Cyprus News

This month, the Troodos mountains become a vibrant European hub of sport, gastronomy, culture and wellbeing, as Mountain Games Cyprus 2026 take place. Get ready for four days of village-hopping, creativity, ...

A body remained refrigerated for 1,040 days at the Paphos general hospital morgue instead of the prescribed 30 days, an Audit Office report into the facility made public on Wednesday said. Since 2023, ...

A 24-hour strike by more than 11,000 hourly paid government workers, due to begin on Thursday morning, was called off on Wednesday after union leaders met President Nikos Christodoulides. The meeting, ...

There is a prospect for “concrete steps” towards progress on the Cyprus problem ahead of meetings in New York, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday, adding that the Greek ...

Journalist Makarios Drousiotis and Kyriaki Kyriakou, also known as Sandy, were on Wednesday referred directly to the Nicosia criminal court for trial in connection with the “Sandy” case, which involves ...

Nursing staff at Larnaca general hospital staged a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday morning in protest over longstanding problems, including overcrowding and staff exhaustion. The spontaneous stoppage, held between 8am ...

The high-profile “Sandy” case goes before court on Wednesday, with Makarios Drousiotis and Kyriaki Kyriakou also known as ‘Sandy’ appearing before Nicosia district court for proceedings to refer the case ...

By Emilios Charalambous, Ralf Bernaba (intern), Iliana Terry (intern) Have you ever thought of the lifecycle of your office chair? Funnily enough, it’s rather straight forward – once the raw ...

Cyprus and Lebanon will on Wednesday hold their first technical meeting on a feasibility study for a proposed subsea electricity interconnection, with the participation of the World Bank, according to ...

Cyprus had one of the EU’s higher youth employment rates in 2025, but young people still left the parental home later than the European average, highlighting the gap between having ...

Rain and a possible isolated thunderstorm are expected over the mountains on Wednesday, ahead of a weather disturbance which is forecast to affect Cyprus on Thursday and Friday. Wednesday will ...

The number of unaccompanied children evacuated to Greece between 1974 and 1979 may have exceeded 5,000, more than double the 2,000 officially recorded, the House refugee committee heard on Tuesday. Head of the Children ...

European Commission Cyprus problem envoy Raffaele Fitto is to travel to both Ankara and Athens in the coming days to hold talks with the political leadership of both Turkey and ...

Akel member of the European Parliament Giorgos Georgiou on Tuesday demanded an end to what he described as “double standards” being taken by the European Union on Israel, compared to ...

Fidias Panayiotou was on Tuesday one of more than 100 members of the European Parliament who signed a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen demanding that the European ...

Cypriot members of the European Parliament Costas Mavrides of Diko and Geadis Geadi of Elam on Tuesday accused Turkey of carrying out “hybrid attacks” on Cyprus, as the parliament’s ...

A group of residents of the village of Akrotiri on Tuesday staged a protest against the British government’s plans to erect as many as 68 new communications antennae near the ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber held its annual charity beach volleyball championship on September 5, 6 and 13, continuing its 30-year support for the One Dream, One Wish association, it said on Tuesday. The ...

The Larnaca Tourism Development and Promotion Company (ETAP) is taking part in SAFEHOST, a European project aimed at helping the hospitality sector prevent and address gender-based violence, it said on ...

Beaches across Cyprus are expected to be left without lifeguard coverage on Thursday as hourly-paid government workers stage a 24-hour nationwide strike, the interior ministry warned on Tuesday. The ministry ...

MPs on Tuesday demanded an explicit timetable for the completion of the stalled LNG import project at Vasiliko, while the state-run entity in charge of it gave interested companies one ...

Back again for another year is the event that gives back citizens their right to claim the streets and fill them with art, music, food, markets and activities for all ...

Cypriot discus thrower Marina Hadjicosta has been nominated for the 2026 European Women’s Rising Star of the Year award, the European Athletics Federation announced on Tuesday. The 17-year-old is among ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem “exists”, French ambassador to the United Nations Jerome Bonnafont has said, stressing his support for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ ongoing efforts to bring about ...