#Cyprus

The head of the certified electricians’ association, George Kyriakou, on Wednesday warned the public about faulty cut-off switches linked to photovoltaic (PV) installations, and separately cautioned against rushed installations of ...

A ceremonial meeting took place at the presidential palace in Nicosia on Wednesday, as Cyprus welcomed the Greek President Konstantinos Tasoulas, marking his first official trip abroad since assuming office. ...

The House ethics committee on Wednesday discussed a bill which would force the government to post all laws and acts passed on an internet-based platform, with the aim of “ensuring ...

A Turkish Cypriot journalist who received death threats after publishing a series of articles in which an interviewee had made allegations of a deep money-laundering and smuggling network based in ...

A proposal drafted by the House legal affairs committee to finally solve the years-long problem of trapped property buyers will be forwarded to the plenum to be voted on before ...

Cyprus is being referred to the EU Court of Justice for failing to comply with the landfill directive and an earlier court judgement, concerning the landfills of Vati in Limassol ...

An officer present at the arrest of the German ‘real estate agent’ currently on trial for allegedly usurping Greek Cypriot properties in the north was heard as a witness before ...

Member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou on Wednesday announced that he is to visit Russia “in a few days”. He made the announcement during a European parliament debate titled “...

Activist Louis Allan, currently on a six-day hunger strike for Gaza while perched in an olive tree in Engomi, was reportedly attacked for a second time during the night by ...

There will be no further investigation into the protest staged by hunters in March which blocked the motorway linking Nicosia and Limassol, police chief Themistos Arnaoutis said on Wednesday. He ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Tuesday refused to acquiesce to a request filed by the north’s chief public prosecutor’s office to lift the immunity of ruling coalition party ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday poured cold water on the idea of opening a new crossing point in central Nicosia, saying that President Nikos Christodoulides had requested the ...

European parliament President Roberta Metsola is to visit Cyprus on Saturday. She is to meet President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace in Nicosia, before visiting the Cyens centre of ...

Cyprus in recent years has taken strides in advancing intellectual property rights and processes, key to driving innovation, the commerce minister said on Tuesday. George Papanastasiou was addressing the annual ...

The trial of two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by news company Al Jazeera into the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as Cyprus citizens, commonly known as ...

Manufacturers kept recalls secret as they did not want problems publicised, a former senior official at the road transport department told the Takata airbags inquiry on Tuesday. Sotiris Kolettas, who ...

In 2024, a total of 28 forest fires were recorded in Cyprus, burning a total area of 3,529 hectares, 25 per cent of which was in Natura2000 areas, the environment commissioner’s office said ...

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan on Tuesday said he had filed a lawsuit to restore his client’s degree, which had been revoked in March. The degree ...

The malfunction of the national health system (Gesy) software is “a long-standing and unacceptable phenomenon”, the Medical Association said on Tuesday, adding that tweaks have proved to be “sloppy and ...

A monument honouring the memory of Tassos Isaak and Solomos Solomou, two men killed during anti-occupation protests in 1996, is set to be erected in Paralimni. The Paralimni-Dherynia municipality announced that ...

Scores of bills relating to the conduct of elections head to the House plenum for a vote on May 22, addressing such matters as campaign spending, the electoral roll and the ...

The annual ‘Forest protection week’ being held until May 11 was launched in Mandra tou Kampiou on Monday under the slogan “The forest needs you. Protect it from fire”. Agriculture Minister ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday described his official visit to Israel over the weekend as “completely successful” covering issues including the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor and the Great Sea Interconnector. ...

A new hearing took place on Monday before the investigative committee examining vehicle imports into Cyprus and the handling of car recalls due to defective airbags. At the centre of ...