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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 ...

Cyprus is fully prepared to assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from January 1, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. He made the remarks following a visit ...

Inmates of the central prison who have committed minor crimes could be released before serving their full sentence due to the facility’s overcrowding crisis, the government said on Tuesday. “...

The solution to the usurpation of properties in the north lies “in resolving the Cyprus problem,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. “My message to our Turkish Cypriot compatriots, and ...

Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos on Tuesday intensified his criticism of the government over the planned power interconnection with Greece, accusing it of sending contradictory signals. Speaking on CyBC radio, Papadopoulos ...

A police reform plan presented by the force’s chief Themistos Arnaoutis on Tuesday will see improved operational capacity, better use of staff, and major technological upgrades by 2030. Arnaoutis said ...

Twelve missing people were identified in 2025 by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), while the remains of 20 more were discovered during excavations, Greek Cypriot representative Leonidas Pantelides told the Cyprus ...

The night from Monday to Tuesday saw temperatures reaching a record low for this winter, with the Athalassa weather station in Nicosia recording 0.8C, Kitasweather said on Tuesday. Other parts ...

Inflow into Cyprus’s dams since October has reached just 1.7 million cubic metres, highlighting the severity of the island’s worsening water crisis. The figures were made public on Tuesday ...