#Cyprus

The European Commission disagreed with parliament’s compromise proposal over reduced VAT on homes, deputies at the House finance committee heard on Monday, amid an impending deadline just over a ...

A fire that broke out in the Ineia Paphos community on Tuesday afternoon was brought under control, the forestry department announced. It destroyed 500 square metres of wild vegetation. According to ...

Cyprus is among the countries with the lowest rates of children with unmet medical needs in the EU according to data released by Eurostat. But unmet medical needs for dental ...

The typewriter of a 21-year-old Eoka fighter which was donated to the Eoka struggle museum was presented on Monday by his distant relative, Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas. Makis Giorgallas from ...

Larnaca municipality engaged in a cleanup operation on Monday over the contentious Pampoulas industrial area, where three shacks deemed to be dangerous are set to be demolished. The area has ...

President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated President Tayyip Erdogan for his re-election victory on Monday, expressing his hope that talks for the Cyprus problem could pick up where they left off in ...

The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation will this year hold its first-ever Young Entrepreneurs Award in Cyprus, it announced on Monday. The award has been organised every year since 2008 exclusively in Greece ...

The Nicosia energy workshop taking place on Monday on the Israel-to-Cyprus gas pipeline is the first significant milestone in shaping the national energy policy, Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou has said. ...

The island is increasingly dependent on desalination, and the environmental cost is heavy, though that might be about to change By Annette Chrysostomou The energy consumption of desalination is expected ...

President Nikos Christodoulides pledged on Sunday that he will give his utmost for the reunification of the island saying the European Union sees Cyprus’ efforts to resolve the national problem. ...

The new targets will impact all energy sectors, including transport, heating and shipping, in addition to electricity By Charles Ellinas EU’s gas policies are embodied in its RePwerEU strategy: ...

Under the slogan ‘Together we Thrive’, the Cyprus Pride Parade was underway in Nicosia on Saturday evening as part of the Cyprus Pride Festival 2023 organised by Accept-LGBTI Cyprus. (Photo: Hanna ...

Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots joined forces on Saturday at the Ledra Palace, demanding the opening of new checkpoints, streamlined procedures at crossing points, and the reunification of Cyprus within ...

A group of children animated the characters of Batman, Minnie Mouse, Frozen, Spiderman, and various other beloved children’s heroes, transforming a section of the parking area at Larnaca airport ...

In a move aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two communities and rekindling hope for a solution to the Cyprus issue, Akel has submitted a range of measures to president ...

As part of the cooperation and upgraded relations between the Armed Forces of the Republic of Cyprus and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Aerobatic Saudi Hawks were hosted on ...

The oldest lavender in the world comes from the Eastern Mediterranean. Alix Norman discovers the strange power of this fragrant plant Lavender often makes us think of England – of country ...

The EU will create an information and support centre for Cypriot businesses looking to cooperate across the Green Line, the European Commission said on Friday. Such a centre will be ...

Talks between the government and US energy giant Chevron appeared to move in a positive direction on Friday, after a meeting at the presidential palace ended on a high note ...

The defence ministry on Friday opened up to the possibility of exempting race car driver Vladimiros Tziortzis from his compulsory military service. In a statement released to the Cyprus News ...

Independent MP Andreas Themistocleous was reported to the House special committee on ethics on Friday after he attacked a Green Party parliamentarian for welcoming the ban on conversion therapies. Alexandra ...

Buffer zone community representatives are meeting Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Friday to discuss their demand for removal of barbed wire placed along the Green Line. The placing of barbed ...

Former Kiti bishop will be sentenced on June 1 after being found guilty of indecent assault by the Larnaca district court, it decided on Friday. The bishop was present at Friday’...

Three Cyprus wine took home the “big gold medal”, the highest possible award bestowed upon local wines, at the 14th annual Cyprus Wine Competition, the ministry of agriculture said on ...