Cyprus News

The blanket ban on the use of personal drones on the British bases has been lifted, the bases’ authorities said on Tuesday, while the ban on drones near the north’...

The transfer of dead animals to a burial site designated by the veterinary services in the Palaiometocho area was completed on Monday despite protests by livestock farmers, police sources told ...

A 31-year-old Greek national and a 23-year-old Greek Cypriot were remanded before Larnaca district court on Monday in connection with an incident in which a 65-year-old man was allegedly left ...

Cyprus’ Animal Party will be staging a demonstration on Saturday at 11am outside parliament – currently dissolved pending the May 24 elections – to protest recent amendments to the law on dogs which ...

Disy is beginning to pull out a lead ahead of Akel, according to the latest poll ahead of the forthcoming parliamentary elections, with both parties vying to be the largest ...

The rescue of a man injured by a handheld tractor and the extinguishing of a fire in a large pile of rubbish were among the most serious incidents handled by ...

Coffee culture in Cyprus is about far more than caffeine. Across the island, coffee acts as a daily ritual, a social connector and an expression of hospitality. Whether in a ...

The Edit Gallery is currently hosting The Greatest Nation Ever, the first solo exhibition at the space by multidisciplinary artist Yeti, presenting a body of work that navigates imagined worlds ...

Police on Monday arrested a 39-year-old man in Limassol after a quantity of cannabis was discovered at his residence. According to a police statement, members of the Drug Law Enforcement ...

Police arrested seven individuals overnight for a range of offences including theft, drug possession, failure to appear in court, impersonation and outstanding fine warrants, as part of coordinated patrols in ...

Affordable, sustainable and social housing, along with emerging trends in the housing market, are at the centre of an informal meeting of EU housing ministers taking place on Tuesday in ...

A weak low-pressure system is affecting the area, with dust observed in the atmosphere at intervals. Temperatures are expected to reach around 33°C inland, about 28°C along the southern and ...

Copper slag dating to the Late Roman period has been discovered in the Aliki area of Larnaca during archaeological work carried out in 2025, the department of antiquities said on Monday. ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Monday handwrote a draft bill to cut Turkish Cypriot ‘MPs’ salaries by 10 per cent during a session of the Turkish Cypriot legislature. Members ...

MEP Fidias Panayiotou has courted more controversy, this time after his remarks about Israeli nationals buying up property in Cyprus drew condemnation from the Israeli ambassador. The story was picked ...

The release of declassified material on unidentified flying objects marks the start of a new phase of disclosure, head of the Cyprus space exploration organisation (CSEO) George Danos said on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday met European Union commissioner for energy and housing Dan Jorgensen in Nicosia. During their meeting, the president emphasised that both housing and energy were matters ...

Opposition Akel on Monday hammered former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides for insinuating that its leader was implicated in the Vasiliko scandal. Michaelides, who made the comments on CyBC, had first floated ...

The chief returning officer for the upcoming elections on Monday announced the website Where Do I Vote website had gone live while a helpline to notify qualifying electors of their ...

It is almost time for kleftiko to hit the table. As the weather turns hot and the ovens are fired up, one culinary dish of Cyprus makes its comeback, as ...

A total of 43 people were arrested and 37 deportation orders issued in coordinated operations against illegal residence in Cyprus over the past three days, the justice ministry said on Monday. Police ...

The court of appeal on Monday ordered a retrial of Georgios Christodoulou Zavrantonas, who was in 2022 sentenced to 22 years in prison for the possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine. Zavrantonas’ lawyer ...

A billboard paid for by the Elam party expressing opposition to marriage and adoption by same-sex couples has been spray-painted over. The billboard in question, placed on a rooftop in ...

‘Don’t wait for the fire – prevent it. Fire protection starts with you‘ is the slogan of this year’s Forest Protection Week, which was launched on Monday. Speaking at ...