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Turkey has itself to blame for the fact that it is not invited to participate in regional collaborations, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, citing the country’s lack of ...

Contracts were signed on Tuesday to resume works at the Liopetri estuary, with €3.6 million allocated over a 12-month period. The contract provides for the continuation and completion of works on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday his shared cooperation with Israel and Greece in issues such as energy and defence remained strong and unwavering. Christodoulides was in Israel for a ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday dismissed suggestions of dissension inside the government regarding the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project, after the leader of the Diko party accused the government ...

The trial against the Greek Cypriot woman arrested in the north, along with four others in July, was completed on Monday after fines amounting to 12,000 and 100,000 Turkish lira (around €240 and €2000) ...

Two forestry department employees were implicated among three suspects in an “extremely serious” hare poaching case in Paphos, with the game service accusing staff of exploiting access to restricted areas ...

Australia has suspended imports of dairy products from Cyprus after removing the country from its list of territories considered free from foot-and-mouth disease, citing reports of an outbreak in the ...

The investigation into Mafia State, the controversial book by investigative journalist Makarios Drousiotis, has cost the state more than €1 million to date, according to the president of the independent authority ...

The trilateral cooperation between Cyprus, Greece and Israel does not constitute a threat to Turkey, Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler said on Saturday, warning however that Ankara would take “necessary ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Jerusalem on Monday to take part in the tenth trilateral summit between Cyprus, Greece and Israel, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Saturday. “The ...

The European Union will facilitate a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem but will not act as a mediator between the parties, the EU’s envoy for Cyprus Johannes Hahn ...

Four experts from the EU Commission’s veterinary emergency team have arrived in Cyprus to investigate the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in two livestock units in the north, the veterinary ...

Justice Minister Constantinos Fitiris was urged on Friday by the association for the protection of the rights of prisoners to take immediate action to address the situation at the central ...

Cyprus’ population, excluding the north, was estimated at 983,000 at the end of 2024, marking an increase of 1.7 per cent from the 966,400 recorded at the end of 2023, the Statistical Service (Cystat) said ...

Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre on Thursday night said that Cyprus should focus on “security and defence and competitiveness” when the island takes over the Council of the European ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Friday held a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, with the call coming just days after Iran summoned Cyprus’ ambassador in Tehran ...

New revelations aired on state television on Friday regarding recent organised neo-Nazi activity at Vergina High School in Larnaca with allegations that more than 100 pupils are actively involved and others ...

The anti-flood measures implemented at 21 locations in the mountainous areas of Limassol, which were devastated by a three-day wildfire in July, have so far withstood seasonal rainfall, Agriculture Minister Maria ...

Around 16 serious offences were committed in Cyprus every day on average throughout last year, according to Cystat, the government’s statistical service, which stated that 5,942 serious offences were reported to ...

Strong disagreements came to the fore on Thursday as opposition MPs haggled with government officials over aspects of the tax reform legislation, just days before the bills head to the ...

Following President Nikos Christodoulides and Tufan Erhurman’s trilateral meeting with UN Secretary General envoy Maria Angela Holguin, the wastewater treatment project at Mia Milia has returned to the forefront ...

The new justice minister on Thursday promised action to tackle overcrowding at the central prisons complex, but said that building a new facility from scratch was not currently in the ...

Only 20 people have applied for free bus travel cards, despite approximately 10,000 vehicles being immobilised as part of the Takata airbag recall, according to Road Transportation Department officer Konstantinos Koupis. Speaking ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Thursday denied reports that the governments of Cyprus, Israel, and Greece are planning to combine to create a military “rapid reaction force” to counter Turkish ...