November rainfall rises to 150% of average but reservoirs nearly empty
The amount of rain which has fallen in Cyprus so far during the month of November is already at 150 per cent of the average for the whole month, yet the ...
North police deny ordering ‘minister’ to cover up baby’s death
Turkish Cypriot police chief Kasim Kuni on Monday night denied the north’s ‘health minister’ Hakan Dincyurek’s claims that the police had ordered him to not immediately disclose that ...
‘We recognise the weaknesses’ of local government says president
The government will be continuously evaluating local self-government reform to improve everyday life for the public, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday while attending the 44th annual general assembly of ...
Dozens of deputy mayors getting paid for doing nothing
Around 90 deputy mayors are getting paid on the taxpayer’s dime even though they have no official duties, the interior minister acknowledged in parliament on Monday.
Constantinos Ioannou was at ...
Greek PM and Jordanian king in Cyprus for summit
Nicosia will host on November 27 the second intergovernmental summit between Cyprus and Greece, as well as the Cyprus-Greece-Jordan trilateral summit.
According to a presidency statement, the Greece-Cyprus summit will take ...
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Last ditch effort to prevent doctors’ strike fails
State hospital doctors will go ahead with their planned 48-hour strike on Tuesday and Wednesday after a last-ditch meeting with the state health services organisation (Okypy) ended in impasse on ...
Gender based violence high in Cyprus says commissioner
More than one third of women from Cyprus who took part in a European survey said they had experienced physical violence, sexual violence or the threat of it during their ...
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Problems piling up as result of concrete workers strike
Financial repercussions from the ongoing concrete workers’ strike are growing exponentially while the shortage of material has far-reaching and unforeseen effects, the director general of the Cyprus chamber of commerce (...
Cyprus joining NATO plan presented to Biden
President Nikos Christodoulides reportedly presented a plan of Cyprus’ possible future accession to NATO to US President Joe Biden at their meeting in October 30 at the White House.
According to ...
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Strong winds cause chaos around Cyprus (photos)
As a yellow weather warning for high winds remained in place on Sunday and as the strength of them picked up in the afternoon, problems were seen around the island, ...
The first snow of winter
As temperatures around the island hit a low point on Sunday the first snow of the season fell on the mountains.
At around 1pm a flurry of snow fell on ...
Hundreds protest use of Cyprus as base for war
Hundreds of people demonstrated against “the transformation of Cyprus into a base for war” outside the US-sponsored security training facility CyCLOPS in Larnaca on Sunday.
The protestors, carrying banners with ...
Elon Musk says Fidias should be EU president
Elon Musk on Sunday declared that Cyprus YouTuber and MEP Fidias Panayiotou should become “president of the EU”.
In a post on X, Musk responded to another user who said ...
€100 million to be spent on health sector
Over 100 million euro will be spent to upgrade the health sector by 2027, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Sunday.
He said this was made clear during a meeting on Friday ...
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10-day old seal pup rescued off Cyprus coast
A 10-day old seal, one of the rarest animals in Europe, was rescued off the coast of Cyprus, the ministry of agriculture announced on Sunday.
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus ...
Minister reaffirms Cyprus action to tackle climate change at COP
Cyprus’ commitment to implementing decisive actions against the climate crisis was reaffirmed by Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou during her participation in the COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, the ministry announced ...
Fraternal Greece-Cyprus relations full of sincerity says President
Fraternal relations must be full of sincerity, such as those between Greece and Cyprus,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday.
“I have dealt historically with Athens-Nicosia relations and I think ...
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Arrest following fatal crash in Larnaca
Police announced on Sunday the arrest of a 20-year-old as they continue to investigate a fatal traffic accident in Larnaca more than a week ago.
A car was reported stolen ...
Number of prisoners in north falls to 840
The number of people in prison in the north has fallen to 840, ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Friday night.
Addressing the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee, where his ‘ministry’s’ budget ...
North to begin importing potatoes after local price shoots to €3.89
The north is to import 200 tonnes of potatoes on Monday or Tuesday as the price of local potatoes soars to 140TL (€3.89) per kilogram.
‘Agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus announced the planned ...
UK ‘looks forward’ to enlarged Cyprus problem meeting
The United Kingdom “looks forward to participating” in a planned enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, the country’s new High Commissioner in Nicosia Michael Tatham said while presenting his ...
Christmas villages open their doors
Christmas villages across Cyprus opened their doors as the season begins, with villages open in the villages of Agros, Dherynia, Fikardou, Kalopanayiotis, Kiti, and Kyperounta, and in Nicosia’s old ...
Reformed local govt ‘better than the old regime’, Ioannou says
Cyprus’ reformed system of local government is “better than the previous regime”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Saturday.
Addressing a seminar on the matter in Lefkara, he said the ...
Cyprus’ credit rating restored to ‘A’ grade by Moody’s
Ratings agency Moody’s on Saturday restored Cyprus’ credit rating to its ‘A’, specifically giving the island a score of ‘A3’, restoring the island to the ‘A’ grade for the ...