Cyprus

The new Airbus H145M helicopters that were brought to Cyprus will upgrade the National Guard’s operational capability, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday, at a ceremony to ...

Cyprus on Friday is ranking first in the medal standings at the Games of Small States of Europe (GSSE), taking place in Andorra, with 85 medals, 26 of which are gold. On ...

A joint declaration urging stronger EU action on sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture was adopted on Friday at the conference of the heads of agriculture committees from the national parliaments of ...

The five people – four women and one man – who were arrested last week over the finding of classified documents in the home of a prison warden, were released on Friday. ...

A clinic to help patients give up smoking is operating at the Nicosia general hospital, constituting a practical and effective means of support for those wishing to kick the habit, ...

Children’s rights commissioner Despo Michaelidou, met with President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday to present her annual report, which outlines an increase in issues affecting children on the island. “There ...

The weather will remain unstable until Monday with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the mountains and inland, Meteorological Service officer Mattheos Papadakis said on Friday. Papadakis said temperatures would be ...

Cyprus has officially submitted to the UN the instrument of ratification for the Biological Diversity Beyond National Jurisdiction agreement, the foreign ministry announced on Friday. The BBNJ agreement is the ...

An extensive discussion into how the negotiators see the Cyprus problem evolving was held at a meeting on Friday with the UN chief’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin. The ...

The Turkish gunman who was arrested by the Republic of Cyprus’ police and handed over to the United Nations and then the Turkish Cypriot authorities at the Ledra Palace crossing ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Friday said he is unsure whether the opening of Cyprus’ electricity grid to private companies will lower people’s electricity bills. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

In its six years of operation, Cyprus’ national health system, Gesy, has registered over a million beneficiaries and logged more than 21 million visits to general practitioners and roughly the same ...

EU commissioner highlights Cyprus’ water shortage European Commissioner for agriculture Christophe Hansen on Friday highlighted the water shortages facing Cyprus, saying that when his aeroplane was landing on the island, ...

Archbishop of Cyprus Georgios has called on former Bishop of Paphos, Tychikos, to sign a declaration of faith renouncing those who have distanced themselves from the Church. Speaking after a ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos delivered a speech on the occasion of World Multiple Sclerosis Day on Friday, emphasising the state’s duty to support patients in remaining active citizens. According ...

Pupils at the KB primary school in Limassol stayed away from lessons for two periods on Friday morning. The action came after the parents’ association decided to protest against the ...

The issue of property and the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north was not raised by United ...

The Republic of Cyprus has granted almost 30,000 “golden visas”, permanent residence permits in exchange for investments in the Cypriot economy, since 2014, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Friday. In a ...

A 37-year-old was sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing a minor at Paphos district court on Friday. The sentence was imposed after the man had admitted to ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Friday said the ministry was open to discussing the “minor” issues raised by teachers regarding the ministry’s proposal for a sweeping reform of teacher ...

There is “no reason for concern” among Greek Cypriots living on land owned by Turkish Cypriots who are now demanding that the land be returned to them, the interior ministry ...

RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus was on Friday accused of supporting Israeli operations in Gaza through intelligence-gathering missions carried out from British soil. “Britain is complicit in what I and many ...

Commissioner for Children’s Rights Despo Michalidou delivered her annual report to President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday, outlining a rise in problems affecting children on the island. Michaelidou said that ...

By Antonis Glykis and Christina Avgousti “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life,” wrote Shakespeare some 400 or so years ago in one of the most sombre love stories ...