Cyprus News

The government is “taking action” to free the Greek Cypriot man who was arrested after driving into the north while collecting wild asparagus, according to reports on Thursday. The Cyprus ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to brief President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday regarding the content of his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to reports. The Cyprus ...

A yard fire in Larnaca on Wednesday afternoon is believed to have been started deliberately, the fire brigade has said. Two engines responded to the 5.12pm call and brought the ...

Two police officers filmed having sex in a service vehicle in the industrial area of Aradippou will not face criminal prosecution, police confirmed on Thursday. Police said both the criminal ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday met former Disy leader Averof Neophytou in New York. According to Erhurman’s office, the pair discussed “current issues and developments”, with the ...

The motorway linking Limassol and Nicosia was temporarily closed on Thursday morning near the village of Ayios Tychonos, which is located immediately east of Limassol, due to a road traffic ...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of an attempted murder which was allegedly committed on Nicosia on Tuesday, the police said on Thursday. He is expected to appear ...

A 26-year-old motorcyclist remains in a critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital after being involved in a road traffic collision on Wednesday afternoon. According to the police, the collision ...

A fire engine and another vehicle belonging to the game service were damaged by a fire which broke out in the car park of the Troodos mountain village of Evrychou’...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman stressed that the next round of negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem must not follow the patterns of previous attempts while evaluating his first meeting ...

Thursday’s weather will be mostly cloudy across most of the island, with localised rain and isolated storms possible at times. Temperatures will rise to a high of 20 degrees inland ...

This weekend brings the start of the carnival extravaganza, lots of Valentine’s Day events and even rural festivals celebrating the season. Fiestas, live music gigs, drive-in cinemas, and much ...

The EU–Mercosur trade agreement continues to hang “like a sword of Damocles over the heads of farmers”, Akel MEP Giorgos Georgiou cautioned on Wednesday, warning that recent safeguards approved ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday told United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the Turkish Cypriot community is subject to “unfair and illegal isolation” and that this “should be ...

Financial assistance of more than €1.181 billion in defence loans was granted to Cyprus by the European Council under the Security Action for Europe (Safe) fund on Wednesday. “Today’s decisions ...

New housing for students of the technical university (Tepak) and the opening of the marine school in Larnaca were at the centre of the House education committee meeting on Wednesday. “...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that there now exists a “window of opportunity” for a solution to the Cyprus problem to be ...

A 45-year-old, suspected of involvement in a drug case connected to an attempted murder committed in Limassol in 2024, will appear before Limassol criminal court in March, police said on Wednesday. ...

Members of the House institutions committee on Wednesday raised questions regarding the oversight procedure for people who leave public office and take private sector jobs within two years in light ...

The abolition of the controversial social support agency moved closer on Wednesday, as the government confirmed it is preparing legislation to transfer the body’s responsibilities to the grants and ...

Cyprus ranks slightly higher than the European Union average in terms of the proportion of women employed in the engineering and science sector, at 42.3 per cent, Eurostat said on Wednesday. ...

Saturday brunch was meant to be simple. Sunshine, outdoor seating, a slow start to the weekend. Then the dust rolled in, and the idea of sitting outside became far less ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Wednesday confirmed that American officials had visited Ercan (Tymbou) airport to inspect its capability for “evacuations” but said that this is standard ...

A patient in need missed the opportunity for a lung transplant abroad because none of the collaborating air carriers was able to make the flight, the health insurance organisation (HIO) ...