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Heavy rain is causing reduced visibility and hazardous conditions on the Nicosia to Limassol highway. Police said rainfall was affecting the road, with visibility for drivers on the Nicosia to ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou has criticised the government’s handling of the Cyprus issue, warning that political calculations must not take precedence over efforts to secure progress in negotiations. ...

Repeated fires in Paphos are raising concerns that arsonists may be responsible, forestry department director Savvas Ezekiel said on Sunday. The two fires that broke out in Lysos yesterday were ...

Journalist Makarios Drousiotis has announced today that his crowdfunding appeal has raised €52,874.63. Drousiotis said that the total included donations made through the GoGetFunding platform, direct contributions and €3,100 in cash from ...

A Cypriot national who died in a car accident has donated her heart to a 45-year-old woman in Israel who had been waiting almost two years for a transplant. The ...

Former environment commissioner Antonia Theodosiou has described her departure from the post as “sudden”, while criticising delays in environmental policy and the handling of the Akamas. In an interview with ...

Baby turtles were spotted making their way into the sea at Pervolia beach in Larnaca on Sunday, with footage showing the hatchlings moving from the shore towards the water. The ...

Greek Cypriot crossings through checkpoints from the government-controlled areas to the north increased during the first half of 2026 while Turkish Cypriot crossings declined, according to police data reported on Sunday. ...

Akel MP Christos Christofides met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Wednesday and used the brief encounter to raise the Cyprus problem and the destruction of cultural heritage. ...

Police made 20 arrests and carried out hundreds of checks on drivers and premises during overnight operations nationwide last night. The arrests involved offences including illegal residence, possession of a knife, ...

Cyprus marks 66 years of independence today, with the establishment of the Republic on August 16, 1960, ending 82 years of British colonial rule. The republic was formed under the Zurich and London agreements, ...

A new undersea cable connecting Cyprus and Syria is expected to enter service by early 2028, creating a new internet link between the two countries. According to a joint press release ...

A suspected arson attack is being investigated after a second fire broke out some 500 metres away from an earlier blaze in Lysos. The first fire broke out at around 4pm ...

Rain and isolated thunderstorms are expected this afternoon, while temperatures remain high at around 37C in Nicosia. According to the Met Office, clouds shall develop after midday and are expected ...

A seven-year-old girl has been taken to hospital and two passengers, including a 17-year-old girl, were injured after a jet ski collided with a towed inflatable off Protaras on Saturday ...

A 35-year-old woman died last night, with her two daughters remaining in hospital after the three struggled in rough seas at CTO beach in Larnaca. The woman and her daughters, ...

‘I’m not against the project. I want it to make sense’ Amid the hype over the Great Sea Interconnector, following the entry of French asset management firm Meridiam, one ...

A 36-year-old man was arrested at Larnaca airport on Saturday after authorities found around 23kg of cannabis in his luggage, police said. The man, a third-country national, had arrived in ...

A fire which broke out near the village of Kato Moni on Saturday afternoon was brought under control within 20 minutes, the forestry department said. The fire broke out at around 2.35...

Cyprus will compete in equestrian sport at the Mediterranean Games for the first time, with show jumper Alexa Stais selected to represent the island at Taranto 2026. The Cyprus Olympic Committee ...

“Do you come to Pervolia?” movement coach Andreas Economou had asked me when I spoke to him earlier in the week. “Rarely,” I had replied. And it was true, Pervolia, ...

A 66-year-old man was arrested after police allegedly found him unlawfully inside a house in Larnaca, authorities said on Saturday. Police were alerted at around 12.45pm on Friday that an ...

Hundreds of worshippers from across Cyprus gathered at monasteries in the Paphos district on Saturday to celebrate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, one of the most important dates in ...

A 21-year-old man was remanded for three days on Saturday after police found cannabis on his moped during a traffic stop in Nicosia, police said. Officers stopped the moped on ...