#Cyprus

Around 30,000 farmers are eligible to apply for hectare-based subsidies under the strategic plan of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023–2027, with a total budget of approximately €60 million, the agriculture department said ...

The vast majority of Cypriots are woefully unprepared for an emergency situation, according to data from the EU which this week urged the bloc’s population to stockpile 72 hours of ...

Akel on Saturday accused both the Anastasiades and incumbent Christodoulides governments for failing to tackle energy poverty during a protest over the increased cost of living and green taxes. Hundreds ...

Sixty development projects in the Larnaca district with a budget exceeding €180 million were outlined by President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday at a broad meeting with city stakeholders in Oroklini. During ...

A delivery driver was hopitalised on Saturday after he was stabbed and robbed in Limassol. Shortly after midnight, police received a call for an injured person, who was transferred to ...

An upcoming meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is expected to yield results, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday, adding that within a week there will be announcements from ...

A driver who was almost eight times over the limit was found in a stationary vehicle in the middle of an intersection in Limassol, police said on Saturday. The 48-year-old ...

President Nikos Christodoulides defended the government’s fiscal policy on Saturday, saying it was the responsible policy that allowed it to spend more than €700 million to address issues faced by ...

Four football clubs are racing against time to pay off their social insurance debts to the state, but Monday’s deadline is proving difficult to meet. The clubs collectively owe ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) has marked today as a milestone as major upgrade works commence at Archbishop Makarios III hospital, in Nicosia. The project aims to enhance healthcare ...

In a pivotal meeting held in Paris on Friday, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides highlighted significant diplomatic progress made between Cyprus, France, Greece, Lebanon, and the interim government of Syria. The ...

Two individuals, a 48-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman, were referred on Friday for trial before the Larnaca criminal court, which will convene on May 5, as suspects in a case ...

With just days left before the payment deadline, only 24 per cent of traffic fines recorded by Cyprus’ photolabelling system have been settled. Authorities warn that offenders who fail to pay ...

The young Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) Panayis, rescued in the Famagusta district after his mother’s death in November 2024, arrived at Larnaca airport on Friday morning following nearly five ...

Convicted child sex offenders could have the option to trade their life sentences for chemical castration if a bill proposed by Dipa MP Michalis Yiacoumi is passed. Under the proposed ...

The Republic of Cyprus is willing to participate in a multinational peacekeeping formation in Ukraine, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Friday, following reactions to remarks made on Thursday ...

Parliament on Thursday discussed a bill that would deprive a person of their driver’s license for up to two years if that person is found guilty of having caused ...

The government on Thursday called for “a collective effort” to tackle the effects of the drought and the coming water shortages, also announcing a subsidy scheme to get hotels to ...

The Limassol district court will announce its decision on April 4 regarding the request by the family of Thanasis Nicolaou for the return of his skeletal remains, which have been kept ...

Activists from AFOA, Genocide Free Cy, and United for Palestine shared posts about an action in which signs were placed along roads leading to the Akrotiri airbase, renaming them ‘Genocide ...

The government came under mounting pressure on Thursday to overhaul its land allocation plan for low-income families, as MPs called for greater transparency and accountability in how land is distributed. ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou called on Thursday for the acceleration of local government reforms, stressing the need for closer monitoring and swift action on key issues affecting communities. His remarks ...

Planned upgrades to the aged and leaking water supply network “can’t be done overnight” the agriculture ministry director said on Thursday. Meanwhile, district self-governance organisation (EOA) heads pointed out ...

A lot is happening behind the scenes with lobbying in favour of a bill allowing players in casinos to spend more than €10,000 cash at a time, while authorities are calling ...