Cyprus News

Aek Larnaca fans on Thursday night were the victims of a hooligan attack in Tel Aviv, when around ten Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters punched and pepper sprayed five Cypriots, who ...

Around 1,000 new Covid cases per week are still being recorded in Cyprus, the health ministry said on Friday. The director of medical services at the ministry of health, Elisavet Constantinou, ...

Almost 1,000 people were booked last week for speeding as part of a police operation to clampdown on bad driving. A police bulletin on Friday said the campaign between August 7 -13 ...

Three permanent member countries of the UN Security Council on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the attack on UN peacekeepers in Pyla. The British High Commission, the French Embassy, ...

The violent incidents in the buffer zone where UN peacekeepers were attacked between the Pyla and Arsos villages, were widely condemned in Cyprus on Friday as political parties hammered against ...

American Ambassador Julie Fisher on Friday referred to the joint efforts of the US and Cyprus to support regional security and stability on the occasion of the docking of the ...

Three treated for minor injuries and multiple vehicles ‘undriveable’ A UN peacekeeper was punched in the face while attempting to block the “unauthorised” construction of a road through the buffer ...

A dry cleaner’s in Larnaca suffered extensive damage in a fire on Friday morning, the fire department said. Just before 9am, the fire brigade responded to the call that ...

In today’s episode, Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou has called on the government to take immediate measures to deal with the negative trends shown by economic indicators in the ...

With the start of the new season comes a renewed cultural agenda. A new wave of festivals, concerts and local productions will fill the island’s cultural scene, and back ...

A fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon in a building next to at an paint factory in the area of ​​Pera Chorio Nisou in the Nicosia district was due ...

A meeting will be held on Monday chaired by President Nikos Christodoulides to discuss the situation in the Paphos village of Chlorakas following a recent protest by migrants living at ...

The met office has issued a new yellow warning for Friday, for “extreme high temperatures”. Maximum temperatures expected to reach 41C inland and 33C in the higher mountains. The alert ...

Cyprus is one of six countries identified as facing the greatest water scarcity in the world, according to a report by the World Resources Institute. It found that Cyprus, along ...

One public school teacher was sacked last year after repeatedly not showing up for work, while three other educators received reprimands or fines. The sanctions against educators are listed in ...

Police in Nicosia on Thursday arrested a 29-year-old man after catching him red-handed in possession of almost 5kg of cannabis. According to a statement, officers of the Drug Squad flagged ...

Disy called for “immediate and drastic measures” related to the large influx of migrants in Chlorakas to ensure residents safety following a visit to the village on Friday. A delegation ...

Summertime and the living is… by the sea! As the crowds flock to the coasts to cool off, local bars are ready to entertain holidaymakers with a great choice of ...

Tourist arrivals reached 523,718 in July 2023 compared with 454,657 in July 2022, an increase of 15.2 per cent, the statistical service announced on Thursday. For the period of January – July 2023, arrivals totalled 2.137 million compared ...

The forestry department on Thursday appealed to hunters, ahead of the season on August 20, to be especially careful not to spark forest fires. The hunters are called on not to ...

The price of a litre of petrol in the north has gone above 30TL for the first time since the currency was revalued in 2005, with the equivalent value now also ...

There were 3,761 passenger complaints filed across the island’s public transport sector last year – ten a day – compared with 2021 when 2,268 complaints were submitted, it was revealed on Thursday. The figures, ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Thursday called on the government to take immediate measures to deal with the negative trends shown by economic indicators in the second quarter of ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday scolded both his health minister Popi Kanari and her ministry’s permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki over on ongoing public spat between the two, telling them ...