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Israeli defence companies are interested in establishing operations in Cyprus to potentially benefit from the European Union’s SAFE defence financing programme, as President Isaac Herzog held talks with President ...

The anti-corruption authority will issue an announcement on the ‘black van’ spying case on Monday, its commissioner Haris Poyiadjis informed the House institutions committee on Wednesday. Poyiadjis was responding to ...

The debate over Cyprus’ high electricity prices has increasingly focused on renewable energy producers and, in particular, whether commercial solar parks are earning excessive returns. This is a legitimate question ...

More than 25 years after the stadium closed and 15 years after plans were drawn up for its redevelopment, the broad concrete terraces and stark steelwork of the old GSP stand like ...

Cyprus is turning to Egypt and India to replenish its construction workforce as employers struggle to replace workers leaving under the government’s Syrian repatriation scheme. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

A tenth body was recovered on Thursday from the wreckage of the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said.  “We have learned that ...

Lawmakers on Thursday continued seeking ways of barring recipients of Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) from gambling at casinos, amid an acknowledgment they have to tread carefully due to privacy considerations. ...

Erhan Arikli has been relieved of his duties as the north’s ‘transport minister’, ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel announced on Wednesday evening. “In order to ensure that our police and ...

A ninth body has been found by rescuers searching at the wreck of the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel ...

Turkish opposition New Party deputy leader Ali Mahir Basarir on Wednesday said that every single one of the survivors he had met when he visited Cyprus after a ferry sank ...

The passenger ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday was located by the search-and-rescue team aboard the Turkish research vessel the TCG Isin on Tuesday afternoon, Turkish ...

Ayten Bicer felt her 12-year-old daughter slip from her hands and disappear as a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday, killing at least eight people. Her daughter Miray, and 6...

The captain of the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia was arrested on Sunday evening, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said, describing the incident, which has thus ...

Severe storms that hit Cyprus around noon on Saturday caused damage in several parts of the island, bringing down trees, disrupting roads and damaging photovoltaic installations and greenhouses. Strovolos mayor ...

There are 711 buildings in the Nicosia district officially confirmed as dangerous, according to updated figures released by the Nicosia district government organisation (EOA) on Friday.  The organisation is calling for ...

Additional measures to strengthen inspections and improve the response to marine pollution were agreed on Thursday following a broad meeting in Limassol, as Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis insisted Cyprus’ ...

FC Barcelona has cancelled a two-week children’s football camp that was to take place in the occupied north next month following a barrage of complaints. The link to the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday agreed to hold weekly meetings with the aim of achieving the requisite progress for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ...

Cyprus Football Association chairman Haris Loizides wrote a letter to his Spanish counterpart Rafael Louzan, urging him to discourage footballing giant Barcelona from organising a children’s football camp in ...

Owners of commercial solar parks on Monday took to task the leader of the Direct Democracy party Fidias Panayiotou, who claimed businesses could slash their prices by as much as 20 ...

All pensioners will receive increases under the government’s planned pension reform, with those on lower pensions set to benefit the most, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said on Sunday. In ...

More than 150 years after she disappeared beneath the waves, the Napried holds a mythological status in the world of underwater archaeology. The ship was carrying thousands of ancient artefacts excavated ...

It is “a disservice to the residents and shopkeepers on Makarios avenue to promote the narrative that closing the area to traffic is the main issue at hand”, Nicosia Mayor ...

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Thursday said her country is “outraged” after the Israeli authorities elected not to pursue criminal proceedings against those responsible for the killing of seven ...