#Cyprus

Testy exchange in row over party at protected turtle beach By Tom Cleaver The audit office is awaiting a response from the interior and agriculture ministries over a private party ...

Cyprus’ authorities and Greek Orthodox church have remained silent after the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrios church in Gaza City was ordered to evacuate by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). The ...

The UN human rights council is set to discuss the report of its working group on the use of mercenaries – privately hired professional combatants – in Cyprus in their upcoming September ...

A 25-year-old foreign student and delivery driver was robbed by a group of men in Nicosia early on Wednesday, adding yet another case to the ongoing series of violent attacks ...

Temperatures on Thursday will reach up to 38 degrees Celsius inland, around 31 degrees on the west coast, 34 degrees on the remaining coastal areas and 27 degrees in the higher mountains. Although it ...

The government is “studying” the prospect of making a €25-million payment to Greece’s independent transmission system operator (Admie) to help finance the Great Sea Interconnector project, Finance Minister Makis ...

A total of 1,200 tonnes of aid which was sent from Cyprus to Gaza last week has been unloaded off the ship at the Israeli port of Ashdod, presidential press office ...

The government on Wednesday confirmed it has received the report from the United States bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives (ATF) concerning the recent wildfire in the Limassol mountain ...

The prosecution in the military court case involving the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month asked for a site inspection of the Strovilia crossing point, ...

The findings of the investigative committee on defective Takata airbags will be reviewed and completed by September 10, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades confirmed on Wednesday. He said the committee, which includes ...

From 2023 to August 2024, a total of 48,212 residence permits were issued for employees of foreign companies and their family members, according to figures from the deputy ministry of migration presented to ...

The demographic issue is ‘killing’ both Greece and Cyprus and this problem is the largest they face, Greek deputy foreign minister Ioannis Loverdos said on Wednesday. “We need to change ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday asked for notification to be given in advance of any procedural changes in how Cyprus’ crossing points operate after rumours of law changes ...

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) received a donation of €15,000 from Portugal on August 25, it announced on Wednesday. This contribution brings Portugal’s financial assistance to the CMP to a ...

All eyes have now turned to Thursday’s Champions League league phase draw after Cypriot champions Pafos FC made history on Tuesday night, becoming only the third Cypriot football club ...

A discussion “not on the surface, but on the substance” will take place at the next joint session of the House agriculture, environment, and interior committees regarding last month’s ...

The stage planned for the upcoming carob festival in Ayios Georgios, Peyia, on Friday will be relocated following criticism over its initial placement in a protected area, after reports emerged ...

A Covid-19 infection can lead to long-term cardiovascular complications by causing vascular damage, particularly in women, according to a new study by the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) and the ...

The president of the association for the protection of the rights of prisoners and detainees, Alexandros Clerides, said on Tuesday that the government must be held accountable for the chronic ...

The Nicholas Zoe Foundation and Boston Children’s Hospital will join forces in Cyprus on September 16, at the Old Town Hall in Nicosia, in an effort to advance paediatric research, ...

Doctors and veterinarians in the north on Tuesday issued a joint call for “preventative and supervisory mechanisms” after a Turkish Cypriot died of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, commonly known as mad ...

A new website was launched on Tuesday with the aim of persuading Cypriots living abroad to return to the island. Its launch was announced by President Nikos Christodoulides, who said ...

Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Tuesday said he expects the tenders review authority to reach a decision in early October regarding Greek company Aktor’s appeal against the government’s ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Monday night promised that the Great Sea Interconnector project, which, if completed, will connect the energy grids of Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, will go ...