Cyprus News

The European Commission has reportedly not changed its mind in demanding a refund of €68.6 million in grants given to Cyprus for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Vasiliko, reports ...

Scientists will arrive in Cyprus to investigate new methods to help with finding the remains of missing people. The two scientists will come from Wisconsin Eau Claire university. They will ...

Cyprus is a “bridge between the different parts” of the Middle East, Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel said on Tuesday after meeting Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos, who pledged that ...

A bill to allow disabled people to receive the minimum guaranteed income regardless of how much other family members earn was discussed on Tuesday at the House labour committee, with ...

The police are “concerned” by the ongoing rise of attacks on delivery drivers in Limassol, they said on Tuesday, ahead of a high-level meeting over the matter on Wednesday. Wednesday’...

The interior ministry will submit amendments to the current local government reform legislation to parliament by January, chairman of the union of municipalities Andreas Vyras said on Tuesday. He was ...

Concerns were raised on Tuesday over suggested reforms to the state’s law and audit offices during the first meeting at the attorney-general’s office to examine constitutional issues arising ...

The two non-Cypriot members of the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) had their terms in office extended by the north’s ‘government’ on Tuesday. Swedish national Daniel Tarschys, an emeritus political ...

With the hunting season starting on Sunday, the hunters federation on Tuesday called on hunters to follow the safety measures. The federation urged hunters to follow the rules and the ...

Concerns over the status of the Republic’s schools in Rizokarpaso in the north were raised during a meeting of the House refugees committee on Tuesday, with members calling for ...

My name is Theo, and I’m an old-movie-holic. I’ve waited years to confess this addiction, hoping in vain for a suitable support group to emerge – and now, finally, ...

A bill providing for the visual inspection of Turkish Cypriot properties by a civil engineer before being allocated to eligible refugees received mixed reactions from MPs on Tuesday. The bill ...

The Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman, which collapsed during earthquakes in February last year killing 24 Cypriot children, 11 Cypriot adults, and 37 others, “would not have collapsed” if ...

Unions at the Cyprus Electricity Authority (EAC) on Tuesday called for the immediate installation of two new power generation units at Dhekelia power station in addition to storage facilities to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a phone call on Tuesday after the former’s meeting with US president Joe Biden at the White House. The ...

Police in Limassol were kept busy over the long weekend, taking measures to clamp down on traffic and other crimes and misdemeanors.  There was a total of 184 traffic violations from ...

This first Pediaios River Festival has arrived! From Tuesday until Sunday, a colourful and participatory series of activities in the Pediaios River and beyond has been planned to celebrate nature ...

“Would anyone logically think diaspora Cypriots could determine the result of the United States election?”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos asked on Tuesday in response to apparent suspicion in Cyprus’ media ...

Disciplinary proceedings begin next week against trade unionist policeman Nikos Loizides for statements he made regarding the police force. Loizides, who is Isotita trade union’s vice president and spokesman, ...

The education ministry announced on Tuesday that it was to begin enforcing legislation prohibiting the use of mobile phones in secondary schools. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), the ...

The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) is investigating Monday’s incident in Deneia, where a Turkish army officer allegedly threatened a farmer, while he was tending his field in ...

Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel is on an official visit to Cyprus on Tuesday. Bettel, who is also the country’s deputy prime minister, will have a private meeting ...

The Cypriot government is in full agreement with the statement issued by the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell regarding Sunday’s elections in Georgia, foreign ministry’s ...

A 72-year-old woman is in a “serious condition” after having been involved in a road traffic collision in the Limassol district on Monday morning. The collision occurred at around 7.20am ...