#Cyprus

Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in bomb disposal and demining by Irish troops in Cyprus, Irish Defence Forces chief-of-staff Lieutenant-General Seán Clancy said on Wednesday. Speaking at an annual ...

The supreme court’s decision to reject Aglandjia municipality’s appeal over the local government reform calls into question institutional independence, the Nicosia local authority said on Wednesday. Aglandjia municipality ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday the government will go over the findings of a special European Parliament committee which called on Cyprus to assess its export licence regime for ...

Nicosia criminal court on Tuesday dropped charges against four people accused of aiding and abetting the 2017 kidnapping and subsequent transport abroad of a four-year-old girl from outside her Nicosia kindergarten ...

Tourism revenue for February increased by 42.9 per cent over last year, the island’s statistics department (Cystat) said on Tuesday. Revenue from tourism reached €56.6 million in February 2023 compared to €39.6 mn ...

Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis on Tuesday said the 19-year-old he planned to hire has withdrawn her interest and will not be working for him. Koumis was speaking to the ...

An effort to modernise and improve the way the judicial system operates is in the pipeline, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Tuesday, saying new courts will be established. “This ...

The health ministry is tightening up controls on prescribing antibiotics through the health system Gesy, it said on Tuesday. According to data from the European Centre for Disease Control and ...

A final call by David Hunter’s defence team to have his wife’s killing tried as manslaughter as opposed to premeditated murder failed on Tuesday, after the judge said ...

There are still gaps in dealing with cyber-attacks, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Philippos Hadjizacharias admitted on Tuesday. However, his ministry has taken serious actions to strengthen ...

The reunification of Cyprus goes through the European Union, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Tuesday during the main Europe Day event and flag-raising ceremony that took place at Eleftheria ...

Cyprus, China and the UK exchange cross-cultural knowledge in audio-visual media through the newly established International Centre of Media, Arts and Communication at UCLan Cyprus university. The unique initiative, developed ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday that they are working towards lowering the VAT rate in general in Cyprus, adding that the government would mostly likely also further extend ...

Sperm donor anonymity should be waived in the future, but only under certain conditions and if the child itself requests the information, Commissioner for Children’s Rights Despo Michaelidou advised ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday stressed that the government is working to develop a unified refugee policy, prompted by reports of recent developments in Varosha. The Cyprus Mail reported over ...

The trial of British David Hunter resumed at Paphos criminal court on Monday, where prosecution aimed to get the facts on record of how police were alerted to the murder, ...

A woman found dead in her apartment on Sunday was strangled, police said on Monday as an arrest warrant was issued for the main suspect, thought to have crossed to ...

A Cyprus court recognised for the first time the right of environmental NGOs to access the national courts to ensure environmental protection. This was achieved through a decision of the ...

Authorities rescued three people from an apartment where a fire broke out in Larnaca on Sunday afternoon. Two fire engines responded to a call about a fire in an apartment ...

An event to honour the fallen during World War II during was held on Saturday at the monument in Larnaca of Cypriot heroes who fell during WWII, in the presence ...

Authorities are still looking for a 25-year-old man to shed light into the premediated murder case of a 35-year-old woman whose body was found in a Germasoya apartment early on ...

Psychologist Jordan Peterson divides opinion but the man with the sometimes controversial ideas has included the island on his ongoing tour News that sometimes controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson will be ...

The education ministry supports actions to preserve the identity of different religious groups in Cyprus, according to Education Minister Athena Michaelidou. Cyprus, having signed the European Charter for Regional or ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Humanity has made remarkable progress in dealing with the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. However, a lot remains to be done. ...