#Cyprus

The justice ministry said is taking active measures to address the overcrowding of prisons, an issue Cyprus has been slammed for in a Council of Europe report, it said on ...

At €277 per person, Cyprus is amongst the three countries with the lowest spending on family benefits within the EU, data published by the EU’s statistical service Eurostat on Monday ...

A new law requiring countdown timers on traffic lights monitored by cameras is unconstitutional, the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Monday. The law, passed by the House of Representatives on ...

The mismanagement of the military has been “disastrous” for Cyprus, which continues to stand against Turkey’s policy with “contradictory and vague declarations, and unfulfilled promises”, the Cyprus Centre for ...

The labour ministry on Monday stepped up efforts to find a compromise on the future of the Cost of Living allowance (Cola) as hotel unions continued to threaten to strike. ...

Statements made by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to the north on Sunday were branded a “blatant offence to international and European law,” by government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

The way a society takes care of the mentally ill is a measure of its culture, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Monday at a memorial service for those killed ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday paid tribute to the 16 Greek soldiers killed during the invasion as a service was held at the Ayia Sophia church in Strovolos to repatriate their ...

The mother of the late national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou has published a statement on social media, claiming fresh scientific evidence points to strangulation as the cause of her son’s ...

Two small mobile desalination units are expected to start operating this week in Potima, aiming to solve long-standing water shortages in the Peyia area. The news comes as two additional ...

A 74-year-old man’s car exploded at 12:30am in Larnaca on Monday morning with early investigations suggesting that it was caused maliciously. “The explosion was caused by an improvised explosive ...

Monday morning will see local fog and low clouds, with the sky clearing up in most areas of the island during the day, although there is still a chance of ...

July 20 marks 51 years since Turkish forces invaded Cyprus in 1974, dividing the island and leaving thousands dead, missing or displaced. For one family in the Limassol district, the trauma was particularly ...

President Nikos Christodoulides revealed on Saturday evening that a proposal submitted to the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, for the creation of a fact-finding committee on missing persons was met ...

Εgypt, Israel and the State of Palestine have expressed their support in efforts for peace in Cyprus, invited to comment on the 51st anniversary of the coup and the Turkish ...

Yiannos Oxinos, the father of Kyriakos who was killed in a Takata airbag accident, praises the public inquiry but says there remain serious unanswered questions The other day I was ...

The introduction of confidence-building measures was likened to “small painkillers in the face of the great trauma of the ongoing occupation”, the Pancyprian Refugee Committee (PEP) said on Saturday ahead ...

The overwhelming majority of graduates in Cyprus are employed in a field which does not meet their qualifications, a study carried out by the education ministry published on Saturday showed. ...

The road network at the Liopetri fishing harbour and river development project site, which had been plagued by a two-year construction delay before works resumed March, was handed over to ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed the results of the expanded meeting on the Cyprus problem held in New York this week under the auspices of the UN secretary-general. In ...

A 22-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Saturday morning after stealing a vehicle and leading police on a dangerous chase that resulted in multiple accidents. Police said the incident ...

At around 02:45am on Saturday morning, police arrested a 36-year-old man for drunk driving on the Larnaca-Ayia Napa highway, finding he was almost eight times over the limit. He was ...

Aspiring drivers in Cyprus are facing unprecedented delays in securing a date for their driving test, with wait times reaching up to seven months in Nicosia and exceeding a year ...

Migration and asylum services director Andreas Georgiades on Friday responded to concerns raised by the advocacy group Syrians in Cyprus over how Cypriot authorities are handling international protection applications from ...