#Cyprus

Fire-stricken residents of mountainous Limassol are receiving support from the government, with some cabinet decisions having already been implemented in full, mountains commissioner Charalambos Christofinas said on Tuesday. He said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday stressed “the need for full respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine” during video calls with European leaders held in light of ...

Eggs were thrown at the north’s ‘deputy prime minister’ Fikri Ataoglu’s office and halloumi water was poured onto the ground in front of it as employees of the ...

A European Commission spokesperson on Tuesday said the European Union “does not recognise the self-proclaimed state in the northern part of Cyprus and its so-called judicial system” after the arrest ...

A person was rescued by the fire brigade on Tuesday after their vehicle fell into a 10 metre ditch on the Palaichori to Nicosia road, police said. The fire brigade and ...

Civil servants’ trade union Pasydy on Tuesday expressed outrage at what it described as an “unprovoked incident of attack” against workers at the social services office in the Limassol suburb ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is expected to meet President Nikos Christodoulides on September 2, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He told the Cyprus News Agency that Holguin ...

Children at schools across Cyprus will receive lessons on fire safety from retired firefighters during the forthcoming academic year, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday. Speaking after a meeting ...

The Amalthea plan, Cyprus’ humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, returned to action late on Monday night, with the foreign ministry announcing on Tuesday morning the departure of 1,200 tonnes of humanitarian ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will on Tuesday take part in a video conference of European leaders in light of Monday night’s meeting of European leaders and United States President Donald ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday announced that he will be giving away his state pension to charity – while at the same time asserting that he is averse to going public ...

Taking flak for the recent rolling power cuts, the government on Monday promised an energy storage system would be in place by next summer, while unions affiliated to the Electricity ...

34-year-old Eirin Papakitsa was murdered at her home in Paphos on Sunday evening in what is being investigated as a possible femicide after her 53-year-old partner admitted stabbing her with ...

Three people accused of trafficking a 48-year-old woman will face trial before the Paphos criminal court in October, it was ruled on Monday. Aged 51, 79 and 44, they are accused of conspiring ...

A cabinet reshuffle is “a constitutional right held by the president of the Republic”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday amid ongoing rumours that President Nikos Christodoulides will make ...

The Cyprus democratic lawyers’ association on Monday demanded that criminal charges be brought against a defence witness in the case of the five Greek Cypriots arrested in the north last ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s rhetoric “will intensify even more” as October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election draws closer, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. His comments come ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to seek the consent of the UN Security Council for the replacement of UN special representative and head of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (...

An object resembling a plastic bullet was found and seized by the Larnaca police on Monday in relation to an ongoing investigation involving an air rifle attack the previous day. ...

The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) on Sunday evening rescued four people who had jumped from the sea caves at Cape Greco in the Ayia Napa area. This marks the ...

Police on Sunday afternoon arrested a 31-year-old man after a chase in an area of Limassol. A small amount of drugs were found in his possession. According to police, an ...

The new week will start off summery with temperatures to climb up to 36 degrees Celsius inland, 31 degrees on the western and southwestern coasts and 34 degrees in the remaining coastal areas. ...

By Professor Kerim Munir As a graduate of The English School, Nicosia, celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, I reflect with deep gratitude on the values this institution instilled in ...

‘There will be major unrest if this goes ahead. When I heard it, I thought it was a joke’ A controversial rule limiting the number of dogs per household in ...