#Cyprus

By November 10, Cyprus will have joined 160 other countries who demand all users of pay-as-you-go SIM cards to register their identity with legal documentation, or the numbers they may have used ...

As calls were growing in the UK in the mid-20th century to bring back troops from the then British colonies in Cyprus, Kenya and Malaya, local uprisings were brewing, ...

Federalism is back on the agenda after the election of Tufan Erhurman as “TRNC president” by a landslide comparable to the resounding approval Turkish Cypriots gave the UN-EU sponsored bicommunal ...

By Averof Neophytou The election of Tufan Erhurman as the new leader of the Turkish Cypriot community has brought the stalled Cyprus issue back into the spotlight. A number of ...

Before last Sunday’s ‘presidential’ election in the occupied north there was much speculation about what would happen in the event of a win for CTP leader Tufan Erhurman, who, ...

We often hear about the high price of gold. But it’s only after looking at the relevant charts (here, for instance) that you realise what a truly historic moment ...

Shelter material sent from Cyprus via the Amalthea plan, Cyprus‘ humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, has arrived following cooperation with NGOs on the ground, the foreign ministry said on Saturday. “...

The conviction of Israeli property developer Simon Aykut, who was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison for usurping Greek Cypriot properties in the north, sends an “international message”, ...

Investigations have been launched following the death of 21-year-old Dimitriana Siapani at Nicosia general hospital on 22 October, after her family accused the hospital of medical negligence, police told the Cyprus ...

A 23-year-old man in Limassol was remanded for six days on Saturday after weapons and cartridges were found during a search of his home. According to the police, a pistol, ...

A fire broke out in a abandoned apartment in the Kato Paphos area at 10.40pm on Friday, causing extensive damage to its bedroom and veranda, the fire department said on ...

On Saturday, the weather will remain mainly clear, although there will be a possibility of locally increased cloudiness and sporadic rain showers throughout the day. Temperatures will rise to around 29 ...

The first mobile language app dedicated entirely to Cypriot Greek, Cyprusays, was launched on Thursday, offering users around the world the chance to learn and speak this distinctive Mediterranean dialect. ...

Cyprus does not have an official registry of how many cameras are installed by public services, local government and other organisations, as there was no legislative obligation to do so, ...

A 39-year-old who was found guilty on charges of child sexual abuse committed between 2019 and 2022 was sentenced to eleven years in prison before Famagusta district court on Friday.  “The court ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday took part in a meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing,” chaired by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at ...

Housing scarcity in Cyprus is intensifying, creating a growing crisis that strains residents’ access to affordable homes. With demand outpacing supply, competition among tenants has increased, complicating the search for ...

The federation of patients’ associations (Osak), the Cyprus confederation of disability organisations (Kysoa) and the Third Age Observatory on Friday jointly expressed their disagreement over recent changes made to the ...

The draft framework for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), presented earlier this week, was sharply criticised by the employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev) and the Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (...

The health ministry has presented a budget of €1.51 billion for 2026, marking a significant investment in the country’s healthcare system, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Friday. The budget includes €333 ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Friday promised to “strengthen our deterrent power” while attending a ceremony to award ‘black berets’ to armed infantrymen in the Larnaca district village of Kornos. ...

New Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman called for a solution to the Cyprus problem “where everyone wins” and for “lasting peace” in his first speech after being sworn in, at ...

The Lebanese government on Thursday night approved the delimitation of its maritime border with Cyprus. Thursday’s cabinet meeting was attended by both the country’s President Joseph Aoun and ...

Tufan Erhurman was on Friday sworn in as Turkish Cypriot leader in a brief ceremony at the north’s ‘parliament’. The ceremony was attended by Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz ...