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Power cuts due to surging demand, a looming water shortage, the Takata airbags farrago, malfunctioning electrical appliances turning deadly – and all this seemingly coming together to form the ‘perfect storm’. ...

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Cyprus on Friday, marking the second anniversary of the Tempi train disaster that claimed 57 lives. Defying rain and cold, protesters carried banners ...

Cyprus failed in its legal duty to investigate a British woman’s allegation in 2019 that she had been gang-raped by Israeli tourists on the holiday island, the European Court of ...

Cyprus’ tax-free income threshold is set to rise to €20,500 per year, following the announcement of a set of sweeping tax reform plans by President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday. The plans ...

Faulty electrical appliances have led to the death of seven people so far this year, in addition to five in 2023 and four in 2024, the House commerce committee heard on Tuesday. ...

When Andy, a repatriated Cypriot, awoke from a coma after a car rammed into his motorcycle and then drove over him, he found he was disabled and could no longer ...

A tender process with the aim of installing two new generators at the Dhekelia power station has begun, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday. Speaking after a meeting with ...

Cyprus’ first crematorium is now expected to open in the summer of 2026, the Golden Leaves Cyprus Crematorium announced on Thursday. While the land has been cleared, construction has yet to ...

Cyprus’ electricity network is set to bear more pressure over the coming days, due to the cold spell forecast for Thursday onwards, increasing demand for heating. “Things will be difficult. ...

Over 90 per cent of fires in Cyprus last year were caused by human activity, the fire service said on Tuesday. Presenting its annual report for 2024, the fire service said a ...

Cyprus and Egypt on Monday signed two agreements concerning the exploitation of natural gas resources under the seabed in the eastern Mediterranean. The first agreement was a memorandum of understanding ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has invited European leaders to attend an “emergency summit” in Paris on Monday over European security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot confirmed on Sunday. Barrot told ...

Three presidents and 13 years after the discovery of gas in the Aphrodite field, the government this week clinched a deal with US oil giant Chevron for the development of the ...

Plans to develop Limni Bay, to the northeast of Polis Chrysochous, are “extremely alarming”, Cyprus Ecological Movement secretary-general Efi Xanthou said on Friday. She was speaking after it was reported ...

Cyprus has reinforced its maritime security by adding ten new patrol vessels to the marine and port police, a move hailed by President Nikos Christodoulides as a critical step in ...

The cabinet has approved women the right to voluntarily enlist in the National Guard, a decision that will reshape military service and promote gender equality in the country’s defence ...

Bomb threats were sent to more than 300 state and private schools in Cyprus on Tuesday morning, the police confirmed. A police spokesperson confirmed to the Cyprus Mail that the threats ...

Electricity prices are unlikely to drop over the next two years, given the absence of natural gas and the lack of storage for energy generated by renewables, the head of ...

A series of deliberate poisonings targeting dogs and foxes in the British bases have alarmed authorities and conservationists particularly as they also threaten endangered species. Over the past three months, ...

The Cyprus Gymnastics Federation said it will investigate after Cypriot rhythmic gymnastics judge Evangelia Trikomiti was banned for four years for manipulating scores at the European Championships in May last ...

The recall of vehicles fitted with deadly Takata airbags is proving a nightmare for Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades, and not least because the grieving father of a young man killed ...

Officials on Tuesday sought to provide assurances that they have a ‘Plan B’ to deal with water scarcity this coming summer, although parliamentarians were not convinced. Permanent secretary at the ...

The transport ministry issued two decrees on Monday regulating over 80,000 recalls, mostly for potentially fatal Takata airbags over an ambitious period of up to eight months, with the priority being ...

As the development of Cyprus gasfields gets closer, so the claims about their importance in supplying Europe’s gas needs get louder, totally oblivious to whether Europe needs such gas, ...