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President Nikos Christodoulides will be addressing the UN General Assembly on Wednesday at 7.30pm Cyprus time, with a speech expected to focus on efforts to resume negotiations for a solution ...

The police arrested six people overnight for assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, possession of drugs, burglary and theft, failure to appear before a court, illegal possession of tobacco products and ...

Now is the time to move decisively from planning to implementation, maintaining the momentum and accelerating the next steps in developing the Aphrodite gas field, President Nikos Christodoulides said late ...

Wednesday starts off mainly fine with scattered clouds along the west coast. From noon onwards, clouds will gather over the mountains and to the east, bringing isolated showers and short ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told British Prime Minister Andy Burnham that any solution to the Cyprus problem must guarantee the “equal international status” of the Turkish Cypriots, when the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has told British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to give the Republic of Cyprus’ relations with its neighbours “serious consideration” when making decisions regarding the use of the ...

Tech founders build AI platform for Cyprus in just three months The AI Cyprus Expo will return to Limassol in April of next year, with its organisers aiming to turn ...

The United Nations is “continuing its efforts” on the Cyprus problem, its envoy Maria Angela Holguin said, after she met President Nikos Christodoulides on the sidelines of the UN general ...

Complaints regarding the hiring of workers through temporary employment agencies “are linked to slave trade and human trafficking”, the House labour committee chairman and Disy MP Giorgos Koukoumas, said on ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday “exchanged views on the Cyprus problem” when they met on the sidelines of the UN general assembly ...

Maccabi Tel Aviv formally asked Cyprus on Tuesday to host its Euro League home games. The Israeli basketball club sent a letter to President Nikos Christodoulides expressing its intention to ...

A doctor working in Germany allegedly holds large swathes of Turkish Cypriot property, farms the land and receives agricultural subsidies, House refugee committee chair and Akel MP Nikos Kettiros revealed ...

Letters sent to former president Nicos Anastasiades in April and May 2022 show that he was informed on allegations concerning deputy police chief Michalis Katsounotos before the case was formally reported, ...

The Ecologists has raised concerns over plans to relocate the central prisons to Ayios Sozomenos, warning that the proposed site could affect protected land within the Natura 2000 network. In a ...

The “sovereign equality and equal international status of the Turkish Cypriot people” must be recognised, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, as he addressed the United Nations general ...

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens welcomed its first, first year students at its Cyprus branch in Nicosia on Monday, marking the start of the 2026 to 2027 academic year. The ...

Cyprus’ role as a bridge between the EU and the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as opportunities for greater cooperation in defence, energy and infrastructure, were discussed at the House foreign ...

Disy has backed Diko’s criticism of Finance Minister Makis Keravnos over his handling of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), saying the government must give “specific and convincing answers” over ...

A rare Egyptian vulture was filmed at a forestry department feeding unit in Ayios Ioannis, Paphos, on Tuesday. The bird, Europe’s smallest and most endangered vulture species, was recorded ...

Applications for key social insurance benefits are being processed up to 70 per cent faster following the rollout of new digital services, Deputy Research Minister Nicodimos Damianou said on Tuesday. The ...

Cyprus requires a single, independent authority to manage the country’s water resources, Nicosia district local government organisation (EOA) chief Constantinos Yiorkadjis told the House agriculture committee on Tuesday, describing ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Tuesday cautioned against “alarmism” regarding rising fuel prices, while an energy expert predicted that high prices at the pump would persist until mid-2027. Speaking on ...

Talks focusing on strengthening bilateral cooperation in defence and security were held on Tuesday morning between Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The meeting took place ...

Twenty one people were arrested on Tuesday after a migrant boat arrived near the Karpas peninsula village of Vokolida, Turkish Cypriot police said. Police confirmed to the Cyprus Mail that “...