#Cyprus

There will be no water cuts in Larnaca this summer, the district’s water authority announced on Tuesday. The Larnaca District Organisation (EOA) confirmed that existing water reserves, combined with ...

Fast-track clinics in A&E departments in Nicosia and Paphos general hospitals will increase the level of care on offer, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Tuesday. Speaking at ...

No clear policy means water wasted ‘Much has been announced, little has been done’ By Tom Cleaver Cyprus is “exceeding approved water withdrawal limits” when taking water out of reservoirs ...

The four Turkic states which signed a joint declaration with the European Union ruling out the prospect of any of them recognising the north as an independent country are expected ...

The north is set to devise a maritime spatial planning map of its own, its ‘foreign ministry’s’ undersecretary Mustafa Lakadamyali confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he ...

Trikomo on Monday night became the fifth town in the north to host a protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at ...

Fire service receives approximately 13,000 calls annually, with 8,500 related to fires and 4,500 to humanitarian assistance, chief fire officer Nikos Logginos said on Monday. Logginos highlighted that over 90 per cent of these ...

In the ‘golden passports’ trial on Monday, lawyers jostled over the admissibility of emails pertaining to a Russian national’s application for Cypriot nationality under the now-defunct investment-for-citizenship programme, with ...

Media reported on Monday that the deputy attorney-general has instructed police to alter the procedure of petitioning courts to approve arrest or search warrants in criminal cases, after at least ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday met to discuss “priority areas” which will concern Cyprus’ holding of the Council of the European Union’s rotating ...

Mismanagement and a problematic contract are at the heart of the sewage leak plaguing Yeroskipou’s coast, the president of the Paphos district organisation (EOA), Charalambos Pittokopitis, said on Monday ...

The requirements which Cyprus must fulfil to be admitted to the Schengen zone have been outlined, with the island said to be five steps away from being able to join. ...

Trade unions in the north on Monday announced a general strike for Friday, with “almost 100” unions and civil society organisations set to be partaking in the strike. Workers are going ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades on Monday testified at the anti-corruption authority over allegations made against him by journalist Makarios Drousiotis, who formerly worked as his advisor, in his book Mafia ...

The police on Monday announced they had found a box full of golf clubs and Molotov cocktails in Limassol. They said the box, which was open and made of metal, ...

The Cypriot government on Monday confirmed that it had proposed to the Turkish government that it open Turkish ports to Cypriot-flagged ships in exchange for easier access to European visas ...

While the number of non-fatal work accidents has decreased by 35.5 per cent, Cyprus has seen a dramatic increase in fatal work accidents since 2017, Eurostat reported on Monday. In Cyprus, 1,148 of ...

A 17-year-old boy died on Sunday evening after being found unconscious in a schoolyard in Paphos, police said on Monday. Paphos police assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said the boy ...

The status of Cyprus was a key part of a deal brokered by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and United States President Donald Trump to allow Turkey to arrest Istanbul ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar launched a second attack on President Nikos Christodoulides over the latter’s statements over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asking, “who the hell are you, ...

One teacher’s mission to promote Esperanto across the island In a quiet classroom of 15 in Limassol, a language once feared by dictators is being brought back to life. Dr ...

At first glance, the Green Kiosk recycling spot in Mammari village seems like a modest effort toward environmental responsibility – until your gaze shifts to the side, where towers of rubbish ...

The matter of what happens after death has been a topic of fierce debate in recent years, with Paphos the scene of intensive efforts to construct the island’s first ...

The State Collection currently has 4,480 works of art by Cypriot artists, 61 of which were acquired in 2023 and 72 in 2024, Petros Dymiotis, Cultural Officer of the Visual Arts Sector of the Department ...