Cyprus News

Last year was historically the best year in terms of fires occurring within the forestry department’s jurisdiction, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Wednesday. According to the data, in 2022, 192 ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday said he will not engage in “public confrontation games” after the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Turkey stopped Cyprus union with Greece in 1974. Speaking ...

The Standing Rapporteur on the missing persons in Cyprus, MEP Isabel Santos will visit Cyprus during which she will have a series of contacts regarding the issue of missing persons. ...

A new photovoltaic park at Larnaca airport will prevent the emission of over 3,850 tonnes of CO₂ per annum, Hermes Airports said on Wednesday. The company added that together with their ...

Six people are hospitalised with heatstroke, including one who is intubated, state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Wednesday as soaring temperatures continue. After one patient was discharged, an 89-year-old ...

Women’s organisation Pogo called on Wednesday for a monument to be built in the capital to honour females who fell victim to war crimes in 1974. The statement said the ...

Four people suspected of transporting 114 irregular migrants from Syria to the Republic have been arrested, police said on Wednesday as officials seek measures to curb arrivals from the West-Asian country. ...

The missing persons issue is at the forefront as Cyprus marks on Thursday July’s ‘black anniversaries’ of the coup that overthrew Archbishop Makarios from office and the Turkish invasion. ...

Eight private colleges are suing the government for “tens of millions of euros” over a cabinet decision to crackdown on third country nationals who come to Cyprus to study but ...

“Larnaca, we miss you!” says the Cinebur team as they prepare for their first screening event of the summer in the coastal town. Cinebur is a fairly new concept that ...

The Paphos faction of the Green Party on Wednesday denounced the recent works undertaken at a designated green area near Tala, speaking of “irreversible environmental damage”. In a written statement, ...

Smugglers facilitating irregular entries into Cyprus are adapting their operations which has in turn prompted the government to alter its approach, setting up a special task force. Interior Minister Constantinos ...

The government aims for ‘photovoltaics on every roof’ with a proposal providing free installation of solar panels to vulnerable people in exchange for a small bimonthly tariff to the electricity ...

The harmonised inflation rate in Cyprus experienced a significant decline in June 2023 compared to the same period last year, reaching its lowest level in nearly two years, according to a ...

A coastal road connecting Paphos airport with the Paphos-Geroskipou tourist area was not granted an environmental permit, it emerged on Wednesday, with environmental NGO BirdLife Cyprus hailing the move as ...

PAUL LAMBIS meets one woman determined to develop strong, balanced and confident individuals through her yoga programme Nicole Joannides is not your average individual. Aside from the incredible energy she ...

Results of the Pancyprian exams for university entrants were announced on Wednesday, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said, noting that over 5000 students participated this year. Students taking the exams were seeking ...

Cypriot Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Wednesday stated that the economy is on a solid path, with the government closely monitoring developments to ensure its sustained progress in the coming ...

The nursery and primary school in Kormakitis, the Maronite village in the north, will reopen in September for the beginning of the academic year, Education Minister Athina Michaelidou said on ...

A number of human traffickers will be jailed for a combined total of three years for attempting to smuggle Middle Eastern and African nationals into Cyprus through the Sovereign Base ...

Cabinet on Wednesday cemented the makeup of the government’s Advisory Council, which is set to be chaired by the former Supreme Court judge George Arestis. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

Excavators and fire engines might be able to start working on dealing with flare-ups and burning recyclable material on Thursday, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said, four days after a ...

Three pottery vessels from the Bronze Age (about 1600‒1400 BC) have been returned to Cyprus from Italy after a request from the antiquities department. The objects had been seized by the ...

Limassol police on Wednesday said they were investigating the death of a 29-year-old man, whose body was found floating in the sea near Enaerios the previous day. The body was ...