#Cyprus

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres intends to make moves to solve the Cyprus problem before the end of his mandate, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Sunday. In an interview ...

Police were on Sunday continuing to investigate after a phone call on Saturday night warned of a bomb onboard a plane travelling from Cyprus to Abu Dhabi. Officials at Larnaca ...

Cyprus tourist arrivals have increased by 32 per cent this year, deputy minister for tourism Costas Koumis said on Sunday, expressing the hope that visitors will continue to flow to the ...

A memorial service for 16 victims of the Helios air crash in 2005 was held in Paralimni on Sunday. The plane crashed killing all 121 on board on August 14, 2005 in the mountainous Grammatikos ...

Hoteliers in the Famaguta area are projecting a very good August for tourism, president of the region’s hoteliers association Panayiotis Constantinou said on Sunday. With occupancy levels of between 85 ...

The swift intervention of two police officers to save a two-year-old boy in Ayia Napa proved to be a lifesaver, the force announced on Sunday. At 9.30 on Saturday night while ...

A report on Saturday raised fears over the private health sector in Cyprus transforming into a monopoly held by foreign interests, after it emerged US company CVC Capital is allegedly ...

Police on Saturday denied reports it had tried to shut down the Jho Low parody account on X (formerly Twitter) after pressure from President Nikos Christodoulides. Instead, police had moved ...

Seven nightclubs were reported in Paphos on Friday night, as part of police efforts to clamp down on noise pollution, police announced on Saturday. The reports were part of an ...

The peak of the Perseid phenomenon, known in lay terms as shooting stars, started on Friday and will last through Sunday. During this time up to 100 shooting stars per hour ...

The percentage of graduates in Cyprus that find work within a year of completing education was recorded by Eurostat to be at 81.4 per cent, just below the bloc’s average ...

The attorney-general’s decision to appeal 76-year-old David Hunter’s sentence and verdict has caused surprise and anguish in both his defence team and family, as well as the broader ...

Police on Thursday detained six Israeli nationals after they reportedly caused disruption to a flight bound for Tel Aviv. They are all teenagers. Israeli news outlet Ynet quoted one of ...

The fisheries department on Friday responded to a social media post picked up by news sources, following the publication of a photo showing turtle tracks on an organised beach in ...

Occupancy rates in Ayia Napa hotels are now similar to those seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, mayor Christos Zannetou said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Zannettou explained ...

The cybercrime police on Friday said it had made no request for the parody social media account Jho Low Presidential Godson to be closed. “Our aim was not to silence ...

The forestry department on Thursday said the recent spate of devastating wildfires that have ravaged Cyprus over the past days must serve as a wakeup call for collective reflection and ...

The Chinese-led consortium with the contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasilikos have just filed a new timetable, promising to deliver the project by July 2024, the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a case brought forward by Turkish Cypriots in mixed marriages with Turkish nationals seeking Cyprus citizenship for their children, citing that the individuals involved ...

Six fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv were arrested in Larnaca on Wednesday, during checks ahead of entering a match against Aek Larnaca. One of the six ...

The European Commission will continue to call on Turkey to fully and speedily implement all European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgements, the Commission said in a letter, expressing its ...

Cyprus police have filed a complaint against the “Jho Low Presidential Godson” parody account on X, formerly known as Twitter, they said on Wednesday. The parody account posted the complaint ...

EU member state officials are free to meet with anyone they think necessary bilaterally, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said on Wednesday, commenting on the visit of the highly controversial ...

A 45-year-old man was arrested under suspicion of drug possession, after police found cannabis plants and packages in his home, authorities said on Wednesday. According to police, the drug squad ...