Cyprus

The electricity authority of Cyprus (EAC) reported new incidents of an online electricity bill scam on Friday. The messages falsely claim that an electricity bill remains unpaid with the title “...

The north’s supreme administrative court on Friday ruled to cancel the tender which had been put out for the construction of a new marina worth €300 million in the Kyrenia ...

Seven minors from Syria arrested to facilitate investigations into Wednesday night’s knife fight in a carpark next to an unaccompanied minors shelter in Larnaca were handed eight-day remand orders ...

Two thousand euros were stolen from the bank account of a 56-year-old man in Paphos in a text message scam on Thursday. Upon receiving a misleading text message, the man ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday has ratified two landmark agreements with Greece enhancing cross-border cooperation for kidney and lung transplants. The agreement allows for organ transplant exchanges between incompatible ...

The municipality of Latsia-Yeri continued its campaign to remove abandoned vehicles from public roads, as well as from open public and private spaces. According to the municipality, the campaign was ...

Staff shortages at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport forced control over airspace over northern Cyprus to be temporarily transferred to Turkey, the north’s air traffic controllers’ trade union ...

Cyprus has taken a decisive step to reshape its urban landscape after Parliament on Thursday passed the urban development zones bill, it was reported on Friday. The interior ministry hailed ...

The tax department is “putting the final touches” on bills which, if passed into law, will bring about sweeping changes to Cyprus’ tax system, according to reports on Friday. The ...

A further 50 Green Kiosks will be installed in remote and mountainous areas across the island, the environmental department announced. “The Green Kiosks have been placed in mountainous and remote areas, ...

Cyprus computer society secretary Panicos Masouras on Friday called on the education ministry to implement lessons at Cypriot public schools to educate children about artificial intelligence. “We believe it is ...

A large quantity of counterfeit goods were seized from six establishments in the tourist area of Kato Paphos, police announced on Friday. A total of 6,643 goods including clothing and accessories ...

A 13-year-old boy driving with his 22-year-old sister and a nine-month old baby as passengers was stopped by police on Thursday afternoon in Limassol, the force announced on Friday. The ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met former British prime minister Boris Johnson during his visit to London on Thursday evening. Tatar presented Johnson with a book entitled The Vision for ...

Tensions have escalated within the Church after lawyer for former bishop of Paphos Tychikos, Evangelia Poulla, accused Archbishop Georgios of intimidation and unfair treatment, it was reported on Friday. Poulla ...

A video circulating on social media of President Nikos Christodoulides speaking to RIK journalist Stavros Kyprianou is fake, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday, adding that it had been ...

The coastal village of Kato Pyrgos Tyllirias is set to host its 1st Fish Festival on Saturday in collaboration with the Paphos Development Company Aphrodite. Celebrating the sea and its ...

Nicosia woke up on Friday wrapped in a thick veil of fog, with reduced visibility across the city. The phenomenon, known as convective fog, is common during the summer and ...

The police have released the photo and personal details of 37-year-old Natalie Tziapoura from Nicosia, wanted in connection with an ongoing investigation. Tziapoura is alleged to have committed multiple serious ...

Friday’s weather will be mostly clear and intensely hot across the island with a yellow warning in place due to high temperatures. Inland temperatures are expected to reach between 40 ...

Mosaics outside a studio in Ibrahim Khan in Paphos’ historical centre disappeared last week in what seemed to be a municipality purge to rid the area of posters and flyers ...

Parliament on Thursday green-lit the 2025 budget for the National Solidarity Fund, making €100 million available this year to compensate savers and bondholders burned in the 2013 bank bail-in. With the budget approved, ...

Authorities said on Thursday they are in touch with local Citroen car dealers over an alert concerning faulty airbags in some models. In a statement, the Road Transport Department cited ...

The European Union has “an opportunity” to achieve the unimpeded flow of urgent humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. To this end, he added, ...