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Police in the British Dhekelia base on Saturday arrested two brothers on suspicion of an attempted murder which was carried out in Limassol last month. The pair were, according to ...

Paphos was featured on a list of destinations which have the “perfect breeze”, following a study carried out by British meteorologist Jim NR Dale. The result of Dale’s study ...

No problems are foreseen regarding the United Nations security council’s renewal of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp)’s mandate for another year, Somalian permanent representative to the ...

Public ceremonies ending with crosses being thrown in the water, followed by swimmers keen to claim it, will be held on Tuesday by the municipalities of Nicosia, Paphos and Ayia ...

The rollout of smart electricity meters is continuing across Cyprus in January, with the electricity authority (EAC) on Friday announcing the list of neighbourhoods which are to have smart meters ...

Hospitality venues across Cyprus recorded full occupancy over the New Year period, while hotels reached around 60 per cent, according to industrial bodies. Hospitality venues association (Pasika) president Neophytos Thrasyvoulou informed ...

Hospitals across Cyprus were between 85 and 90 per cent full during the holiday period, with that figure set to rise over the coming days in the aftermath of festive gatherings, state ...

Efforts to save the griffon vulture population in Cyprus have delivered fragile yet tangible results after three years of intensified conservation work, BirdLife Cyprus said in a New Year post. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday called for dialogue and said he had contacted the United Nations in the aftermath of an incident in the buffer zone earlier in ...

A controversial deal signed between the north’s ruling coalition and Turkish telecommunications company Turk Telekom which will see Turkish Cypriot taxpayers expend €110 million for the provision of fibreoptic internet ...

President Nikos Christodoulides held a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday evening – the first international call held upon Cyprus’ assumption of the Council of the European Union’...

European Parliament president Roberta Metsola on Thursday said that efforts to solve the Cyprus problem are “Europe’s responsibility”. “It is not a responsibility which falls solely on Cyprus. It ...

More than 180 projects have been worked on by the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage since its establishment in 2008, the committee’s Turkish Cypriot co-chairman Ali Tuncay said on Thursday. “...

Cyprus’ undertaking of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency comes at a “pivotal moment for Europe”, European Parliament president Roberta Metsola said on Thursday. “Expectations are high. ...

Undertaking the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency is “a moment of pride”, European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna said on Thursday. “Cyprus will work as an honest ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said it is time for “further European integration”, as Cyprus took on the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency for a six-month term. ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris is set to meet with police union representatives on Friday, January 2, to discuss ongoing security matters, as well as working hours and holiday adjustments, which had ...

Twenty-eight private schools in Cyprus have applied to expand or develop their campuses, using incentives provided by a new urban planning scheme.  Ten applications have already been approved, three rejected ...

An ancient Cypriot antiquity dating back nearly three millennia has been returned after being identified for sale in an online auction, according to an antiquities department press release issued on ...

Cyprus will not “get in the way” of relations between the European Union and Turkey when it undertakes the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency on Thursday, Foreign ...

British Cypriot education leader Dr Nikos Savvas DL has been awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours List 2025 for services to education. Dr Savvas, chief executive of ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Wednesday said the Turkish army “does not respect human rights”, in response to an incident in the buffer zone earlier in the week in which ...

As Cyprus prepares to enter 2026, nursing unions are intensifying pressure on the health ministry, warning that unresolved staffing and planning failures are pushing the health system towards a breaking point. ...

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Tuesday night denied claims that Turkish soldiers had attacked Greek Cypriot farmers in the buffer zone village of Mammari, west of Nicosia, stating instead ...