James Morphakis

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 ...

Attorney-general George Savvides ruled on Tuesday that no criminal offence had been committed by Bishop Christoforou of Karpasia in relation to complaints over the management of funds belonging to the ...

Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of Iran’s paramilitary Basij force, was killed on Tuesday in attacks carried out by the United States and Israel, Iranian state media reported. The semi-official Tasnim ...

Turkish AKP spokesman Omer Celik sharply criticised Cyprus, Greece, and the EU on Tuesday, over military and political developments in the wider Levant. Celik condemned the EU’s role, arguing ...

German foreign minister Johann Wadephul reaffirmed Berlin’s commitment to Cyprus on Tuesday, following talks in Berlin with Greek Foreign Minister Constantinos Gerapetritis. “If both military and political support is ...

Eurostat data published on Tuesday showed a decrease in asylum applications in Cyprus, with 130 first-time claims and 95 repeat applications in December 2025. This represents a decline from November last year, when 165 ...

 A 44-year-old police constable was arrested under a court warrant on Tuesday and taken into custody to facilitate investigations into an assault on a mobile speed camera driver on the ...

Members of the police special investigation team carried out a search at the road transport department’s offices on Tuesday to collect files and evidence related to the Takata airbags ...

The American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is expected to return to the port of Souda in Crete on Wednesday for refuelling and potential inspections following a fire that ...

The need for coordinated action with the Turkish Cypriot community to contain foot and mouth disease was raised on Tuesday during a meeting of the House agriculture committee, as officials ...

Proceedings continued on Tuesday before the Nicosia district court in the trial concerning the death of 14-year-old Stylianos Konstantinos in 2019, with three police officers giving evidence for the prosecution as ...

Deficiencies in Cyprus’ preparedness for forest fires were identified on Tuesday during the first coordination meeting under newly appointed fire and civil defence chief Nikos Longinos, despite assurances that services ...

Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 35-year-old mother in Limassol on Tuesday as part of an investigation into alleged child assault, following a complaint by the infant’s ...

Cyprus will establish an independent coast guard headquartered at the naval base in Mari following cabinet approval on Tuesday. The proposal, presented by Justice Minister Costas Fitiris, sets out a ...

Disagreement erupted in parliament on Tuesday over the postponement of the equal burden distribution agency’s budget, with MPs warning that delays risk leaving beneficiaries unpaid for months as the ...

All organisations in Cyprus must accept digital documents presented through the government’s Digital Citizen application in all in person transactions, the deputy research and digital policy ministry insisted on ...

Disy president and House speaker Annita Demetriou called on Monday for an immediate crisis management strategy to protect Cyprus’ tourism industry from the economic fallout of the US-Israeli conflict, warning ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’, Unal Ustel, accused the Republic of Cyprus on Monday of exploiting tensions from the US-Israeli conflict to strengthen defence partnerships. Speaking at an iftar event ...

Instructions have been issued for the criminal prosecution of suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos in connection with an alleged rape case, according to information reported on Monday evening. As first ...

Nearly one in three voters have yet to decide how they will vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to the second Noverna poll conducted for Politis on Monday. The ...

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Lyme Bay departed Gibraltar on Monday bound for Cyprus, the second British ship sent to the region following the destroyer HMS Dragon. The Bay-class landing ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced a sweeping nine-point support package for livestock farmers as Cyprus faces an escalating foot-and-mouth outbreak, with the total support for farmers reaching €28 million. Speaking at the ...

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 ...

A Noverna poll conducted for Politis on Monday reveals widespread scepticism towards President Nikos Christodoulides, with the public voicing strong doubts over government policies on water management, taxation, crime and ...