#Cyprus

A man is facing up to five years in jail in the north for “insulting the president” after referring to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar as a “circus monkey” in ...

A man has been handed a 173,876TL (€3,852) fine after feeding cigarettes to a wild donkey in Karpasia, the Turkish Cypriot police said. A video of the cigarettes being fed to ...

The north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Wednesday night reacted with fury to the Republic’s Education Minister Athena Michaelidou’s praise of Eoka, the paramilitary group formed with ...

Many of the 297 contract police officers who are to leave the force when their contracts expire will be “absorbed” back into the police through new hiring initiatives, the justice ministry ...

The new post-production studio of international film company Copper Island officially opened its doors in Limassol on Wednesday night, with its inauguration ceremony attended by Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou. ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the amount of €100,005,000 for the national solidarity fund for the 2025 scheme to compensate losses for former Laiki bank depositors. Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said the ...

Desalination units being installed in Limassol will be up and running with a delay of three weeks, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou was informed on Wednesday, during a visit to Moni ...

The publication linked to Cyprus’ participation in the 19th International Architecture Biennale in Venice was withdrawn because the deputy culture ministry was referred to in the booklet without consent, Deputy ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Wednesday said there is “no way” that consumer electricity bills will go up by 9.5 per cent. Speaking after the day’s cabinet meeting, he described ...

Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north and the construction of buildings on it without the original owners’ consent is “a legal weapon which can be used”, Green party leader Stavros ...

The cabinet decided on Wednesday to make legislation for the use of fireworks and explosives stricter, with fines reaching up to €50,000. It also decided to appoint explosives inspectors in an ...

The Cypriot government has reportedly rejected an Israeli request for Israeli EuroLeague basketball team Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv to play its home games on the island. According to Israeli sports ...

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a bill providing the first legal framework for palliative care in Cyprus. “This initiative fills a significant legislative gap and ensures that patients ...

The Nicosia district development licencing directorate broke its own rules when adding a new floor onto the top of its headquarters, according to a report released by the audit office ...

The official withdrawal of a publication linked to the Cyprus’ participation in the 19th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, was not a matter of censorship due to politics but to ...

An international solidarity march for Gaza is in its final stages of preparation, one of the members of the Greek delegation told the Cyprus Mail on Tuesday, as a handful ...

Both Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Tuesday night expressed broad satisfaction with a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling regarding Greek Cypriot-owned ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Tuesday called on the state to expropriate Turkish Cypriot buildings that are in bad shape, in a move that would revitalise the old part of ...

A 47-year-old man died after falling 23 metres from an under-construction building in Limassol on Tuesday, police said. The man, named as Georgian national Gela Katsidis, was working on the building’...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Tuesday said the Turkish Cypriot authorities would begin to issue arrest warrants for people they accuse of using Turkish Cypriot property in ...

The private electricity industry on Tuesday censured the energy minister for remarks which, in its opinion, undermine confidence in the coming opening up of the electricity market. The Electricity Market ...

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ordered Turkey to pay compensation for moral damage to Cypriot company KV Mediterranean Tours Limited for loss of use of property. The ...

A commando squadron officer was found guilty on Tuesday for the death of 27-year-old soldier Panayiotis Yiannios, who was critically injured during a helicopter training exercise in June 2022. Yiannios was ...

Nicosia’s central Selimiye mosque, one of Cyprus’ oldest and most beautiful landmarks, has reopened after spending five years under wraps as renovations were ongoing both inside and out. A ...