the heads of ...

The trilateral meeting between Cyprus, Greece and Israel concluded on Friday, with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and his Greek and Israeli counterparts Nikos Dendias and Eli Cohen invoking the importance ...

Four more people died from Covid-19, including a 66-year-old woman, the health ministry’s weekly report said on Friday amidst relaxations to the coronavirus protocols. The new deaths raise the ...

Cyprus-flagged ships are facing ‘a second Turkish embargo’ hampering Ukrainian grain exports, Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hadjimanoli said on Thursday. Apart from the embargo on docking at Turkish ports, ...

Cyprus’ defence ministry signed a letter of intent with the US’s New Jersey National Guard on Thursday, to be inducted into the state partnership program (SPP). Under the program, ...

Questions on social security services and welfare benefits can be directed to the 1450 call centre as of Thursday. The new contact centre, offered free of charge, launched its operations earlier ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar called the two-state solution to the Cyprus problem “crucial” for Turkish Cypriots. Speaking to LBC Radio on Thursday during his five-day visit to the UK, ...

Greek Cypriots cannot tolerate the voice of Turkish Cypriots, Ersin Tatar said after students protested against the Turkish Cypriot leader as he was heading to a conference at King’s ...

Police unions decried the government’s measures aimed at tackling hooliganism as “unrealistic”, while it pointed out that others already exist but are not enforced. Nikos Loizides, head of the ...

All the relevant services are better staffed and better equipped to deal with fires than they were last year, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. He was speaking after ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis considered cutting Cyprus out of key gas pipeline proposals to try and improve Athens-Ankara relations, a book by Cypriot writer Costis Hadjicostis claims. Hadjicostis’ claims ...

Sports fans will be subjected to random alcohol and drugs tests on entry to sports venues while a permanent police team will be established to cover high-risk matches, according to ...

Around 27 migrants for every 1,000 people arrived in Cyprus from outside the EU in 2021, data released by Eurostat on Wednesday showed, also revealing 22.7 per cent of the island’s citizens were ...

It is imperative to identify the challenges affecting democratic societies and to listen to the needs of the people, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday addressing the 2023 Summit for Democracy, ...

The present status quo in Cyprus and the lack of negotiations are unacceptable, leaders and representatives of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot political parties participating in bi-communal meetings at the ...

A 45-year-old man was on Wednesday found guilty of manslaughter by the Paphos district court after causing a traffic accident that killed a 60-year-old woman in December 2021. Androulla Papachristoforou died ...