Cyprus

Monday will be mainly clear although locally in the northeast increased clouds and isolated rains are expected. In the afternoon isolated rains and storms are also forecast in the mountains, ...

The ongoing political crisis in the north is set to retake centre stage on Monday, with ‘parliament’ due to convene, but the ruling coalition and opposition still unable to disagree ...

Costas Kadis, Cyprus’ commissioner-designate will have his confirmation hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon during which he will answer questions by MEPs of the Committee on ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos pledged to further deepen relations between Cyprus and Qatar after meeting the country’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Sunday. He ...

The north’s ‘agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus on Sunday promised new, stricter price controls for lamb meat, amid the latest wave of people being caught attempting to smuggle meat from ...

Authorities in the Paphos and Limassol districts on Sunday began to count the cost of the damage caused by Saturday night’s storms. Teams from both districts’ governments began recording ...

Disy MP Efthimios Diplaros on Sunday announced that he would not stand for re-election at the next parliamentary elections in 2026. His party is set to introduce a new internal rule ...

Greek Cypriot teachers’ trade union Poed and Turkish Cypriot teachers’ trade union Ktos on Saturday night faced off against each other in a football friendly match in Limassol. Ktos secretary-general ...

For months, some of the most lowly paid members of society have been forced to make a difficult choice: go out to work for peanuts and risk getting beaten up; ...

Five people were fined by the Turkish Cypriot police after attempting to cross from the Republic to the north at the Ledra Palace crossing point in Nicosia with combined total ...

The met office announced a yellow weather warning for strong storms, effective between midday and 6pm on Sunday. Storms are expected to hit the mountains and inland areas, as well ...

Hunters have expressed their “disappointment” over a lack of huntable animals present in Cyprus on the first Sunday of the hunting season, Paphos district hunting federation chairman Giorgos Theodosiou said ...

A body was found in the remains of a polyurethane manufacturing plant in the Larnaca district village of Dromolaxia in which a large fire had broken out on Sunday. A ...

Police on Sunday announced the arrest of three people regarding burglaries, thefts, and other, similar crimes. Two of the three, aged 42 and 41 years old, were arrested in connection with an ...

The Paphos general hospital, which flooded during heavy rain on Saturday night, was “built with a lot of shoddy work”, the town’s mayor Phedonas Phedonos said on Sunday. “No ...

Large swathes of Cyprus were battered by storms on Saturday afternoon and Saturday night, with strong winds felling trees and heavy rain sending water cascading down roads across the island. ...

More storms are expected to hit Cyprus on Sunday after the battering parts of the island faced on Saturday evening and into the night, with rain, hail, thunder, and lightning ...

Farmers call for more environmentally unfriendly desalination plants to meet domestic consumers’ needs As the drought continues to rapidly shrink water levels in the reservoirs, farmers face ever increasing water ...

Storms and strong winds caused havoc in Limassol, with fallen trees closing vital parts of the city and district’s road networks, and shop windows being smashed by the elements. ...

The Radiomarathon is “evolving”, first lady Philippa Karsera Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at an event being held to coincide with the commencement of the Radiomarathon’s annual programme of ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel underwent abdominal surgery on Saturday after having been admitted to hospital with complaints of “severe abdominal pain” on Friday. Doctors at the private ...

“Concrete developments” related to the development of relations between Cyprus and the United States are expected very soon, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking to Greek newspaper Ta Nea, ...

A Syrian national appeared in court in the north on Saturday after having illegally crossed the Green Line from the Republic on Friday evening. The man, who according to the ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Saturday insisted that the government is “illegally withholding” his pension and other financial benefits he believes he is due on account of his time spent ...