#Nicosia

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 ...

The prosecution’s testimony will conclude at the next hearing of the trial of the two former MPs facing criminal charges over a report by Al Jazeera into the alleged ...

The committee formed to lobby for the re-opening of Makarios Avenue to cars insisted on Friday it was the correct course of action and believes the EU cash that partly ...

In taking a decision to re-open Nicosia’s Makarios Avenue to traffic, Cyprus has risked its credibility with the EU, Greens MP Charalambos Theopemptou said on Thursday. Theopemptou, the chairman ...

The Nicosia district development licencing directorate broke its own rules when adding a new floor onto the top of its headquarters, according to a report released by the audit office ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Tuesday called on the state to expropriate Turkish Cypriot buildings that are in bad shape, in a move that would revitalise the old part of ...

Two separate car theft cases – one in Nicosia and another in Larnaca – have prompted a strong warning from police after it was revealed that valuables and even keys had been ...

Nicosia municipality is taking flak from all sides over its recent decision to partly reopen Makarios avenue to normal traffic, with media reports on Tuesday suggesting that it could also ...

Citizen groups and affected will protest on Thursday against the decision by Nicosia Municipality to reopen the northern section of Makarios Avenue to private vehicles. Under the slogan A Lively ...

A 54-year-old woman is in a critical condition after the scooter she was riding was hit by a car, the police said on Saturday. The police said the incident took ...

The Turkish gunman who was arrested by the Republic of Cyprus’ police and handed over to the United Nations and then the Turkish Cypriot authorities at the Ledra Palace crossing ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Thursday defended the municipality’s recent decision to partly reopen Makarios avenue to regular traffic, arguing that it was done to breathe life back into ...

Authorities were on Tuesday still investigating the case of the unlawful transfer from the central prisons of thousands of documents – marked as ‘confidential’ or ‘secret’ – with five suspects still in ...

Hundreds gathered outside the presidential palace to voice solidarity with the Palestinian people and denounce both Israel’s military actions in Gaza and the Cyprus government’s silence. The demonstration, ...

The Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek) on Monday called on Nicosia municipality to rethink its recent decision to partially reopen Makarios avenue to regular traffic. In a statement, Etek urged ...

Nicosia municipality said on Monday that its decision stands for partially reopening Makarios avenue to regular traffic, noting that they are simply waiting for the go-ahead from the police chief. ...

The European Union is to finance the expansion of Nicosia’s Pedieos linar park into the north, the European Union’s infopoint in Nicosia announced on Friday. The infopoint explained ...

The Nicosia city council voted to approve the partial re-opening of Makarios Avenue to vehicle traffic, following a long deliberation that concluded late on Thursday night.  Councillors voted to open ...

A 17-year-old boy was assaulted in a homophobic attack carried out by two unidentified suspects in a homophobic attack in Lakatamia, Nicosia, shortly after midnight on Thursday. “We are investigating ...