#Cyprus

Cops for hire: private and legal entities can buy additional police services with the money raised going to state coffers, it emerged on Tuesday with the force confirming a significant ...

Few eyebrows were raised when the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel made his latest cabinet reshuffle on August 11. It had been expected for some time that he would banish ...

Cyprus and the US carried out a joint search and rescue exercise – over the sea and in the air – on Monday with major US navy vessels such as Arleigh Burke-class (...

The government must reinstate the fuel subsidy for two months as petrol prices are up 18 cents per litre from the time the government scrapped it back on July 1, the consumers ...

Police in Ayia Napa on Monday arrested two women, aged 20, theft, disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. According to police statement, a shop owner spotted one ...

An Australian MP of Greek Cypriot heritage has reportedly been suspended from a sub-faction of the Victorian Labour Party after sparking factional in-fighting over a speech backing Cyprus. According to ...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is expected to express its deep concern over the developments in Pyla, according to CyBC’s reporter in New York. Just hours before the ...

Staffers at the state broadcaster CyBC have been promoted despite not having a recognised university degree or sufficient foreign language fluency, the audit office charged in a letter that went ...

US Senator Robert Menendez will be named honorary citizen of Paphos when he visits on Friday, the municipality announced on Monday, ahead of his visit set to coincide with the ...

The cost of the government’s actions will become evident in the medium-term and it have to take responsibility for its choices, former finance minister and opposition Disy MP Harris ...

Four people have been arrested and charged in the north after being found selling weapons to a wanted person in the Republic. In addition, the suspects attempted to convert counterfeit €1,300 ...

Israeli hotel group Fattal is set to acquire the Limassol Grand Resort and recently acquired the Latsi Holiday Village Resort, the group announced on Monday. This will extend the company’...

Victims of domestic of violence were on Monday encouraged to speak out and not hesitate to file complaints by chief the Turkish Cypriot police’s Violence against women intervention unit ...

A total of 86 people were rescued off the coast of Cyprus on Sunday afternoon, according to the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC). There were 61 men, 6 women and 19 children on a ...

Τhe EuroAsia Interconnector and Cyprus’ 2030 Energy Plan Cyprus issued its draft updated National Energy and Climate Plan, 2021-2030, (NECP) for public consultation on July 21 and to the European Commission (EC) ...

State schools are ready to offer the sex education classes that have sparked outrage and protests by a small group of parents urged on by their most outspoken critic, far-right ...

Is free access to popular beaches being squeezed out? Complaints over a battle for beachfront bliss and accusations of shady business practices cloud Cyprus’ beaches every season, but an official ...

Three people were remanded for eight days at Famagusta court on Sunday, for driving a boat that brought 11 migrants – including one minor, to the shores of Cape Greco. The boat, ...

Wine cooperative Sodap will not be receiving any grapes this year due to its large stocks, acting director Michalis Solonos announced on Friday. Solonos told the Cyprus News Agency that ...

The number of domestic violence reports in Cyprus has soared in recent years, with a 319 per cent increase in reports seen since 2018. In 2022, the number of domestic violence reports reached 3,082, ...

Russia is set to “partially recognise” the north upon the opening of its consular office there, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Saturday. Speaking in a TV interview, he ...

Hotel occupancy rates in Cyprus are expected to reach as much as 95 per cent in August, hoteliers association (Pasyxe) president Thanos Michaelides said on Saturday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

The situation regarding stray dogs in Cyprus has “greatly worsened” in recent years, animal workers said on Saturday. They told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) that overcrowding in shelters and “...

Ayia Napa’s Nissi beach is in the top ten most popular beaches in the world on the social media platform Instagram according to a new study. The study was ...