Cyprus

The environment department has officially approved the expansion plans for both the Larnaca and Paphos international airports, it emerged on Thursday. The approval follows an agreement signed on December 23, 2024, extending ...

Cyprus has recorded a 275.5 per cent increase in bloodstream infections caused by Enterobacterales resistant to carbapenem antibiotics, placing it fourth among EU countries facing this growing healthcare threat. According to ...

The House plenary on Thursday evening passed a law imposing more severe criminal penalties on persons found guilty in a court of law of the offence of ‘usurping’ Greek Cypriot ...

The House on Thursday passed a law granting the commerce minister the authority to issue decrees setting a price cap on bottled water at designated points of sale. The government ...

A senior United Nations official will visit the island next week for separate talks with the two sides, President Nikos Christodoulides confirmed on Thursday. He was referring to Rosemary DiCarlo, ...

The transport ministry said on Thursday it’s awaiting a legal opinion from the attorney-general’s office as to whether the company Kition Ocean Holdings could potentially re-bid for a ...

MPs expressed general support on Thursday for a bill introducing automatic voter registration, though some raised concerns about allowing 17-year-olds to vote. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou told the House internal ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Thursday he was satisfied with the Greek side’s response to a series of questions posed by the Cypriot side about the functioning of ...

The Cyprus issue will be on the agenda of the House of Representatives on February 27 under Chapter D, Speaker Annita Demetriou announced before setting the official schedule. She noted that ...

Following the heavy snowfall that led to school and road closures across Cyprus’ mountainous regions on Thursday, the forestry department has been at the forefront of efforts to ensure safe ...

Israeli land developer Simon Aykut, who was arrested in early June and is accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, ...

The transport ministry has never stopped working on the airbag recall issue, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday, adding that he was saddened by the fact that Yiannos Oxinos, ...

Akel MP Aristos Damianou on Thursday cast doubt on the effectiveness of the justice ministry’s newly approved measures granting police enhanced powers to combat football hooliganism. Speaking on CyBC’...

Turkish Cypriots on Thursday commemorated the second anniversary of the two devastating earthquakes which hit southeastern Turkey in 2023. A total of 49 Cypriots were among the more than 50,000 people recorded dead ...

A 47-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Larnaca criminal court on Thursday after pleading guilty to multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit a felony, transportation ...

Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir is not yet dead, doctors said on Thursday, after widespread reports to the contrary. Northern Nicosia’s Kolan Hospital’s chief physician Celal Bolukbasi said ...

The first payments in compensation to depositors who lost their savings in the devastating bank bail-in of 2013 will be sent out by the end of June this year, Finance Minister ...

Galatariotis Motors Ltd: To all Honda vehicle owners affected by Takata airbag recalls Galatariotis Motors Ltd, in cooperation with the manufacturer, Honda, will process the recalls concerning Takata airbags within ...

Huge quantities of smuggled tobacco products have been seized amongst other goods within the last ten days, the customs department said on Thursday. A significant amount was seized during the ...

The Cyprus Jewish community is engaged in discussions relating to its growth on the island, including its concerns over security, diplomacy, education and antisemitism. Meanwhile, owing to the rapid influx ...

Construction works on five more blocks of flats for refugees are set to begin in the first half of 2025, in the framework of the interior ministry’s Ktizo plan. In ...

Police have identified a suspect who is now wanted in connection with a death threat made against President Nikos Christodoulides, the authority said on Wednesday in a post on social ...

The Cyprus Animal Party is pushing for use of innovative technologies to manage the problem of strays in Limassol and has renewed calls for the closure of the zoo, it ...

Minister of Energy George Papanastasiou said energy cohesion and cooperation among EU member states is needed to face current challenges. Speaking at the 14th Athens Energy Summit on Wednesday Papanastasiou ...