#Cyprus

Kyrenia mayor Akis Violaris renewed calls for the return of displaced people and the resolution of the missing persons issue in a message marking the 52nd anniversary of the Turkish ...

The Cyprus petrol station owners’ association on Monday called on President Nikos Christodoulides to intervene over a transport ministry decree that will see at least 80 per cent of petrol tankers ...

The foreign ministry on Monday condemned the visit of Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz to the north on the occasion of the Turkish invasion in 1974. “We remain committed to the ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman stressed the need for “results” to be achieved at the next enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in his speech marking the 52nd anniversary of ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Monday said that Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in 1974 brought peace not only to Turkish Cypriots and to the north of the island, but ...

Turkey will be required to exhibit flexibility in its position regarding the Cyprus problem, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday, as he faced questions over the day’s Nato ...

Relatives, friends and politicians gathered for the funeral of businessman Nikos Shacolas in Strovolos on Monday.  Among the attendees were President Nikos Christodoulides, House president Annita Demetriou and Archbishop Georgios, ...

Defence attorneys on Monday grilled a nursery schoolteacher who had supervised the class of Stylianos Constantinou, the boy who took his own life at the age of 14. The case before ...

Three fire fighters were hospitalised following the outbreak of a fire in a frozen food factory in Aradippou on Monday afternoon. “During the operation, three members of the fire service, ...

The government on Thursday again sought to distance itself from the upcoming meeting in Cyprus of the Gaza Executive Board, with Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos stressing that the island is ...

Cyprus has expressed solidarity with Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes killed at least 164 people and caused widespread destruction. In its statement issued on Thursday, the foreign ministry said it was “...

A murder investigation has been launched following the discovery of a body in the Larnaca district over the weekend. The body is believed to be that of a Bangladeshi student ...

Three recent books help explain why consensus on the nature of the Cyprus problem, let alone the solution, remains so difficult. And, perhaps, why dozens of UN diplomats have failed ...

Live cameras and meteorological stations will be installed at organised beaches in the municipality of Paralimni-Deryneia as part of efforts to upgrade services for beachgoers, the municipality said on Saturday. “...

A house in Lakatamia in the Nicosia district caught fire on Saturday after an iron was left on a piece of fabric. According to the fire service, the bedroom on ...

The Limassol zoo will continue to operate after the Municipal Council ruled against converting the area into an environmental park on Thursday evening.  Speaking to CyBC radio, Limassol mayor Yiannis ...

A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of illegally possessing drugs with intent to supply in Paralimni on Thursday. The police said that officers spotted the man on his motorcycle ...

A vehicle was totally destroyed by a fire that appears to have been started maliciously in Nicosia on Thursday. Police said that the fire broke out in the car of ...

An investigation is underway into a fire that broke out in a house in Livadia, Larnaca on Friday, which may have been caused by a technical failure in a photovoltaic ...

The government will do “whatever is necessary” for a full investigation, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday evening following the anti-corruption authority’s report into claims of corruption made in ...

A Cypriot neurologist based in the United States has secured $9 million in international funding for a major research initiative aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of a brain disease ...

Cyprus once again ranked among the EU’s top performers for bathing water quality, with all 123 monitored bathing sites across the island receiving the highest possible rating of “excellent” in 2025 ...

The Central bank of Cyprus (CBC) has released a new set of Cyprus euro coins featuring paintings by well-known local artist George Pol Georgiou. The set features four of Georgiou’...

Independent member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou was the only Cypriot dissenter on Tuesday as the parliament green-lit two pieces of legislation which aim to ease trade between the ...