Cyprus

A ceremony dedicated to recognising individuals whose collective action and selfless contribution have significantly supported both local institutions and the village of Salamiou was held on Sunday morning by the ...

A Swedish woman has been named Ayia Napa’s Tourism Ambassador in recognition of her long-standing loyalty to the resort, having visited the town 34 times. In a statement on Friday, ...

Gardeners in Northern Europe may envy us our sunny gardens, where we can grow many sub-tropical plants along with the more usual ones. Sometimes though, I long for the lovely ...

The Cyprus Ports Authority on Sunday held a seabed cleanup campaign at Paphos harbour, as part of its ongoing environmental and social initiatives. The two-hour operation, which ran from 9am ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, currently on a working visit to the United States, is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday. An official statement from the ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Sunday issued a warning over a fresh wave of fraudulent emails being sent to unsuspecting consumers. In a statement on Monday, the authority ...

A new app promises to improve the rental market by filtering out bad tenants – but it’s unlikely to solve the dire situation in Cyprus. The app is called the ...

The Iranian government on Saturday confirmed that it had seized a tanker vessel operated by Cyprus-based company Columbia Shipmanagement, with news agency Reuters quoting state media as saying the ship ...

Larnaca is both ready and set to host its annual marathon on Sunday, with more than 13,000 runners from 85 countries expected to pound the town’s streets across the event’s ...

Greece’s foreign ministry on Saturday promised to “never accept” northern Cyprus’ unilateral declaration of independence, on its 42nd anniversary. “Today marks 42 years since the illegal, invalid … [and] unilateral proclamation ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday both called for a “just, lasting, and sustainable solution” to the Cyprus problem, as the north celebrated the 42...

Credit rating agency S&P has upgraded the outlook of Cyprus’ economy from “stable” to “positive”, citing a “faster than expected” improvement in external debt ratios. The island’s ...

A motorcycle which had been reported stolen on Thursday was found on fire on Friday night in the Limassol suburb of Pano Polemidia. The police said the motorcycle was found ...

A British couple who have visited Ayia Napa on no fewer than 70 occasions have been named “tourism ambassadors” by the town’s municipality. Peter and Glynnis Ditchburn were awarded the ...

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly swindling another man out of over €100,000 after the pair agreed to purchase property together, the police said on Saturday. The man was ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Saturday condemned northern Cyprus’ unilateral declaration of independence as a “reprehensible act”, on its 42nd anniversary. “Today’s sad anniversary of the illegal and internationally illegitimate ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman called for “peace and friendship with the Greek Cypriot people” in his message marking the 42nd anniversary of the Turkish Cypriots’ unilateral declaration of independence. “...

STYX Film Encounters returns this November with a new screening programme titled System Breakdown – a series of five landmark films dissecting the absurdities, failures and crises of modern systems. From ...

Cyprus’ economy recorded robust growth in the third quarter of 2025, with new national and European data confirming that the country continues to outperform the wider region. According to a flash ...

The long-awaited cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) agreement, signed Thursday after months of tough negotiations between employers and workers, has drawn mixed reactions across Cyprus’ political spectrum. Disy, on Friday, welcomed the ...

A culture of effective project management needs to be established in Cyprus to ensure the public benefits from governmental spending on major infrastructure and development initiative, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades ...

New school need to be built as the current ones are overcrowded outdated and lack necessary equipment the House education committee said after paying a visit to two schools and ...

A video of a woman filmed driving on a Limassol highway while simultaneously handling a laptop and a mobile phone on Wednesday night has gone viral on various social media ...

Gender equality is an essential pillar of peace, sustainable development, and democracy and has advanced across several institutional levels in recent years, gender equality commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Friday ...