#Cyprus

The third enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, involving Cyprus’ two sides, the UN and the island’s three guarantor powers – Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom – will take place ...

A man in police custody was subjected to “inhumane and humiliating treatment and punishment”, ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on Thursday. In her capacity as head of the national mechanism to ...

The recall of faulty Takata airbags has reached 76 per cent of affected vehicles, according to data presented on Thursday during a meeting of the House transport committee. Around 19,000 cars remain ...

The government is now pondering its options for appeal after the European Commission gave it until November 6 to repay a total of €67.2 million handed out in grants for the construction ...

A joint event celebrating the vital role of athletes with disabilities in the Olympics was held on Wednesday by the Nicosia Lions NGO, Cyprus Special Olympics, and the European University ...

The Republic of Cyprus will pay the €25 million demanded of it by Greece’s independent transmission system operator (Admie) when the Great Sea Interconnector project is being “implemented it in ...

The dredging of Larnaca’s marina, budgeted at €900,000, is “proceeding as scheduled” and is expected to be completed by December, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. Speaking during a ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos continued his series of meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York over the course of Thursday night. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met the Ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholemew, on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York. During the meeting, Christodoulides informed Bartholemew about the ...

Animal welfare commissioner Antonia Theodosiou announced a seven-year action plan for the mass-sterilisation the island’s more than 1 million stray cats in an effort to control their population. “We support ...

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot parties in a bicommunal meeting on Wednesday called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to resume talks on the Cyprus problem, stressing that the division of ...

A helicopter has been observed repeatedly circling above the village of Anthoupoli, south of Nicosia, for over an hour, with no further information provided about its presence. According to media ...

A total of 2,697 counterfeit items including clothing, wallets and mobile phone cases were seized during joint inspections of the customs department and the police in Ayia Napa on Wednesday. According ...

An Israeli man was pronounced dead at Famagusta general hospital after losing consciousness on a sailing boat in the Nisia area of Protaras on Wednesday afternoon. According to the joint ...

The ministry of justice on Wednesday said it was awaiting the convening of the Holy Synod regarding its position on the establishment of a legal framework to regulate the traditional ...

The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday discussed a law proposal on the introduction stricter sentences for offenses committed against civil servants insulted or assaulted while carrying out their duties. “...

The consumer protection service (CPS) of the commerce ministry is investigating consumer complaints against a travel agency for failing to meet its obligations to customers, said Head of the CPS, ...

Cyprus has been given until November to repay millions of euros which had been paid by the European Commission in grants for the construction of the liquefied natural gas terminal ...

Applications have opened for land owners in the Akamas who do not develop and are entitled to a subsidy, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. They will be able to ...

Trade unions were meeting on Wednesday morning to decide their next steps in the ongoing Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) dispute. The meeting included unions Sek, Peo, Deok and Pasydy. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and some of his high-profile supporters hailed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s speech at the United Nations general assembly, with Tatar describing it as “...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met his Iranian counterpart Seyyed Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York. The foreign ministry said the pair shared ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos held a tripartite meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will call for a “free, secure, strong, and prosperous Cyprus” during his speech to the United Nations general assembly on Wednesday night, according to the presidential palace. ...