Cyprus News

 By Nicolas Netien On December 9, 2025, Storm Byron delivered what Cyprus desperately needs: rain. Heavy downpours swept across the island, overwhelming drainage systems in Nicosia and Limassol. Streets flooded. Traffic halted. ...

The police raided a shop in Nicosia on Monday morning in the presence of the 25-year-old manager and confiscated various products containing cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabis, it was made known ...

The upcoming informal European Council leaders’ retreat, focusing on competitiveness and the single market, was discussed on Tuesday between Nikos Christodoulides and President of the European Council Antonio Costa. “A ...

Housing is a “social right”, without which health, employment and education are seriously affected, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday, pointing out that “the ambitious European Affordable Housing Plan, ...

The US national highway traffic safety administration has issued an urgent warning regarding dangerous airbags of Chinese origin and Cyprus’ road transport department (TOM) on Tuesday called on all importers ...

Trade Minister Michael Damianos on Tuesday called for a stronger European single market with the aim, among other things, of using its benefits to bolster the EU’s defence sector. ...

MPs on Tuesday demanded that the government temporarily suspend charging farmers for using water from boreholes, a move farmers say could deal them the final blow and drive them out ...

Trade union Isotita has denounced an attack on a Game Fund warden by “criminal elements who set his personal vehicle on fire, completely destroying it”, warning that wardens are being ...

Research conducted by the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics gives hope for the effective treatment of aggressive and resilient forms of cancer, such as that of the pancreas, the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos met Greece’s defence minister on Tuesday in Washington DC on the sidelines of a conference organised by a Greek non-profit organisation. The two ministers were ...

The north’s statistics institute on Tuesday announced the population there stood at 489,308, despite mobile communications data suggesting the figure is more than double that. The institute released what it ...

The 64-year-old man who had been in critical condition at Nicosia general hospital after suffering serious head injuries from an accident, died on Tuesday. The accident happened on January 16 at ...

Passengers on Cyprus Airways flight CY381 from Paris on Monday were perplexed that the pilot decided to fly to Larnaca with an unaccompanied teddy bear on board. “I cannot understand ...

Members of the House refugees committee on Tuesday called on the government to build more houses in the Larnaca village of Kofinou, with committee chairman and Akel MP Nikos Kettiros ...

Five hundred thousand foot-and-mouth disease vaccines from the European antigen bank will be given to the Turkish Cypriot community to help it fight the disease, the European Commission said on ...

Despite the teething problems, the new district self-government organisations (EOA) have produced significant work during their first 18 months, Nicosia district governor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Tuesday, adding that much is ...

The education ministry on Tuesday released a guide outlining policies, circulars and protocols related to the prevention and response to in-school violence, which has been sent to all schools across ...

Cyprus has recorded the third largest reduction in public debt in the European Union, with levels well below both the EU and Eurozone averages, President Nikos Christodoulides said in a ...

Unlike many other sites on the globe, Lord Shiva’s home of Mount Kailash is as remote as it is sacred. And not many people can say they have visited. ...

Infamous sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had complained that using Cyprus to avoid tax is both “silly” and “dangerous” in an email, according to the latest batch of the Epstein Files, ...

Paphos land developer Theodoros Aristodemou said on Tuesday that he has given a detailed statement to police accusing Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos of being “a rapist and a blackmailer”. Aristodemou ...

Two British women were remanded on Tuesday after customs officers at Paphos airport uncovered a large quantity of duty-free cigarettes inside their luggage. On Monday, following intelligence received from customs ...

The public should now be informed about the possible course of a serious criminal case, independent investigator Alexandra Lykourgou said on Tuesday, as the legal service confirmed it is in ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna and European Democracy Commissioner Michael McGrath on Tuesday discussed the planned “European democracy shield” – a set of measures the commission hopes will “empower, protect ...