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The north’s supreme court and the Cyprus Turkish bar association have issued a joint demand for a referendum to be held with a view to enacting sweeping reforms to ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides has given stakeholders one week to submit proposals to address the shortage of nurses, with a follow-up meeting scheduled in a month to assess recommendations and ...

Cyprus has introduced intensified measures to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the north, including disinfection of vehicles at crossing points into the government-controlled areas. The decision was made ...

The New Cyprus Association sharply criticised on Monday the recent Christmas message delivered by Archbishop Georgios, arguing that it undermined the church’s spiritual role and deepened divisions in Cyprus. ...

Cyprus ranked fourth globally for passenger traffic from Israel in 2025, with 1.2 million passengers, as weekly flights from Tel Aviv and Haifa reached a worldwide high of 186, amid a 42.6 per cent ...

Teacher evaluation reform and the rollout of air conditioning in public schools will dominate the education ministry’s agenda in the coming year, following approval of key legislation. The implementation ...

There was a saying that wherever it rained in Cyprus, it would also rain in Kornos. And it did. Until a fire practically wiped the forest off the map. I ...

2025 has been a very successful year for the tourism industry, Deputy Minister of Tourism Costas Koumis said on Sunday, adding that the island saw a new record of arrivals from ...

With 2025 coming to a close, Cyprus is leaving behind a year during which the environment was one of the – quite literally – hottest topics on the island. Worries over persisting water ...

The inflection point in Turkish Cypriot politics, the crossroads, the quasi-referendum between a two-state solution and a federal solution to the Cyprus problem, between Europe and Turkey, this year’s ...

The success of a plan to increase the birth rate, the removal of the bishop of Paphos from his post and the danger of believing what are presented as miracles ...

A total of 45,214 cattle in 403 units were vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease between December 19 and 27, the ‘veterinary services’ in the north said on Sunday. According to Turkish Cypriot media, vaccinations have ...

Our general strategy is to substantially upgrade the Republic of Cyprus to face internal and external challenges, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, adding that all government actions serve the ...

One of the rarest and emblematic trees of the Mediterranean, the Cyprus Cedar (Cedrus brevifolia) is a living witness to the natural and cultural history of the island, the forestry ...

Europol’s 2025 Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (Socta) has listed seven key types of crime that require law enforcement in Cyprus. The report identifies cyberattacks, online fraud, child sexual ...

Ambulance services responded to 422 emergency calls during Christmas break, with 172 of these in the Nicosia district, the head of the ambulance service Riana Constantinou said on Saturday. She said that ...

Conservation works will soon start at two historic churches in northern Cyprus, the co-chairman of the bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage, Sotos Ktoris, said on Saturday. The churches are ...

Police were alerted on Friday night after a horse was seen trotting alone on roads in the Protaras area, raising safety concerns. Members of the public contacted the police after ...

Police arrested 11 people and issued 120 traffic fines during a night-time operation on Friday, as part of intensified checks across Cyprus, authorities said on Saturday. Police said that the arrests and ...

A 40-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly trying to bring paper sheets soaked with a banned substance into central prisons, authorities said on Saturday. The justice ministry stated that ...

The environmental group Friends of Akamas has accused the government of “lacking clear political will to redefine policy towards declaring the Akamas peninsula a national park of international standards,” warning ...

Passenger traffic has increased at Cyprus’ airports in Larnaca and Paphos amid the festive holiday period. On Boxing day, Friday December 26, 65 international arrivals and 38 departures were scheduled at Larnaca international ...

Nearly 10,500 hotel beds are available in Paphos district for the winter season, according to official figures from the Paphos hoteliers association, its president Evripides Loizides said, adding that while the ...

A 51-year-old man was arrested in the early hours in Larnaca for drink driving and illegal residence in Cyprus, police said on Friday, as nationwide checks on Christmas night led ...