FMD treatment in Cyprus cannot differ from that in the EU
Cyprus risks getting ejected from the EU Single Market if it fails to enforce the law regarding mass culling of animals in outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the government warned ...
Man jailed for causing fatal traffic accident
A 41-year-old man who caused a traffic accident that left a 23-year-old Bulgarian motorcyclist dead in December 2025 was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday by the Paphos district ...
Parliament considers minimal compensation for refugee property loss
A proposal to create a national fund compensating owners for the loss of use of properties in the north, was discussed on Tuesday at the House refugee committee.
Current legislation ...
Erhurman sends north’s controversial fibreoptic internet deal to court
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday elected to refer to the north’s judiciary a controversial law passed by the north’s ‘parliament’ last month which will see Turkish ...
Taxi drivers stage strike in Nicosia over ‘pirate taxis’ and rising costs
Taxi drivers staged protests in Nicosia on Tuesday morning, before driving in convoy to key government buildings to demand action over what they describe as illegal competition and worsening conditions ...
Cyprus fourth in EU for hosting Ukrainian refugees
Cyprus has hosted 24,230 displaced Ukrainians under temporary protection as of January 31, Eurostat data released on Tuesday show, placing the island fourth among EU member states in terms of the number ...
Military support for Cyprus ‘a powerful example of European autonomy’, Costa says
The military support offered by four European Union member states to Cyprus after the island was hit by an Iranian-made drone last week is “a powerful example of European autonomy”, ...
UK to send ship to Cyprus that went missing during Amalthea assignment
The United Kingdom’s Royal Navy is to send the RFA Lyme Bay, a dock landing ship, to Cyprus, the country’s defence ministry confirmed, having earlier placed its crew ...
Sea trial for Great Sea Interconnector cable completed successfully
An undersea trial of the type of cable to be used to form the Great Sea Interconnector, to connect the energy grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel, was completed successfully, ...
Audit report exposes systemic deficiencies in prison system
Serious irregularities in sick leave, overtime payments and operational procedures within the prison system were highlighted on Tuesday in a report by the audit office covering the last two years.
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Cyprus dam levels remain low despite rainfall
Dams across Cyprus are currently 21 per cent full, the Water Development Department (WDD) said on Monday, although they reiterated that reserves remain low despite recent rainfall.
Senior WDD technical engineer ...
Cyprus ‘will never be alone’, Metsola says after drone strike
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said that Cyprus “will never be alone”, a week after the island was hit by an Iranian-made drone.
“We also know that people in Cyprus ...
Christodoulides, Kombos meet UAE foreign minister
President Nikos Christodoulides and Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met the United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday, with the country finding itself at the centre ...
Netherlands confirms intention to send frigate to Cyprus
The government of the Netherlands on Monday confirmed its intention to send a frigate to Cyprus, joining a growing list of countries which have deployed naval assets to the island’...
Hezbollah ‘used Google Maps’ to target Cyprus airbase
Insurgent group Hezbollah used Google Maps to plan the drone strike which it carried out on Cyprus’ British Akrotiri air force base, according to reports on Monday.
British newspaper The ...
Akrotiri schoolchildren to have lessons in Kolossi
Pupils of the nursery school and primary school in the village of Akrotiri, both of which have been closed for a week in the aftermath of a drone strike on ...
British Merlin helicopter deploys to Cyprus
A British Merlin Mk2 utility helicopter and an “engineering team” are to arrive in Cyprus on Tuesday, with the United Kingdom and multiple other countries continuing to bolster their military ...
Teacher did not deny Holocaust, Lottides says
A teacher at a private school who was accused by parents of denying the Holocaust was found on Monday not to have done so by human rights commissioner Maria Stylianou ...
Christodoulides, Mitsotakis visit Greek frigate off Cyprus coast
President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday visited the Greek frigate Kimon, which has been stationed off the coast of Cyprus since last week, after the ...
New bill on foreclosures not expected until after election
A new bill to regulate mortgages and foreclosures is not expected until after May’s parliamentary election at the earliest, finance ministry spokeswoman Avgi Chrysostomou-Lapathiotis said on Monday.
She told ...
President tells teens region has been at war since 1948
The hostilities in the Middle East were discussed during a meeting between Larnaca school students and President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday, the latter reiterating that Cyprus wished to be part ...
Urban taxi drivers threaten indefinite strike from Tuesday
Urban taxi drivers warned on Monday they would start an indefinite strike on Tuesday if problems leading to the sector’s “total destruction” were not immediately addressed.
In a letter ...
Welfare minister urges Brussels to step up child poverty prevention
Decisive action is required to combat child poverty in the European Union, with current estimates putting quarter of the EU’s infant population – 20 million children – at risk, deputy minister of ...
Foot-and-mouth outbreak spreads to 34 farms
All confirmed cases of Foot-and-mouth disease so far have been identified in the Larnaca district, though the disease has spread to 34 farms within the containment zone, the Veterinary Services of ...