#Cyprus

By Esra Aygin The opening of the long-awaited new Ercan/Tymbou airport has once again been postponed, prompting the Turkish Cypriot media to question if it will ever be operational ...

The Holy Synod is set to convene on Monday morning, with the election of a new archbishop to be high on the agenda. The members will meet at 10am, according ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday he would require the opinion of the attorney general (AG), on how to proceed with the law on extending the foreclosure freeze. Passed through ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday dismissed Turkey’s comments which rejected the EU’s stance over the contentious observer status given to the ‘TRNC’ as an entity at the Organisation ...

Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Malta on Saturday jointly criticised EU member states for not sharing the responsibility of hosting migrants, saying the four countries collectively are “bearing the heaviest burden ...

Parts of the latest season of popular British reality TV show Celebs Go Dating take place in Cyprus, after issues surrounding work visas to Greece went awry. The E4 show’...

Archbishop Chrysostomos II was laid to rest on Saturday, on a symbolic date marking exactly 16 years since the day he was enthroned. The funeral of the head of the Church ...

More than 1,500 sexually abused children have turned to the Children’s House under the auspices of Hope for Children since 2017, it emerged on Saturday. The year 2021 had the biggest recorded ...

The European Commission on Saturday announced it rejected moves by Turkey to have the ‘TRNC’ included as an observer at the summit meeting of the Organisation of Turkic States. “This ...

Police officers will be kitted out with cameras, or ‘body cams’ as they are more widely known, while plainclothes officers would also be allowed to record, under a new bill ...

A number of businesses in Makarios Avenue have shut down and many have moved from the area, due to the problems caused by the roadworks, a spokeswoman for businesses on ...

Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain arrived in Cyprus on Friday evening from the United Kingdom, to attend the funeral of Archbishop Chrysostomos II to be held on Saturday. ...

Commissioner for human rights and ombudswoman, Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Friday that of the roughly 2,500 complaints received by her office, about 600 are outside her office’s purview. Of the remaining ...

The criminal court on Friday ordered that the two men aged 36 and 37 being held in custody in connection to an attempted murder in Larnaca on October 29, remain in custody until ...

Nicosia district court on Friday issued a detention order for three men, aged 53, 38 and 36, in connection with the case of the premeditated murder of a 41-year-old inmate at the central ...

Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos said on Friday the final decisions on the reform of the Cyprus pension system would be taken by the new government when it’s installed. Presidential ...

Turkish commando forces are lying in wait to intervene along the UN buffer zone in Cyprus, Foreign Ministry Ioannis Kasoulides said on Friday. Speaking at a house finance committee session, ...

Tomato prices are up almost a euro from €2.24 per kilo to €3.28 as of the latest consumer protection agency report, which logged more modest increases on other products. The Friday report ...

The Organisation of Turkic States has accepted the ‘TRNC’ as a member state with an observer status, as it kicked off its summit in Uzbekistan on Friday. The move sparked ...

Cyprus’ economy is set for a “considerable slowdown” towards the end of the year due to global headwinds and persistent inflationary pressures, the EU said on Friday in its Autumn ...

The Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Theodoros II arrived on Friday from Cairo, Egypt to be present at the funeral of Archbishop Chrysostomos II. Theodoros II was welcomed at the airport ...

Did you know that Cyprus has a diplomatic office in Tokyo? And that its rental cost for 2023 is budgeted at €240,000? Perhaps the foreign ministry’s rental costs in New York ...

Six people died from Covid-19 over the past week, the health ministry announced on Friday, while also reporting another 3,625 cases of the disease. A total of ten people were recorded ...

The family of an ex-footballer were on Friday offered temporary residence permits for humanitarian reasons, after their deportation was ordered, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said. Former player Mohamed Kamara from ...