#Cyprus

A Cyprus-based shipping company by the name of “GMCG Ltd” was designated as “blocked property” by the United States’ government as part of the country’s latest round of sanctions ...

Cyprus Public Transport expressed its fury on Thursday over workers in Larnaca’s decision to go on strike on Wednesday evening. A total of 120 Larnaca-based Cyprus Public Transport employees, including ...

The five Greek Cypriots who were arrested over alleged spying in the north on July 19 are set to appear before Trikomo court on Thursday as their trial proceedings resume. Their ...

A 66-year-old woman is in critical condition after being run over by a vehicle in Limassol on Wednesday evening. According to the police, the accident occurred around, when a car ...

On Thursday, the weather is expected to be mainly clear, although there may be an increased likelihood of low clouds in some areas. The temperature will reach up to 36 degrees ...

More than 10,000 student grant applications remain unexamined, the progressive student movement has warned, calling the delay “a breaking point” for students who depend on state support to continue their studies. ...

Former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Kudret Ozersay on Wednesday night announced that he will not stand in this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election. Ozersay had stood in both the 2015 ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he and his Kazakh counterpart Kassym Jomart-Tokayev had “discussed respecting the equal and inherent rights of the Turkish Cypriots”. Speaking following a bilateral ...

The diplomatic corps have been rattled by information that the cabinet had secretly decided to pay for a costly campaign in New York to get the foreign ministry’s permanent ...

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

Authorities have seized approximately 4,000 counterfeit clothing and accessory items in a coordinate operation targeting tourist shops in Ayia Napa and Protaras, the Customs Department announced on Wednesday. The raid, carried ...

Vehicle owners in Cyprus who have yet to respond to the recall notice for defective Takata airbags have until October 3, 2025 to replace the faulty components, the Department of Road Transport (...

The government aims to restore electricity to 80 per cent of areas which were impacted by the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district last week by the weekend, Energy Minister ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Wednesday announced a “financial support plan” worth €1.3 million to help people who have been left unable to work if their workplaces or means of work ...

The 112 emergency alert system is moving forward on schedule and could be awarded by September if no appeals are filed, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou confirmed on Wednesday. Speaking after a ...

The cabinet decided on Wednesday on the amount of aid for victims of last week’s wildfire that swept through Limassol villages, leaving hundreds of people homeless and wrecking businesses. ...

The need for better cooperation and coordination between the fire service and forestry department, as well as a thorough assessment of firefighting means, were outlined in a report drawn up ...

Eleni Panayiotou Last Wednesday afternoon, I finished my gym class and checked my phone only to find several messages and missed calls enquiring after the well-being of my family. It ...

The final mapping of the areas affected by the recent wildfires has found that 104 square kilometres of land were burned, the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence at the Cyprus University of ...

A total of 786 traffic violations were reported on Nicosia’s central throughfare Larnaca since the beginning of 2025, police said on Tuesday evening. The statement followed a deadly car crash that ...

Traffic lights at two intersections in Kato Paphos and in the area surrounding Neon Mall will be temporarily out of service on Wednesday and Thursday due to scheduled upgrade works. ...

A container with 129,600 ampules of laughing gas (nitrous oxide), weighing a total of 3,804 kilograms were seized by police in Limassol on Tuesday. “Six pallets (…) which appear to contain nitrous oxide ‘...

Citizens affected by the wildfires were called upon by the Interior Ministry to register in the online payment system of the general accounting office (FIMAS) to receive their compensation payments. “...

A high-level committee had been appointed by the Road Safety Council to thoroughly examine a report on the Takata airbag issue and recommend urgent reforms, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced ...