#Cyprus

Lawmakers on Tuesday called for a crackdown on people renting out their properties but who continue to evade the taxman by not registering as Airbnb. The House commerce committee discussed ...

Rescuers from the north on Tuesday described the macabre scenes they witnessed in Adiyaman, while trying to save the Turkish Cypriot volleyball team buried under the rubble of the Isias ...

The Cypriot economy has achieved remarkable performance in recent years amid a period of sustained instability, a senior official with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday. The comments ...

Disy’s Harris Georgiades on Tuesday said he will run for the party leader, amid speculation on what the future of the party would hold. Georgiades is currently Disy’s ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Tuesday hailed his ministry’s work on green growth and the circular economy during a tour of the wastewater treatment plant project in Achna. The ...

A bid to streamline remuneration for services offered at hospitals under the national health scheme Gesy is underway with proposals from its operator, the health insurance organisation (HIO), already in ...

A man who committed the “extremely vile” crimes of sexually abusing three children and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a “blatantly inadequate sentence” has now had his sentence ...

A Turkish Cypriot mother and earthquake survivor, who lost her 11-year-old daughter in the wreckage of the Isias hotel in Turkey, described on Monday the tragedy that befell the school ...

Disy’s Political Bureau convened on Monday evening to decide the timeframe and procedures ahead of the March 11 internal vote for the election of a new party leader – and possibly ...

For the second day in a row, police urged businesses to pay extra attention to their online accounts and transactions after releasing a statement regarding a Limassol-based company finding out ...

Newly elected President Nikos Christodoulides will be invested by the House of Representatives, as stipulated by Article 42 of the Cypriot constitution, on February 28 at 11.30am. On that day, in front ...

By Andria Kades and Jonathan Shkurko A day after Nikos Christodoulides emerged as Cyprus’ elected president, the horse trading over cabinet members appeared to be in full swing. Christodoulides insists ...

Cyprus Airways carried more passengers in January this year than in 2019 before the start of the pandemic, the carrier announced on Monday. A total of 27,356 passengers travelled on the airline ...

Government plans for roundabouts and buildings enraging residents who want green spaces Ten years since the last international state fair was held, the 250,000 square metres of prime land in Engomi, ...

Foreign leaders and other officials congratulated president-elect Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday evening following his victory in the second round of the presidential elections. President of the European Commission Ursula von ...

Cyprus on Sunday voted Nikos Christodoulides as the eighth President of the Republic, as a declaration ceremony at Eleftheria Stadium rocked to cheers of his name, applause and loud music. ...

Presidential hopeful Andreas Mavroyiannis conceded defeat on Sunday, an hour after the voting stations closed, thanking all his supporters “for the beautiful journey” they had embarked on. Though the difference ...

All the Turkish Cypriots who died in the devastating earthquakes in Turkey on Monday have now been returned to the island as the last of the funerals were held on ...

Exit polls indicate Nikos Christodoulides will become the next president of Cyprus, giving him a clear lead over his rival Andreas Mavroyiannis. Christodoulides’ campaign team erupted into cheers once the ...

By Andria Kades and Paul Lambis With the presidential elections dominating news broadcasts across Cyprus for the past few weeks it is not just those on the island that have ...

At the age of 102, Argyri Achilleos is the oldest voter in Cyprus, the Cyprus News Agency said on Sunday after she voted in the Paphos district. A resident of Tala, ...

The second round of voting in the presidential elections went smoothly and no issues were reported, with the exception of one voter caught trying to take a picture of his ...

A veteran German hiker mastered a long European trail and found an unexpected companion on the last leg. Fancy a 10,000km hike? Well, Uncle Bob did, starting on the E4 ...

Sour Disy split and suprise first-round Mavroyiannis victory set the stage Betrayal, backroom dirty dealing, threats and political upsets – Sunday’s second round of the presidential election has it all. ...