Cyprus News

On Wednesday, the weather will initially be partly cloudy with isolated rains expected in the coastal areas and possible storms in the southwest of the island. The weather will gradually ...

By Nicolas Netien On July 2 and 3, growers, millers, doctors and researchers from across the olive world met in Lisbon for the second Olive Oil World Congress. The two days produced ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Tuesday said that he had called on the European Union to offer more support to “address the impact of the energy crisis” during a two-day ...

The question of whether Cyprus will accede to Europe’s border-free Schengen zone is “not on the agenda” of the Council of the European Union’s justice and home affairs (...

The anti-corruption authority has to date received some 900 complaints, and has examined about 70 per cent of them, its chairman said on Tuesday. Harris Poyadjis was speaking at the Cyprus Forum, ...

The government has activated a special clause allowing for emergency measures to be taken so that electricity supply can meet demand, as by 2030 Cyprus may face a severe supply gap, ...

New Cypriot-developed drones, heavy armour and air defence systems are expected to take centre stage at Thursday’s military parade. The October 1 parade on Iosif Hadjiosif avenue in Nicosia, expected ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Tuesday revived the idea of a tramway being built in the capital, stressing the problems faced by the current state of public transport in Nicosia ...

Akel expressed its opposition to plans to rename Kemal Ataturk Street in Paphos’ Moutallos neighbourhood, describing the plans as “untimely and inappropriate” after a meeting of the Paphos town council ...

An eighteenth body has been recovered from the seas surrounding the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia last month, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel ...

A truly exciting musical festivity is coming to Technopolis 20 in collaboration with the Petridio Foundation and the Municipality of Paphos: the first Technopolis 20 Jazz Festival.  The two-day event kicks off ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou raised the curtain on his 2028 presidential election campaign on Tuesday with criticism of incumbent President Nikos Christodoulides’ stance on the Cyprus problem, warning that he ...

Five defendants in the private criminal prosecution by Thanasis Nicolaou’s family pleaded not guilty on Tuesday after the court rejected previous and new pre-trial objections. The indictment includes forensic ...

The Turkish Cypriot legislature on Tuesday voted for the second time to alter the way in which legislative elections are held ahead of a likely election in December, defying Turkish ...

We visited Pingy Pongo for Peace, a bicommunal table-tennis event in Nicosia – organised by Pingy Pongo and HADE – bringing together people from both sides of the island for friendly play, ...

Four minors were found driving without licences during a police operation targeting juvenile delinquency in Polis Chrysochous on Tuesday. The operation ran from 6am to 1pm and involved members of ...

The communities in the area earmarked as the site for the new central prisons said on Tuesday they will air their grievances directly to Justice Minister Costas Fitiris when they ...

Proceedings in suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos’ trial were postponed on Tuesday due to the illness of a prosecution witness. The hearing is scheduled to continue before the Paphos criminal ...

Gaps in the way patients are referred and transferred between medical facilities can, in some cases, leave them “in the middle”, without anyone clearly responsible for their care, a report ...

Visitors have been warned not to approach or feed birds at Nicosia’s Athalassa park after H5N1 avian influenza was detected in a goose at a lake there, the ...

Giving people of Cyprus a voice in government policies is at the heart of several initiatives that aim to boost participatory democracy, President Nikos Christodoulides told the Cyprus Forum on ...

By Karen Taylor Theatre has always linked peoples, even when the language on stage is unfamiliar. In both China and Cyprus, this is taking on new energy as theatres offer ...

A 56-year-old man was sentenced to 17 years in prison over the possession of 37.5kg of cannabis with intent to supply, police said on Tuesday. He was arrested in February 2025 after ...

Only 3.5 per cent of young people in Cyprus live in overcrowded households, putting the island below all other European Union member states, where the average stood at 26.9 per cent in 2025. ...