James Morphakis

Cyprus will be represented by one male and one female athlete at the 25th Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, marking the country’s first two-athlete participation in the Winter Games ...

MPs on Monday called for urgent changes to Cyprus’ foreclosure laws, pressing for the protection of borrowers and guarantors. Akel MP Aristos Damianou told the House finance committee that for ...

The defence ministry on Monday said it is monitoring Turkey’s application to participate in the F-35 fighter jet programme, expected to be resolved within four to six months, US ...

Every apology by MEP Fidias Panayiotou “insults decades of struggle” and “institutionally insults the office of MEP,” disabilities union Kysoa said in a statement on Monday. The criticism follows Panayiotou’...

Filming for the international television series My Aphrodite will begin in Cyprus during the Limassol Carnival, with the pilot episode set to take place live within the carnival parade. The ...

The United States has issued a “notice to airmen” (Notam) for the Nicosia designated flight information region (FIR) covering Cyprus, defence minister Vassilis Palmas confirmed on Monday. He described the ...

Cyprus ranks among the highest in Europe for youth use of e-cigarettes, with 35 per cent of 16-year-olds having tried them and 11 per cent using them daily, president of the Cyprus ...

Concerns over the future of the historic centre of Paphos intensified on Monday after the Chlorakas environmental group warned that the architectural design of the new Paphos museum risks undermining ...

Concerns over misleading pricing on e-kalathi were raised on Monday by the consumers’ association, which warned that supermarkets may be “cooking” prices to appear cheaper than competitors. The association said ...

Projects worth more than €10 million were completed across Paralimni, mayor Giorgos Nikolettos announced on Monday. He said the works were funded by the state, the deputy tourism ministry and the ...

High concentrations of airborne dust were recorded across Cyprus on Monday, prompting health warnings as levels in several areas exceeded the statutory daily limit. Measurements from the air quality monitoring ...

Electric bicycles modified to exceed the legal speed limit are increasingly being detected on the roads, according to police reports on Monday. Concerns have been raised over electric bicycles that ...

Police are continuing to evaluate all information relating to allegations against Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, a police spokesman confirmed on Monday. Police spokesman Vyron Vyronas said an investigation remains underway ...

Five men accused of participating in a criminal organisation will remain in custody until the start of their trial, the Larnaca criminal court ruled on Monday, citing a risk of ...

Wetlands in Cyprus are under growing pressure from climate change and expanding development, BirdLife Cyprus warned on Monday, saying that even protected sites are struggling to cope with rising environmental ...

Two construction companies were fined a total of €15,500 on Monday after a worker was seriously injured in a fall from a height of 5.5 metres at a building site in Nicosia. ...

Severe reductions in water supply to agriculture will have devastating consequences for farmers and consumers alike, agricultural association president Kyriakos Kailas cautioned on Saturday. Kailas described the scale of the ...

Cypriot driver Tio Ellinas was back on track at Estoril on Thursday as the Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe continued with rounds three and four, following a podium finish at ...

A three-month-old infant admitted to Makarios children’s hospital last week with shaken baby syndrome was extubated on Saturday, according to Okypy press spokesman Charalambos Charilaou. Charilaou confirmed that the ...

Municipal authorities have begun demolishing illegal structures along the Pervolia beachfront on Saturday. The demolitions follow actions taken by the Larnaca municipality during 2024 and 2025 to remove premises operating illegally within ...

Parliament has released €7 million in state funding to political parties for the upcoming elections in May, clearing a legal hurdle that had blocked the grant amid questions over alleged irregular ...

Dhekelia community council held a protest on Saturday outside the Dhekelia base police station, calling for urgent action on pending urban planning zones and the expansion of the Xylofagou quarry ...

Cyprus’ state debt to public funds has reached €12.8 billion at the start of this year, up from €11.3 billion at the beginning of last year, the ministry of labour reported to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has conveyed three potential dates for meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed on Saturday. The dates in question being Monday, February 16, ...