#Nicosia

Residents of the Nicosia district are to pay a new rainwater tax, district governor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Wednesday, describing the tax as “necessary”. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, ...

An 11-year-old girl was injured, in a traffic accident yesterday afternoon in a village in the Nicosia district. According to police reports, the incident occurred at around 6.20pm. The girl ...

A 34-year-old man was arrested in Nicosia on Monday following a police raid linked to a drug investigation, during which authorities discovered a significant quantity of what is believed to ...

The trial-within-a-trial over the case of German estate agent Eva Isabella Kunzel continued at the Nicosia criminal court. She is accused of unlawfully handling Greek Cypriot properties in the Turkish-held ...

Serious violations of essential terms included in the demolition permit were identified after the building on Makarios Avenue collapsed on Tuesday, scattering scaffolding and rubble onto the road, the Nicosia ...

A building being demolished on Nicosia’s Makarios Avenue collapsed on Tuesday, scattering scaffolding and rubble onto the road. As a result, part of the avenue from the police station ...

The Greek Cypriot side suggested the opening of a new crossing point in Nicosia’s old town during the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in New York, but the ...

A fire broke out early on Thursday morning in Tseri, destroying seven parked cars outside a residential building.Police confirmed that the fire is being treated as arson, with investigators ...

Nicosia municipality and the visual artists and art theorists association Cyprus, known as ‘Phytorio’, have clashed over access to a historic arts venue in the municipal garden. The dispute centres ...

A 69-year-old man was stabbed by his 31-year-old son on Thursday in the Ayios Dhometios area of Nicosia. According to initial reports, the elderly man was rushed to Nicosia general ...

A graphology expert told a Cypriot court on Wednesday that he could not reach an “absolute conclusion” over disputed handwriting linked to a German woman accused of seizing Greek Cypriot ...

Maintenance works on Famagusta gate on Nicosia’s Venetian walls will be completed by the end of the year, in time to be used for Cyprus’ EU presidency during the ...

More than 2,000 patients have visited Nicosia general hospital’s “fast-track clinic” in the first three months of its operation, Health Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday. The clinic is operating ...

Two cows observing passing traffic on the Limassol-Nicosia motorway have been removed, ending a police warning for motorists to be particularly careful when passing from the Mosfiloti area. A police ...

A rift has reportedly emerged within an alleged money-laundering network under investigation in Cyprus, as police probe the origins of €545,000 suspected to be proceeds of crime. The case centres on ...

A car was completely destroyed in a fire during the early hours of Friday in central Nicosia, sparking a police investigation into what caused the blaze. Police said the incident ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Thursday again defended the recent decision to partly reopen Makarios avenue to normal traffic, saying that singling out the municipality for criticism is hypocritical. Last ...

Two people were arrested on Monday in old Nicosia for staying illegally in the Republic of Cyprus, police said on Tuesday. The arrests came during a coordinated operation carried out ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday announced plans to fund 80 projects with a total cost of more than €1 billion to support the development of the capital. “Despite its potential and development ...

Nicosia’s mayor Charalambos Prountzos has defended controversial changes to Makarios avenue, insisting the city has nothing to hide, despite growing questions from both the audit office and the public. ...

The door to the Postal Museum creaked open and then silence.   Instead of the soft hum of tourists flipping through postcards or the shuffling of school groups, I was greeted ...

A fire broke out on Friday afternoon near the Agios Nikolaos monastery in Orounda, burning about one decare (1,000 square metres) of dry grass and wild vegetation. The blaze also caused ...

The Nicosia municipality on Friday confirmed that the public swimming pool will reopen on June 27, while the municipal pool in Aglandjia remains closed. “With the completion of extensive renovation work ...

One person was arrested for living in Cyprus without the requisite papers on Wednesday night as the police conducted their latest operation in Nicosia’s old town. The police said ...