#Cyprus

Two sailors from the United States’ amphibious assault ship the USS Wasp were attacked by a crowd in the Turkish Aegean city of Izmir on Monday evening. The sailors were ...

The University of Cyprus has been derelict in its management of a contract regarding the construction of facilities on its premises, with cost overruns expected to reach €2.6 million, the auditor-general ...

The streaming platform Netflix’s decision to air the series Famagusta led to a spat between Turkey and Greece on Monday, with high-ranking government figures from both countries expressing their ...

The government is in talks with a number of stakeholders over the Great Sea Interconnector project, with a key aim of ensuring reduced electricity prices to the public, President Nikos ...

The updated development plan for the Aphrodite gas field is moving “in the right direction” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday, while sources suggested the government would be issuing its ...

Cyprus on Monday became the first country to announce the name of its entry into the 2025 Eurovision song contest, with Theo Evan set to represent the island in Basel. Theo ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday denied rumours about a cabinet reshuffle, following a report that it could be coming as some ministers have been in their positions since the beginning ...

A 20-year-old man was arrested after having allegedly attempted to strangle a woman to death, police said on Monday. The man was arrested by the British Bases police in Akrotiri ...

Monday marked a return to school for teachers, as Education Minister Athena Michaelidou expressed satisfaction over recent upgrades. The school year starts with the operation of many more all-day schools, ...

A 72-year-old Limassol resident reported to the police on Saturday that he had been conned out of over €95,000 in online investments. He told the police that around the end of ...

In an effort to find a compatible bone marrow donor for an 18-month-old boy in Paphos, the association of Paphos Apoel FC fans is setting up a saliva sample taking ...

The next steps regarding the Amalthea initiative, the corridor for transporting humanitarian aid from Cyprus to Gaza, was discussed in Brussels between Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and UN coordinator for ...

By Tom Cleaver The number of people crossing from the Republic to the north via crossing points has decreased in the first seven months of 2024 compared to the same period ...

Dismissing 15 employees from Kition Ocean Holdings was necessary, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Friday, adding that efforts were made to find suitable positions for these individuals at the newly ...

Two more Griffon vultures have been found dead from electrocution on the power distribution network in Cyprus, NGO Birdlife has announced. The latest fatalities bring the number of vultures killed ...

Monks embroiled in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal on Friday requested that their trial at the Holy Synod be postponed. The monks appeared in the ecclesiastical court on Friday morning ...

Cyprus has evaluated as positive the unofficial EU foreign affairs council meeting with Turkey’s participation, the government spokesman said on Friday. Speaking to CyBC, Konstantinos Letymbiotis said Nicosia was ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou announced on Thursday that Cyprus will host the MED9 summit of agriculture ministers from September 1 to 3. The MED9 group is an alliance of nine Mediterranean and ...

The finance ministry reiterated on Thursday it’s not in a position to evaluate the mooted Cyprus-Greece electricity interconnector project as several parameters remain unknown, while the cost-benefit analysis provided ...

Former president Nicos Anastasiades’ decision to make four contract advisers permanent civil service employees has set a precedent that more former advisers are seeking to benefit from, it emerged on ...

Nicosia said on Thursday it is “completely satisfied” with the outcome of informal discussions in Brussels between EU foreign ministers and Turkey’s chief diplomat, as EU states reiterated the ...

A report published on Thursday revealed that an email from the deputy tourism ministry sparked panic within the tourism company TUI. The incident drew heavy criticism from MPs, who accused ...

The government is “examining the possibility” of declassifying Cyprus’ energy market from its current status as “emergent”, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Wednesday. Cyprus’ energy market is currently classified ...

Cyprus’ authorities “have not seen” the financing plan for the Great Sea Interconnector project, the finance ministry’s permanent secretary George Panteli said on Wednesday. Speaking at an extraordinary meeting ...