#Cyprus

Cyprus enters 2025 with optimism for its tourism sector, which is expected to match or surpass that of 2024, itself a record-breaking year, deputy minister Costas Koumis said on Tuesday. Last year, ...

The social welfare deputy ministry on Tuesday defended the reduction in the number of pensioners eligible for the government’s Easter allowance after the number fell from 18,822 in 2022 to 11,000 this ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said his “one and only goal” at his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday is to achieve results. “I am coming to ...

Cyprus’ political parties on Tuesday commemorated the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the founding of Eoka, which fought against British rule on the island with the aim of uniting ...

Electricity tariffs in the north increased by almost 12 per cent on Tuesday, with people in the north now paying more for their electricity than people living in the Republic. For ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday night demanded that legal action be taken against teachers who “disturbed our peace” while protesting against the legalisation of the wearing of hijabs ...

April 1, 2025 marks 70 years since the commencement of the Eoka struggle against British colonial rule, from 1955 to 1959, “a glorious, revolutionary four-year period, which is acknowledged as the top historical milestone in ...

Two lorries crashed on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway on Monday, near the Skarinou exit, closing all lanes in both directions for several hours. Both drivers, who were seriously injured, were removed ...

Press reports ridiculing new positions for contract soldiers to cover specific needs can only cause damage to issues pertaining to state security, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Monday. Speaking ...

Bank depositors and bondholders whose savings were wiped out in the 2013 ‘haircut’ will receive a fraction of their losses as compensation, officials said in parliament on Monday. The House finance ...

Fellow villagers had turned to the Social Welfare Services to report the alleged abuse of five children living in a livestock facilty Dromolaxia, Larnaca before the case was made public, ...

Famagusta criminal court has acquitted all defendants of all charges relating to the alleged gang rape of a British female tourist in Ayia Napa in September 2023, it emerged on Monday. ...

Nicosia’s criminal court decided on Monday to postpone the Al Jazeera case till April 3, after the prosecution failed to present emails as evidence due to a technical problem. Former ...

Fines issued based on the traffic camera system will be payable until April 30, the traffic police department announced on Monday. The deadline for paying outstanding fines, which began on January 8, ...

Greek schools will be celebrate Eoka Day on April 1 for the first time, commemorating the 1955-1959 uprising of Cypriots against British colonial rule and the bid to unify with Greece, ...

Cyprus got drawn into a war of words between Israel and Turkey at the weekend after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan verbally attacked the former. “Everyone is aware of what ...

The hooded mob which clashed with police in Limassol over the weekend, was made up of young men marking the one hundred days prior to being conscripted for mandatory armed ...

A truly stunning five-star boutique hotel has just opened in a carefully restored historic mansion in the old city of Nicosia. Amyth, which officially opened on Friday, is owned by ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has been carrying out underground cabling works for months as part of efforts to minimise the risk of wildfires, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said ...

Nearly 10,000 applications have been submitted so far for an electronic identity card (eID), with more than 5,600 already issued, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Saturday. Appointments at Citizens’ Service Centres ...

Around 30,000 farmers are eligible to apply for hectare-based subsidies under the strategic plan of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023–2027, with a total budget of approximately €60 million, the agriculture department said ...

The vast majority of Cypriots are woefully unprepared for an emergency situation, according to data from the EU which this week urged the bloc’s population to stockpile 72 hours of ...

Akel on Saturday accused both the Anastasiades and incumbent Christodoulides governments for failing to tackle energy poverty during a protest over the increased cost of living and green taxes. Hundreds ...

Sixty development projects in the Larnaca district with a budget exceeding €180 million were outlined by President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday at a broad meeting with city stakeholders in Oroklini. During ...