#Cyprus

President Nikos Christodoulides is ready to hold a second meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar as soon as tomorrow to agree on opening new crossing points, government spokesman Konstantinos ...

The Cyprus nurses and midwives association (Pasynm) has issued an open letter demanding that auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou, provide evidence to support the allegations he made against two nurses during a ...

The Mavrokolympos reservoir is to be fully drained of its 1.4 million cubic metres of water over the coming days to allow access to a corroded vent – the only available option ...

During the four years since the law came into force granting access to information held by public authorities, the Information Commissioner has received 78 complaints from members of the public, the ...

Fixing the fault at Mavrokolympos dam is “extremely difficult”, the Water Development Department said on Monday evening, explaining that the problem was at a point inaccessible while the reservoir was ...

Excess mortality across the EU decreased in November 2024, rising by 5.0 per cent above the baseline, down from 7.0 per cent in October. Cyprus recorded one of the highest rates at 18.0 per ...

More children are being admitted to Makarios III children’s hospital in Nicosia over the past few days, mainly due to flu A, with the hospital currently at 85 per cent ...

Doctors have expressed their strong opposition over the “wrong message” they say was sent regarding their pay during the recent discussion of an auditor-general’s report on the state health ...

A 21-year-old man was remanded for seven days by Limassol court on Monday in connections with an attack on a food delivery driver last Wednesday. Three minors aged 15, 16 and 17 were ...

Cyprus issued a Navtex on Sunday in relation to the start of drilling at the ‘Electra’ field, in bloc 5 of the Cypriot exclusive economic zone (EEZ). According to the Joint ...

The Republic of Cyprus’ police has requested that the Turkish Cypriot authorities hand over four people named as suspects in the case surrounding the death of 24-year-old Pakistani national Shoaib ...

The government is aiming for investment at and the possible future development of the old Larnaca airport, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Saturday. Speaking during a visit to the ...

A 21-year-old food delivery driver was robbed in Limassol during the early hours of Saturday morning, the police said. The man was riding an electric bicycle through the city when ...

A group of experts from the US are to visit Paphos’ Andreas Papandreou airbase to discuss planned upgrades to it, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at a European ...

Cyprus MP Irene Charalambides has reignited her criticism of the minister of education over the controversial leasing of school land for the creation of padel courts. Charalambides claims that the ...

Cyprus’ attorney-general’s office has issued a statement responding to the European court of human rights (ECHR) ruling on the long-running property rights case involving a British citizen whose home ...

Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis stated on Friday that the government does not fear a shift in US policy towards Cyprus under Donald Trump, despite Turkey’s strong objections to the ...

Tourist arrivals in 2024 surpassed 4 million for the first time, breaking the previous record of 3,976,777 set in 2019. Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis hailed the milestone as a historic achievement, accompanied by ...

A total of 10,098 irregular migrants who had been staying in Cyprus were returned to their country of origin in 2024, the police said on Friday. Additionally, the police said, a total ...

The issue of delays at passport control in Paphos Airport has been raised once again by the president of the Paphos regional tourism board (Etap), Kyriakos Drousiotis. The delays have ...

Nurses’ trade union Pasyno on Friday decried understaffing at Cyprus’ hospitals, declaring that hospitals “cannot depend on overtime” and thus requesting that they be “appropriately and sufficiently staffed”. They expressed “...

Authorities on Friday are continuing to unravel the case of the fatal shooting of a Pakistani national during an anti-smuggling operation in the buffer zone, which spilled over into the ...

The Greek Cypriot side will approach Monday’s meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar with the goal of “results”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Thursday. He was asked ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) keeps posting deficits, its budget continues to grow despite a sharp drop in the admission of patients, and it has lax controls over personnel, ...