#Cyprus

The large-scale tactical National Guard exercise Nikitis-Dimitra 2023 which took place in the land, sea, and air space of Cyprus showed the preparation and effectiveness of the units, leading officers said ...

Local authorities should play a leading role in the development of their communities and the government will support this effort, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. He was speaking at ...

Cyprus is ready to address in time any Search and Rescue (SAR) incident of any scale at sea and to activate supporting means and the rescue process for any shipwreck, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a press conference on Tuesday on the first 100 days of his administration, following underwhelming comments about his term so far by experts and the public. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is seeking a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, he said on Saturday. The president was commenting two days after ...

International rating agency Fitch has affirmed Cyprus’ Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at BBB, assigning a Stable Outlook, assuming that fiscal surpluses will continue despite economic slowdown, whereas the ...

The state should bear the cost of waste management rather than the public, deputies from the House environment and audit committees concluded on Friday, after a joint visit at the ...

Nicosia is expecting London to exert pressures that can pave the way for a resumption of talks on the Cyprus problem, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday after a ...

In a resolution adopted Thursday, the European Parliament called on Cyprus to repeal all spyware export licenses as well as to declassify a report on the Israeli ‘spy van’. The ...

Plans were announced by the government on Thursday for the creation of a new deputy ministry of migration and asylum. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou explained that the new deputy ministry ...

The president’s much hyped trip to Strasbourg drew ridicule from certain quarters on social media as he addressed a near empty parliament. President Nikos Christodoulides opened his speech by ...

The north’s sheep and goat pox issue appears to have spread to close to the capital, with six farm animals in the northern Nicosia suburb of Mandres culled on ...

Despite the public’s general disdain for public institutions, Cypriot justice is trusted, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday at a swearing in ceremony for the new judges at the ...

Yeroskipou municipality was on Wednesday fully geared to appeal a town planning decision greenlighting the construction of a hotel by the archbishopric, in an area brimming with antiquities. The municipality ...

Discussions on the use of police body cams and in cars continued at the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday, with the deputy head of the committee saying they are ...

Spyware has been abused in certain EU member states, posing a threat to democracy and the rule of law, Jeroen Lenaers, president of the Pega committee, said on Wednesday. Speaking ...

Cyprus holds the highest proportion of blood donations in terms of population, the Thalassemia International Federation (TIF) said on Wednesday. In an announcement to mark World Blood Donor Day, the ...

A new bill aimed at clamping down on poaching and preserving the country’s biodiversity has been put forward for public consultation by the interior ministry. The bill sets out ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou questioned President Nikos Christodoulides handling of the Cyprus problem on Wednesday by focusing all his efforts on securing the so called more active involvement of ...

The House commerce committee on Tuesday condemned a “unilateral” decision by the finance ministry to increase the minimum spend by third-country tourists to make them eligible for VAT returns. The ...

Dust levels in May were the worst for that month in the past five years, the latest readings by Care-C research center at the Cyprus Institute showed on Tuesday. The ...

Comments spurring hate speech against the LGBTIQ+ community are condemnable and authorities must intervene immediately to tackle the slew of latest complaints, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides said on Tuesday. She ...

Parts of Cyprus will be mapped with 3D imaging in the coming days, multinational tech company ‘Here’ announced on Tuesday. The company said the goal is to create detailed digital ...

Former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos will be put on a sabbatical until his appeal against a guilty sexual assault verdict concludes, the Holy Synod decided on Tuesday. Speaking after the meeting, ...