#Cyprus

Over 100 families affected by July’s wildfire in the mountains of Limassol have already received immediate financial assistance, mountains commissioner Costas Christofinas said on Monday. Speaking from Ayios Amvrosios after ...

Disy on Monday called on President Nikos Christodoulides to “explain to society why it is impossible and detrimental to the nation to talk about closing crossing points” after some had ...

The cabinet has rescinded the Cypriot passports of two Chinese nationals after their conviction in Singapore in a major money laundering case, media reported on Monday. Daily Politis said the ...

The Civil Defence on Monday refuted claims made on social media that its director was lounging on a beach during the recent wildfires that swept through Limassol district. Posts on ...

Two Turkish Cypriots accused of aiding and abetting the five Greek Cypriots arrested in the north last month on suspicion of espionage and remain in custody were on Monday brought ...

Two people had to be rescued from the sea on Monday, one of whom died, the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) said calling on people to be more cautious at ...

Outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Monday said both sides of the island “have to listen to the other”. “You have to be willing to listen ...

President Nikos Christodoulides raised the issue of the five Greek Cypriots who remain in custody in the north after having been arrested last month during his final meeting with outgoing ...

The trial of former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, who stands accused of having forged a high school diploma, a university degree, and a letter of recommendation, was postponed again on ...

Lawsuits were threatened in the north over the weekend over an alleged “campaign aimed at discrediting” a man who stood as a defence witness in the case of the five ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday night expressed his fury at outgoing United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart’s interviews given to news outlets, in which he ...

“We receive nothing,” the union of Cyprus municipalities told the Cyprus Mail, outlining the long-standing structure governing traffic fine revenues in Cyprus. The union confirmed that local councils currently do ...

Seven people were arrested on Sunday afternoon as police investigated a case of abduction of two people in Limassol, which was reported to them earlier in the morning. According to ...

More than a week after the devastating wildfires struck, the 16 affected villages in Limassol find themselves surrounded by ash. A burnt smell lingers in the air, and even though the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides “insulted” the Turkish Cypriots with his statements over the detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Sunday. In a ...

A mobile desalination unit with a capacity to output 10,000 cubic metres of water a day is in the process of being installed in the Potima area of Kissonerga, director general ...

Cyprus must act fast to tackle a worrying rise in road deaths, especially among young men, motorcyclists and elderly pedestrians, transport engineer Neophytos Zavrides has said. Zavrides explained that recent ...

More than €730,000 has already been disbursed to families whose homes were destroyed or damaged in the deadly July wildfires, with authorities aiming to complete all emergency payments by early next ...

The Cypriot government has strongly condemned the ongoing detention of five Greek Cypriots by the Turkish Cypriot authorities in the north of the island. In a written statement, the director ...

An 87-year-old woman was killed in a road accident in Lakatamia on Saturday morning. The incident happened around 8am on Plato street. Police said the victim, Ifiigenia Krassia, was crossing ...

Relatives and friends gathered on Friday morning to say a final farewell to Demetris and Maro Filippides, aged 81 and 77, who died trying to escape the wildfire that swept through the ...

Russia’s foreign ministry has named Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and House Speaker Annita Demetriou in a new online list highlighting what it describes as hostile language from Western officials. ...

Dr Pantinos Mavrogenis, member of the Gynaecological Society of Cyprus, has openly criticised the health insurance organisation (HIO) over its proposed system of financial penalties for doctors performing high rates ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested on suspicion of espionage in the north last month in the early hours of Saturday morning learned that they will remain in custody ...