#Cyprus

Cyprus in recent years has taken strides in advancing intellectual property rights and processes, key to driving innovation, the commerce minister said on Tuesday. George Papanastasiou was addressing the annual ...

The trial of two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as Cyprus citizens, commonly known as ...

Manufacturers kept recalls secret as they did not want problems publicised, a former senior official at the road transport department told the Takata airbags inquiry on Tuesday. Sotiris Kolettas, who ...

In 2024, a total of 28 forest fires were recorded in Cyprus, burning a total area of 3,529 hectares, 25 per cent of which was in Natura2000 areas, the environment commissioner’s office said ...

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan on Tuesday said he had filed a lawsuit to restore his client’s degree, which had been revoked in March. The degree ...

The malfunction of the national health system (Gesy) software is “a long-standing and unacceptable phenomenon”, the Medical Association said on Tuesday, adding that tweaks have proved to be “sloppy and ...

A monument honouring the memory of Tassos Isaak and Solomos Solomou, two men killed during anti-occupation protests in 1996, is set to be erected in Paralimni. The Paralimni-Dherynia municipality announced that ...

Scores of bills relating to the conduct of elections head to the House plenum for a vote on May 22, addressing such matters as campaign spending, the electoral roll and the ...

The annual ‘Forest protection week’ being held until May 11 was launched in Mandra tou Kampiou on Monday under the slogan “The forest needs you. Protect it from fire”. Agriculture Minister ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday described his official visit to Israel over the weekend as “completely successful” covering issues including the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor and the Great Sea Interconnector. ...

A new hearing took place on Monday before the investigative committee examining vehicle imports into Cyprus and the handling of car recalls due to defective airbags. At the centre of ...

With an occupancy rate of 226.2 per cent, Cyprus had the most overcrowded prisons among EU member states in 2023, according to data released by Eurostat on Monday. In 2023, 13 EU member states ...

The first meeting of the bicommunal Technical Committee for Youth Matters took place on Monday at Ledra Palace. Committee members briefly checked in with both President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish ...

A major agreement to connect Cyprus and Israel’s electricity systems is expected to be signed within 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Monday. The deal, part ...

What happened in Spain and Portugal on April 28 brought home how insecure our energy systems have become. For about 20 hours Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France experienced a widespread ...

Cyprus and Israel share common values and common interests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday after a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides in Jerusalem. As two democracies in ...

Two people were arrested late Sunday afternoon in what police said was a murder case after a man’s dead body was found outside an apartment building in the Neapolis ...

Those who ignore the Turkish Cypriots should know that they will face a stronger Turkey, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters travelling back to Turkey with him from ...

The new Limassol port has rapidly become a daily reminder of Cyprus’ omission to provide the general public with basic facilities. Quite aside from the busy port and cruise ship ...

Paphos fishermen on Sunday complained of a lack of support, poor infrastructure and crippling limitations on their ability to fish imposed on them by the municipality and the Ports Authority. ...

The sympathy of the Cypriot people was on Sunday offered by President Nikos Christodoulides during his visit to Jerusalem to relatives of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023. “We ...

In May 2017, thousands of people, many of them children, gathered at Manchester Arena to see American pop star Ariana Grande perform. As the concert ended and families made their way ...

Government policies support rural communities, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday night opening the House of Cultural Activities and the Missing in Kyperounta. The €1.6 million building is part of the ...

By Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades Cyprus is committed to reducing the number of fatal and serious injury car accidents. This is the primary objective of the Road Safety Council, which ...