Cyprus

Cyprus plans to set up an organised crime division within the police, the justice minister revealed on Thursday, but would not give a timeframe for the operation of the new ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Thursday called on MPs to pass the 2026 state budget, describing it as “an investment in the future of our country”. In a speech at the ...

A 57-year-old Cypriot man was fined €20,000 for attempting to evade taxes on luxury goods brought from Switzerland, the customs department said on Thursday. Customs officials told the Cyprus Mail that ...

Peace efforts to end the 3.5-year Russian invasion of Ukraine must be advanced with the active participation of Ukraine and the European Union, as the conflict concerns the defence of ...

The plenary assembly has voted in favour by 30 votes to accept the president’s referral to reassess vehicle inspection fees. The referral concerns a provision added to article 2 of the ...

The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, arrives in Cyprus tonight ahead of a fresh round of contacts. She will meet the Turkish Cypriot leader, Tufan Erhurman, on ...

With temperatures 3.8°C above the 1991-2020 average, November 2025 ranks as Cyprus’s second warmest on record, confirming projections by the Cyprus Institute. Alongside rising temperatures, drought persists, with dam inflows ...

The rise in Cyprus’ minimum wage will not be “symbolic” but will reflect the economy’s positive growth and address real needs, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday. Addressing ...

The Polis Chrysochous municipality issued a strong response on Thursday to claims that the area does not need a new hospital. Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said recent comments by Osak honorary ...

Many of the 14,000 drivers arrested for drunk driving in the past three years were inexperienced, the House transport committee said on Thursday as it proposed a new law introducing a ...

Works to create a third lane at the Ayios Dometios crossing point began on Thursday, in an EU-funded expansion project aimed at easing heavy congestion at one of the island’...

The historic reservoir in Strovolos, built around 1817 under Archbishop Kyprianos, is at risk of being destroyed by a proposed motorway connecting Strovolos avenue with Archangel Michael avenue. The issue was ...

Cyprus is ready to steer the European transport agenda in the coming months, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. Arriving in Brussels, Vafeades underlined that Cyprus is assuming the ...

The teacher evaluation reform reached a critical stage this week as the education committee finalised its examination, ahead of a decisive plenary vote on December 15. But the legislative debate was ...

Ethnikos Defteras football club will be closing a road on Saturday in a symbolic gesture to protest “threats and intimidation” faced by the academy’s children, as well as attempts ...

President Nikos Christodoulides was welcomed in Kyiv on Thursday by President Volodymyr Zelensky, in the framework of what government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis described as a “deeply symbolic visit”. In a ...

Turkey and institutions affiliated to the north are reportedly conducting disinformation and propaganda campaigns in Cyprus, a Polish embassy officer said on Wednesday, pointing out that the aim was to ...

If Russia is allowed to prevail and subjugate Ukraine, this would adversely impact the Cyprus problem by altering world order through an invasion, Polish ambassador in Nicosia Marek Szczepanowski said ...

Authorities have intensified their crackdown on illegal bird trappings, issuing €239,770 in fines and securing the convictions of 55 suspects following reports issued on Thursday. The committee against bird slaughter (CABS), released ...

A woman of Cypriot origin living in Greece was surprised to see her place of birth, Trikomo, in the north had been changed to the Turkish ‘Iskele’ on her renewed ...

A new earthquake rattled parts of Cyprus in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to initial estimates from the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the tremor measured 2.9 on the Richter ...

Two vehicles were torched in the early hours of Thursday in Mesogi, Paphos, and the police are investigating arson. The police were notified at 1.50am that two vehicles parked behind ...

Two people aged 25 and 21were arrested on Wednesday in connection with a burglary of offices in Nicosia and will be taken before a court on Thursday for remand orders. The ...

A weak high-pressure system is easing over Cyprus on Thursday, while a low-pressure system named Byron is expected to move in from Friday night, bringing unsettled weather across the island. ...