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Bus drivers went on strike on Friday morning, complaining that the government has ignored concerns related to traffic lights fitted with cameras. According to their trade unions, Omepege-Sek and Segdamelin-Peo, ...

The government on Thursday announced a package of eight measures which it hopes will help combat rising costs after four weeks of war in the Middle East. Firstly, the reduced ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he remains “cautiously optimistic” about prospects for restarting Cyprus talks, while also outlining government planning on the British bases and announcing that new support ...

Road deaths in Cyprus increased by 10 per cent last year compared to 2024, preliminary figures released by the European Commission on Tuesday showed. In 2025 there were 46 road deaths in Cyprus, compared ...

A new case of foot and mouth disease has been identified in a sheep and goat unit within the infected zone in Geri, authorities said on Monday. According to the ...

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Saturday told President Nikos Christodoulides that Cyprus’ security is “fundamental” to the United Kingdom and reiterated that the country’s bases in Cyprus “...

There will now be no role for the attorney-general of the day in decisions for the authorities to access people’s private communications, according to MPs who spoke after Friday’...

A group of livestock farmers gathered on Wednesday outside a livestock unitin Yeri to protest the planned collection of animal samples by the veterinary services, amid rising tensions over containment ...

The future of the United Kingdom’s sovereign bases in Cyprus is “not in question”, the country’s parliamentary undersecretary of state for the armed forces Al Carns has said. “...

Two cases of foot and mouth disease have been reported outside the Larnaca containment zone, this time in Dhali and Yeri in the Nicosia district, bringing the total number to 41 ...

Donations totalling €890,000 collected from businesses and members of the public following the devastating wildfires that struck the Limassol district in July 2025 will be distributed directly to affected communities for projects ...

Staffing crisis exposes deeper problems in Cyprus’ public transport system A persistent shortage of bus drivers has forced the suspension of Nicosia’s park-and-ride Pame Express service, exposing deeper structural ...

The United States’ state department on Saturday stressed that it did not “abandon” its people after it was confirmed that several of its officials left Iraq on a British military ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met European animal health commissioner Oliver Varhelyi at the presidential palace on Friday as authorities pressed for the full implementation of strict containment measures to bring Cyprus’ ...

The government is taking targeted steps to protect Cyprus’ tourism sector and counter what it describes as misleading perceptions abroad about the country’s stability. President Nikos Christodoulides, during a ...

MPs on Tuesday again grilled state officials over the status of the LNG import terminal at Vasiliko, as it was heard that the non-completion of the project costs taxpayers some €350 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said of last week’s drone strike that “when Cyprus was attacked, all of Europe was attacked”, as he visited Paphos’ Andreas Papandreou airbase ...

The trial of seven individuals and two companies, including former transport minister Marios Demetriades, in connection with issuing Cypriot passports to foreign nationals, was adjourned on Monday until July 8 at 9.30...

Although the targeting of RAF Akrotiri by a Lebanon-fired drone has rekindled the chatter about the British bases’ presence painting a target on Cyprus, analysts don’t anticipate a change ...

Nothing has been ruled out regarding the future of the United Kingdom’s bases in Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. He was asked about the matter upon his ...

The repatriation flight that brought 180 Cypriots back to the island from Dubai amid the current tensions in the Middle East safely landed at Larnaca airport on Wednesday evening, with passengers ...

Cyprus is operating under full operational readiness after two unmanned aerial drones heading towards the British bases at Akrotiri were intercepted, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday, stressing that ...

Two Iranian missiles were fired in the direction of Cyprus, British Defence Secretary John Healey said on Sunday but were intercepted. The island is home to two British military bases. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday evening said he hopes for the ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran to de-escalate soon. “We are monitoring the situation very closely. ...