Charalambos Stylianou

A new bill setting legal rules for public demonstrations aims to introduce three criminal offences linked to violent behaviour during protests, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis told the House legal affairs ...

Manufacturers kept recalls secret as they did not want problems publicised, a former senior official at the road transport department told the Takata airbags inquiry on Tuesday. Sotiris Kolettas, who ...

A total of 304 individuals have been stripped of their citizenships, following a sweeping review of the now-defunct “golden passport” scheme, the government has confirmed. All those affected had received Cypriot ...

More than 4,000 housing units in Cyprus’ refugee settlements remain without title deeds, causing serious delays in grant applications for urgent repairs, chair of the House refugee committee Nikos Kettiros said ...

An 18-year-old man accused of attacking an elderly woman and her daughter in the village of Tremithousa was arrested on Tuesday. The incident happened at 4pm on Monday, when the ...

The Nicosia criminal court on Tuesday morning postponed proceedings in the financial case involving the monastery of Saint Avakoum, after defence lawyers argued that key evidence had not been handed ...

A monument honouring the memory of Tassos Isaak and Solomos Solomou, two men killed during anti-occupation protests in 1996, is set to be erected in Paralimni. The Paralimni-Dherynia municipality announced that ...

Schools, cultural associations and sports clubs across the British bases areas in Cyprus will benefit from a €50,000 grant distributed by the bases under the annual Cyprus community relations fund. The ...

Two former senior police on Tuesday came forward to criticise what they describe as a restrictive and dismissive policy by the current police leadership. They claim recent decisions to deny ...

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides is set to travel to Athens on Tuesday for a brief but significant visit focused on defence and technology. The president will begin his trip with ...

A fourth person has been arrested in connection with a major drug trafficking case in Limassol that shocked authorities last November. The 47-year-old man was detained on Monday under a ...

A road collision early Tuesday morning caused long delays on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway, as rush hour traffic built up near the GSP stadium. The crash happened at around 6.30am, heading ...

A spell of high pressure has settled over the region, setting the stage for a significant rise in temperatures across Cyprus starting tomorrow, as a warm air mass begins to ...

A 52-year-old man has confessed to killing Yiannis Argyrou who was found dead on Sunday, admitting to the stabbing during a drug-fuelled night in a private garage in Limassol, police ...

A new hearing took place on Monday before the investigative committee examining vehicle imports into Cyprus and the handling of car recalls due to defective airbags. At the centre of ...

The first meeting of the bicommunal Technical Committee for Youth Matters took place on Monday at Ledra Palace. Committee members briefly checked in with both President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish ...

A large quantity of untaxed tobacco products was discovered in Nicosia during a police operation on Friday, prompting swift action from customs officials. Members of the Nicosia crime prevention unit ...

Cyprus on Monday publicly thanked the United Arab Emirates for its swift and generous assistance in tackling the island’s growing water crisis. President Nikos Christodoulides called UAE President Mohammed ...

A major agreement to connect Cyprus and Israel’s electricity systems is expected to be signed within 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Monday. The deal, part ...

The new Limassol port has rapidly become a daily reminder of Cyprus’ omission to provide the general public with basic facilities. Quite aside from the busy port and cruise ship ...

In May 2017, thousands of people, many of them children, gathered at Manchester Arena to see American pop star Ariana Grande perform. As the concert ended and families made their way ...

Two suspects were placed in custody on Friday after appearing before the Limassol court in connection with the theft of a pickup truck. The case involves a 25-year-old man and ...

The government on Friday vowed to press ahead with a “holistic and coordinated” overhaul of Cyprus’ civil protection framework, following an emergency wildfire summit chaired by President Nikos Christodoulides. “The ...

A 47-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Thursday after allegedly setting fire to rubbish bins on Ayia Fyla street. Police said they received information about the incident and officers ...