#Cyprus

The United States navy’s destroyer ship the USS Oscar Austin returned to Cyprus on Tuesday, this time docking in Larnaca. US ambassador in Nicosia Julie S Davis hailed the ...

A group called ‘Syrians in Cyprus’ has called for the partial lifting of a freeze on asylum applications from Syria, saying in letters to the interior minister and deputy migration ...

Police on Monday were still searching for a 45-year-old man believed to be connected to a group of individuals who used forged state seals and impersonated officials. The man, a ...

Health Minister Michalis Damianos and the Deputy Health Minister of Greece, Marios Themistocleous, signed an updated public health agreement in Nicosia on Monday. The agreement includes the enhancement of medical ...

All electrical devices in Cyprus should be EU-certified and the public should make sure they are using them correctly, as a number of fires over the past years started from ...

Developments in the eastern Mediterranean and the wider region have “proven how correct” the idea of a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem is, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said ...

The signing of two energy agreements with Egypt constitutes a pivotal moment in the countries’ strategic partnership, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. The president and other state officials, including ...

Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou on Monday said he had requested the water development department to move the mobile desalination plant which is planned to be placed near the Potima beach ...

The bus transporting players and coaches from Apoel was attacked by people throwing rocks as it made its way back to Nicosia on Sunday night after the side’s 2-1 ...

At least 14 wild donkeys were found to have been shot dead during fieldwork carried out by the Tashkent nature park in Karpasia on Sunday, the charity announced on Monday morning. ...

Paramedics have postponed their planned refusal to work overtime for two weeks until February 27, pending the approval of a bill to “protect” the profession by cabinet. Cyprus ambulance crew paramedics ...

“It is now possible” to place defibrillators in remote villages, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Sunday. In a social media post hailing the placement of a defibrillator in the ...

Hundreds of saplings were planted in Athienou and the nearby village of Avdellero on Sunday, the municipality said. The saplings were planted by well-meaning members of the public and local ...

Residents of Larnaca district villages on Sunday staged a protest outside the Dhekelia power station, demanding that it be upgraded with “less polluting machinery” so as to be “less harmful” ...

Disabled people in Cyprus are “invisible” and “deprived of their most basic human rights”, Cyprus Confederation of Disability Organisations (Kysoa) chairwoman Themis Anthopoulou said on Sunday. Speaking to newspaper Politis, ...

Women should be invited to sit at the Cyprus problem negotiating table, not to join the armed forces, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Dogus Derya said. She took to ...

Cyprus must “completely rethink” its relationship with the environment if it truly wants to achieve climate neutrality, environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou said on Sunday. “If we want to achieve climate ...

An agreement was signed on Saturday at the presential palace for the construction of a new Paediatric Oncology Centre in Nicosia, which is expected to significantly upgrade the services provided. ...

A female diver who went missing at the Zenovia shipwreck in Larnaca was rescused on Saturday in an operation led by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC). She was eventually ...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou The Lambousa II vessel was submerged at the Oroklini marine protected area on Saturday to enrich the site with artificial reeds. Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said this ...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou Cabinet members in President Nikos Christodoulides’ government were ousted from Disy on Saturday after a majority vote among party members. In a party conference to decide Disy’...

By Ifigenia Theodoridou Monday will be a “historic day” for the Republic of Cyprus as two “major agreements” to commercialise natural gas in the Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone will be ...

The rhythms of the carnival have started in Limassol, where the new King of the Carnival will be crowned on Thursday. In a surprise announcement, Rio Carnival’s King and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has called for greater international collaboration in the fight against childhood cancer on Friday, emphasising the need for equal access to treatment for all children, regardless of ...