Cyprus News

Police in Paphos fired warning shots on Monday night as a 41-year-old man attempted to escape being arrested for a suspected kidnapping. The police believe the man may be connected ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Dogus Derya was branded a “terrorist” by pro-‘government’ demonstrators on Monday night after she threw water at the man the north’s ruling ...

Cyprus’ reservoirs are still only a quarter full, according to data released by the water development department, despite heavy rain hitting swathes of the island over the last two weeks. ...

Tuesday is expected to begin with clouds covering large swathes of the island, which will produce morning rain on parts of the coast. The rain will spread inland and into ...

By Tom Cleaver The ‘No child without a coat’ campaign was launched by the Aglandjia municipality and the Alkinoos Artemiou foundation for the third successive year on Monday. The foundation ...

The Environment Department confirmed on Friday that works have been carried out with heavy vehicles on the beach of Pyrgos in Limassol, resulting in extensive impact on the sand dunes ...

A 41-year-old man wanted in Limassol for kidnapping was arrested on Friday in Paphos after a police chase. Paphos police deputy operations manager Michalis Nicolaou said police received a tipoff ...

Law commissioner Louiza Christodoulou Zannetou told MPs on Friday that her office remained understaffed, despite provisions for two additional employees. Speaking at the House finance committee, which was discussing the ...

The last remaining sand dunes in Cyprus are quietly being destroyed by unauthorised development activities, environmentalists warned on Monday. Excavators first entered the coastal site in Limassol, located between Governor’...

A 26-year-old man sustained minor injuries after being attacked by his roommate with a knife in Limassol, police reported. The incident occurred in Mesa Geitonia during an argument between the ...

The labour ministry has dismissed press reports that the EU has launched procedures against Cyprus for not meeting the minimum percentage of the workforce covered by collective agreements. A labour ...

Friction flared up in parliament on Monday after the head of the anti-corruption authority declined to commit specifically to investigating former president Nikos Anastasiades in relation to the ‘golden passports’ ...

Cosmetics withdrawn from the European market may also be in Cyprus and the health ministry has called on consumers to stop using them. There is currently no concrete information regarding ...

Trade union Sek approved on Friday an agreement in principle for the renewal of the collective agreement for hotel industry workers. In a press release, Sek said its answer has ...

The government said Monday it is doing what it can to return a sense of safety to the wider public and to crack down on organised crime, part of it ...

Part-time employees in Cyprus dropped from 9.1 per cent in 2022 to 8 per cent in 2023, far below the EU average of 17.1 per cent, among workers aged 20 to 64, according to Eurostat. In 2023, the ...

The north’s population was projected as exactly 476,214 by its statistics institute on Monday. The institute said its projection was “produced in line with assumptions prepared by taking into account ...

Over 6,000 open civil cases are on the desk of the attorney-general’s office, MPs heard on Monday. The House finance committee was reviewing the budget for the attorney-general’s office ...

I have recently seen wines with GPS coordinates on the label, where the language used even conveys a highly specific sense of place regarding the vineyard. Many wineries in Cyprus ...

A memorial ceremony was held in Nicosia on Monday to honour the people who died in the two World Wars. Organised by the Nicosia municipality at the Cyprus memorial for ...

The ongoing argument over whether ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Ziya Ozturkler is or is not the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ became physical in ‘parliament’ on Monday, as he once ...

The ninth Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, showcasing Italian culinary traditions with a focus on its roots and the Mediterranean diet, will take place in Cyprus from November 16 ...

The “isolated incidents” of flooding seen in Limassol during storms on Sunday were caused by foreign objects, many of which constitute litter, becoming stuck in drains, the public works department’...

Disy will continue to act responsibly and will support the state budget, but without a blank cheque, party president Annita Demetriou said on Monday. Demetriou, who is holding a series ...