Cyprus

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 ...

Concerns have been raised over a ship which is due to dock in Larnaca on Sunday, with it having been alleged that among the ship’s cargo is raw material ...

A person needed to be extricated from a vehicle overnight in Nicosia, the fire service said on Friday. Fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said the person was trapped after a ...

The wooden roof of a house under renovation in Larnaca caught on fire, sustaining extensive damages, police said on Friday. In a post on X, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis ...

A 52-year-old suspect who had a European arrest warrant from Spain pending against him was arrested by Larnaca police overnight. Police arrested him at the airport during a passport check ...

An event scheduled to take place at a Nicosia primary school under high-security conditions in collaboration with the Israeli Embassy has been moved to another venue, Minister of Education Athena ...

Police are on Friday investigating a spate of closely-timed attacks on Limassol premises during the past week, including the latest: overnight shots fired at a coffee shop, and explosions of ...

The Limassol-Nicosia highway, which had been closed earlier on Friday morning near Ayios Georgios Alamanos, has been reopened to traffic, police announced. A section of the highway had been closed ...

Friday will start off clear turning overcast in the afternoon with isolated rains and storms, mainly in the mountains, the interior, and the north, and a chance of hail. Temperatures ...

A new migration management centre was opened in the north on Thursday, with the aim of allowing the Turkish Cypriot authorities to better manage the phenomenon of irregular migration. In ...

The government on Thursday promised it would “soon” launch a new subsidy scheme for electric and hybrid vehicles, after the previous scheme was abruptly ended. Transport Minister Alexis Vafeadis told ...

A series of sweeping changes to the electoral system were enacted by the House on Thursday, including lowering voting age to 17 and the scrapping of voting booklets. MPs hailed the ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Thursday defended the municipality’s recent decision to partly reopen Makarios avenue to regular traffic, arguing that it was done to breathe life back into ...

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, currently sanctioned by the EU, does not appear on any documents relating to a Cyprus-registered company chartering yachts and which dissolved in 2024 while having €14 million in ...

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos was incandescent with rage on Thursday over police chief Themistos Arnaoutis’ public call on him to testify regarding claims he had made of links between foreign ...

State doctors’ union Pasyki on Thursday vented its frustration over delays on the part of the state health services organisation (Okypy)’s renewal of contracts of seconded doctors, which expired ...

The state health services (Okypy) on the occasion of Mental Health Awareness month on Thursday called on the public and institutions to prioritise mental wellbeing. “People with mental disabilities have ...

An overwhelming majority of 5286 votes, or 91.85 per cent, of members of Oelmek, the secondary school teaching union, voted against the government’s new teacher evaluation plan on Thursday. After the ...

A public inquiry into Cyprus’ handling of dangerous vehicle recalls revealed on Thursday that successive transport ministers were left uninformed about critical safety warnings, including those linked to fatal accidents. ...

A 20-year-old Turkish national was arrested by the Republic of Cyprus’ police and handed over to the United Nations at the Ledra Palace, the Republic’s police confirmed on Thursday. ...

The Larnaca regional authority is asking the government for €15 million to pay for extra expenses caused by archaeological discoveries during sewage work. The finds slowed down the project and made ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Thursday met with a delegation of British MPs in Nicosia to discuss bilateral ties between Cyprus and the UK. “It was a pleasure welcoming today ...

Hailstones fell in parts of Cyprus as storms hit the island on Thursday. Thunder was heard across the island, with heavy rain falling across the country. Hailstones fell in parts ...

Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides on Thursday presented the relaunch of the ‘voluntary repatriation plan‘ for Syrians, set to open on June 2, in response to the collapse of the Assad ...