#Cyprus

Cyprus did not break European Union law over its regulation of the import of vehicles with potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata, at least in part because there ...

Cyprus is actively pursuing “good neighbourly relations” with Syria, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Thursday. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, Kombos referred to the announcement by US President Donald ...

The launch of a new nationwide screening programme for bowel cancer on Thursday offers free testing to thousands of people across Cyprus to detect the disease early and save lives. ...

Greece expressed its support for the European Commission’s announcement of Johannes Hahn as its special envoy for the Cyprus problem, though Turkey was less enamoured by the decision. Greece’...

The government is pursuing a full postponement of payment of so-called “green taxes” by Cyprus, according to recent statements of President Nikos Christodoulides on the matter. Negotiations to officially alter ...

The battle to free nearly 10,000 “trapped buyers” in Cyprus is heating up, as banks and credit institutions voiced strong opposition to a new law proposal discussed on Wednesday in Parliament. ...

The thirteen mobile desalination units set to arrive on the island as a gift from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are to be reserved solely for use in Limassol, it ...

The demand by descendants of artist Stass Paraskos to have use of facilities at the Lemba Cultural Village is not supported by legislation nor by the opinion of the legal ...

The education ministry has started providing materials to schools to improve Greek language learning for students for whom it is a second language, it announced on Wednesday. The materials, which ...

Unesco in Cyprus submitted the Cypriot musical tradition “Fones” to be included on the Unesco list of Cultural Heritage on Wednesday. Unesco Cyprus said preparations for the nomination were underway ...

It is “hard to understand” how Greek Cypriots failed to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem during the five and a half years in which Mustafa Akinci was Turkish ...

Archbishop of Cyprus Georgios will be dipping into church coffers to support families with three children, in an effort to help the island recover from its bleak demographics, it was ...

The Dutch police have announced that they are looking for a second suspect in connection with the murder of Cemil Onal, the man who made allegations of a deep money-laundering ...

The naturalisation of former chief of Russian multinational energy corporation Gazprom Nikolay Gornovskiy was discussed at Tuesday’s hearing of the two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report ...

Strengthening local farmers’ markets is a key pillar of the agriculture ministry’s policy, Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Speaking at an educational farmers market in the orchard of ...

Cyprus authorities have issued international arrest warrants for four Turkish nationals wanted in connection with the illegal development of Greek Cypriot land in the north, the mayor in exile of ...

The remands of a 52-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman who were arrested last week on suspicion of the murder of 45-year-old Yiannis Argyrou were renewed on Tuesday. The pair ...

The Public Works Department on Tuesday insisted that the bridge at Kalavasos, which the fire department on Monday said was too low for its trucks to pass under in the ...

A total of 1,300 people have called the road transport department since May 2 to complain that they are still waiting for car dealerships to make an appointment to replace their vehicle’...

Cyprus’ Eurovision 2025 entry Theo Evan will be performing at the first semi-final of the 69th Eurovision song contest at 10pm Cyprus time on Tuesday. Evan will take the stage with ...

A small group of lawyers are taking on around half of the legal aid cases in Cyprus’ courts, according to a report released by the Audit Office on Tuesday. The ...

By Michele Kambas When Andreas G Andreou and Emre Serdar founded their window and framing company in Cyprus in 2015, they had a mission: to challenge the island’s divisions by ...

Larnaca’s district organisation (EOA) issued a total of 15 fines over the weekend to people washing pavements, roads, verandas, fences and cars with a hosepipe, it was announced on Tuesday. ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) and the energy regulator will meet sometime this week in a bid to settle on a formula on how to bring down the price ...