#Cyprus

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday announced talks will begin early next month in an effort to push through important family law reforms before the presidential elections in February 2023. ...

The north is bolstering its efforts to reduce queues at the checkpoints as it renewed its calls for more crossings to open, according to reports from the Turkish Cypriot press. ...

President Nicos Anastasiadis will travel to Athens on Friday to meet Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and receive the presidential aircraft donated by Greece. After a meeting at the Maximos ...

Cyprus is revoking seven more passports that were granted through the Cyprus investment programme, following a decision by the cabinet, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris announced on Wednesday. Speaking after the ...

The eight-year-old boy who was intubated after being attacked by dogs on Tuesday is now off the ventilator and is in a stable condition, according to paediatric surgeon Christos Mina. ...

The monthly minimum wage has been set at €940 and will be implemented at the start of the new year, Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos announced. The “historic” move came after Wednesday’...

The energy ministry is offering scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields related to hydrocarbons, renewable energy and energy transition. The scholarship will be valid only for the 2022...

Millennials from six European countries, including Cyprus, will work together to promote cultural heritage among younger generations in a new Erasmus+ project. How can the development and understanding of cultural ...

Regulations over a year old stipulate those you cannot own. Why haven’t they been enforced? By Charalampos Theopemptou In March 2021, a tough new regulation came into force about the ...

The conflict over hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean highlights the importance of the “struggle for sovereignty”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said during his speech for ‘victory day’ on Tuesday. ...

Larnaca is boosting diving tourism with the sinking on Tuesday of 60 clay amphorae in the Oroklini marine protected area, near the LEF1 wreck, to attract fish species to the area. ...

The Bar Association has investigated 20 to 25 large legal firms and €70,000 in fines have been paid after they were named in various reports into the citizenship by investment scheme, the association’...

Main-opposition party Akel lambasted Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday after the latter responded with a tweet to the party’s July request for a meeting to discuss the implementation ...

Presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades on Tuesday blasted the current government’s approach to the escalating problem of illegal immigration and asylum seekers. In a statement, Demetriades said that asylum applications ...

The foreign ministry has confirmed that during the financial crisis in 2013, presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides received a foreign posting allowance for months after the former diplomat was relocated to the ...

A fire that broke out in Peyia, in an area close to the Paphos Zoo, has been brought under complete control according to a Twitter post by spokesperson for the ...

An eight-year-old boy is intubated at the Makarios children’s hospital and will undergo surgery doctors said on Tuesday after he was attacked by dogs in Ayios Ioannis, Limassol. Initial ...

Secretary of the Cypriot Heart Patients’ Association, Stelios Christodoulou, has called on the Ministry of Health to speed up approval for induction into Gesy of a new life-saving drug treatment ...

Two 17-year-olds have been arrested by police for a case of robbery, attempted robbery, two cases of theft from persons, theft of a car and theft of a motorcycle. The ...

On Tuesday the weather will be mostly clear. Winds will initially be variable, light, 3 Beaufort, gradually becoming south-westerly to north-westerly, light to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort, and locally moderate, 4 Beaufort. The ...

Immigration is developing into Cyprus’ “second national problem”, Disy leader and presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said on Monday. Speaking after a meeting with Interior Minister Nicos Nouris, Neophytou, who has ...

Unficyp was investigating on Monday after armed Turkish soldiers were caught on video harassing a Greek Cypriot farmer in Denia village in the buffer zone. Community leader Christakis Panayiotou told ...

The Green Party on Monday pushed for an end to turtle watching cruises, after a sea turtle was recently killed by a boat touring Famagusta region. Following complaints from the ...

The director of Larnaca’s sewerage board on Monday suggested the government should cover additional costs incurred during works to create a sewage system in Larnaca, after a treasure trove ...