Cyprus News

Cyprus and the United Kingdom have agreed to upgrade their strategic dialogue, strengthen cooperation on developments in the Middle East and advance discussions on issues concerning the British bases, Foreign ...

The European Commission opened nine new infringement procedures against Cyprus on Wednesday over the country’s failure to fully and promptly transpose a series of EU directives into national law. ...

Drivers are being advised to expect delays next week as maintenance works are carried out on sections of the Nicosia-Limassol and Limassol-Paphos motorways, as well as on the old Nicosia-Limassol ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianou said on Wednesday that Cyprus is expected to have “several hundred megawatts” of energy storage capacity installed by the end of 2027, allowing greater use of renewable ...

By Tom Cleaver British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Wednesday said that the United Kingdom takes Cyprus’ security “seriously”, as she welcomed her Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos to Whitehall. She ...

Motorcyclists taking part in the Isaac and Solomou memorial initiative visited the Acropolis on Wednesday as part of a ten-day tour across Greece marking 30 years since the deaths of Tassos ...

Cyprus is among ten countries that believe the EU should reconsider a new carbon price on fuel, a stance that could divide the bloc. Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, the ...

A yellow weather warning for high temperatures has been issued for Thursday as Cyprus remains in the grip of a prolonged heatwave. According to the met office, the warning will ...

Cyprus has announced a 65-member delegation, including 36 athletes, for the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, starting July 23.The Cyprus Olympic Committee (KOE) revealed the national team this week, confirming participation ...

A kiosk owner in Kato Paphos has paid a €3,100 in an out of court settlement after customs officers seized hundreds of illegal nicotine pouch products during a coordinated operation, police ...

The forestry department has highlighted two initiatives aimed at strengthening Cyprus’ wildfire prevention efforts, focusing on environmental education for young people and specialised training for National Guard personnel. In a ...

The question of whether Cyprus should join Europe’s border-free Schengen zone will be effectively placed before the Council of the European Union in September, with the European Commission having ...

A fire that broke out on the terrace of a second-floor apartment in Paralimni on Wednesday caused extensive damage to two flats after spreading through the building, while all residents ...

Three individuals have been arrested in Cyprus as part of an international investigation into an alleged cryptocurrency investment fraud network accused of defrauding hundreds of victims in Belgium and the ...

Cyprus remained below the EU average for young people with at least basic digital skills in 2025, while recording the bloc’s widest gender gap in favour of young women, according ...

Scottish actor Clive Russell, most famous for playing Brynden Tully, known as “The Blackfish”, in Game of Thrones, will be attending Cyprus Comic Con in October, the organisation announced on ...

By Dina Husseini Twenty-five public schools across Cyprus are being upgraded through a €20 million investment programme aimed at transforming them into nearly zero energy buildings, authorities said on Wednesday. The ...

The foreign ministry on Wednesday said it “shares the concern” expressed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over advances made by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot personnel into the buffer zone ...

A 28-year-old man has been remanded in custody after more than one kilogram of cocaine was discovered concealed in his body at Larnaca airport, authorities said on Wednesday. The man ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos said that the planned regeneration of Ledras and Onasagorou streets was necessary due to ageing infrastructure, while acknowledging concerns raised by shopkeepers and residents over the ...

A technical problem at the Customs Department has disrupted the system for the collection of customs duties and the subsequent release of goods, with fallback procedures now in place until ...

House President Annita Demetriou on Wednesday called for unity amongst Greek Cypriots to bring about a solution to the Cyprus problem, as she addressed the extraordinary parliamentary session called to ...

A dead bottlenose dolphin has washed up on the coast of Akamas with the cause of death remaining unknown. The incident was reported on Wednesday after photographs of the animal ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was among the attendees of Wednesday morning’s memorial service to those who died during the 1974 coup d’état at Nicosia’s Saints Constantinos and Eleni church, ...