#Cyprus

Five people were on Tuesday found guilty for the death of Turkish Cypriot Tansu Cidan, who died in the central prison in 2022. The five included two of his fellow inmates ...

The safety and wellbeing of the 2025 conscription intake is a top priority for the defence ministry, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Tuesday during a swearing-in ceremony held at the ...

Electricity has been restored in most of the of the villages affected by last week’s wildfires, electricity authority (EAC) spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou said in a social media post on ...

The amount of money the state is collecting in taxes is on the rise, a report into the tax department’s activities released by the audit office on Monday said, ...

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has had a second of his degrees revoked by Istanbul University, with the university on Monday night announcing that it had elected to cancel his master’...

Turkish energy company Aksa reacted with fury over reports that it had financed a Turkish Cypriot leadership election poll which showed opposition candidate Tufan Erhurman to hold a 14-per-cent lead ...

The fire department on Monday disputed claims by the community leader of Vouni village that they “ran out of water” while fighting the wildfire tearing through the Limassol district last ...

Fruit and vegetable prices remain high this summer, the Cyprus Consumers Association said on Monday, as middle-men continue to put a large mark-up on items. The latest findings confirm that ...

The United States navy’s guided missile destroyer the USS Arleigh Burke arrived in Cyprus on Monday, the American embassy in Nicosia announced. The ship is the lead ship of ...

One fifth of the areas burned by the fires that swept through mountainous Limassol villages last week were part of the Natura 2000 network, the Eratosthenis Centre of Excellence on Monday. ...

Despite critically low water levels at the island’s largest reservoir, Kouris dam, water cuts will be avoided this year thanks to the installation of 12 new desalination units, deputy director ...

A team of 150 people are working “non-stop” to repair the damage caused to electrical infrastructure in the Limassol district by the wildfire which tore through the area last week, electricity ...

The water development department is “preparing for the worst-case scenario” with regard to Cyprus’ water supply, as a hot and dry summer saw levels of water in the island’s ...

Charalambos Savva, the deputy mayor of the Paphos district village of Ayia Marinouda, called for stricter checks on landfills, after a fire broke out at a landfill site in his ...

A book which offers fierce criticism for late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash caused fury among the Turkish Cypriot community over the weekend, with figures from across the north’s ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ televised apology for the government’s response to the wildfires which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people last week was “not enough”, House president ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday evening apologised on behalf of the state over the response to the Limassol fires, which tore through villages leaving two dead, and over 120km² burned. “...

Deep in the storerooms of Cyprus’ prehistoric past lies a handcrafted ceramic that has fascinated scholars and visitors alike for decades. The tiny Vounous Bowl, discovered in a Bronze Age ...

Let’s imagine a young Filipino woman. Let’s call her Althea, which was apparently the most common girl’s name in the Philippines in 2023. What will Althea experience, should ...

Cabinet will approve the first plans to offer compensation to people whose property was damaged or destroyed by last week’s wildfire in Limassol when it convenes on Wednesday, according ...

Speeding fines incurred by people who were fleeing the wildfire which broke out in the Limassol district this week and were caught by mobile speed cameras will be cancelled, the ...

A second Greek island is to stage a protest against the planned arrival of an Israeli cruise ship which last week docked in Cyprus after being turned away from Syros. ...

A Cyprus-based company lost €458,000 worth of cryptocurrency after a hacker gained access to its digital wallet, the police said on Saturday. The police said the incident took place in April, ...

The wildfire which broke out in the Limassol district on Wednesday and killed two people “did not start by chance”, Marilena Athini, the mukhtar of Malia, the village in which ...