Cyprus

The government is facing strong criticism over how it is handling the football clubs that have failed to repay their debts on the pre-arranged schedule, yet are being allowed to ...

A low-powered bomb exploded outside the home of a 70-year-old man in Limassol in the early hours of Tuesday, causing property damage but no injuries. The explosion occurred at around 2:10...

Police are increasing efforts to stop illegal migration, after new reports showed that people are leaving Lebanon and heading to Cyprus in search of work. The aliens and immigration service ...

Police are investigating a fresh case of electronic fraud involving false claims and theft of money, the force confirmed on Tuesday. A 42-year-old woman from Paphos reported that she received ...

Two minors are in serious condition in Limassol following a road accident on Monday evening. The 15-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl were riding an electric scooter on Georgiou A’ Avenue ...

A weak low-pressure system is affecting Cyprus, bringing dust in the atmosphere and a mix of clear skies and local cloud cover. On Tuesday the weather will remain mostly clear. ...

Racially motivated crimes are on the rise in Cyprus, the House human rights committee heard on Monday Deputy police chief Ioannis Georgiou told the committee that there were a total ...

Speaking during an online seminar by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Alexandra Attalides said the situation in the Turkish-controlled north was worsening, with new pressures on women’s freedoms coming directly ...

A five-day seminar on European Union security and defence policy started on Monday in Larnaca. Fifty officials from 12 countries are taking part, including EU member states, Jordan, and the United ...

Hundreds gathered outside the presidential palace to voice solidarity with the Palestinian people and denounce both Israel’s military actions in Gaza and the Cyprus government’s silence. The demonstration, ...

The Scientific and Technical Chamber (Etek) on Monday called on Nicosia municipality to rethink its recent decision to partially reopen Makarios avenue to regular traffic. In a statement, Etek urged ...

The municipality of Dromolaxia–Meneou strongly rejected claims made against it on Monday regarding the management of beaches in the Pervolia area, describing the comments as “malicious, defamatory and unfounded”. ...

The generous tax breaks dangled to repatriate ‘talent’ from the Cypriot diaspora concern not only Cypriots but also citizens of other EU countries as well as of non-EU countries, MPs ...

Community nursery workers across Cyprus will stage a 24-hour warning strike on June 3, in protest against the government’s ongoing failure to address serious concerns about the future of public ...

Three major health bodies in Cyprus have expressed deep concern over the government’s handling of a new bill regulating rehabilitation centres. They warn that the process lacks proper consultation ...

The election of a new Paphos bishop is now expected to take place in September, church officials confirmed on Monday. Christakis Efstathiou, theologian and spokesman for the Orthodox Church, told ...

Ali Pilli, a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ from the UBP, the party to which Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar belonged, and which has endorsed him again ahead of this year’s ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli and ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Monday blamed each other for the overturning of a school bus in the Karpas peninsula village of ...

“Moving back to Cyprus was a total shock!” says Peter Evagorou. “I left when I was 10,” adds the 66-year-old. “So all I remembered was my parents’ stories: chickens in the ...

The government and the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) clashed on Monday over who is to blame after the CFA had informed European football governing body Uefa that all of Cyprus’ ...

Containers carrying mobile desalination plants from the United Arab Emirates started arriving at Moni power plant on Monday afternoon, but in a surprise move one of them will now be ...

It is “surprising” to hear accusations of no consultation, noting that talks with unions began nine months ago and had led to concrete outcomes, Education Minister Athina Michaelidou said on ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday ruled out the prospect of a tripartite meeting involving himself, President Nikos Christodoulides and United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin while the latter ...

The continuous flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza cannot be obstructed by anyone and anyone doing so is “deplorable”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday. Commenting on criticism over his ...