Cyprus

Staff shortages at the north’s Ercan (Tymbou) airport forced control over airspace over northern Cyprus to be temporarily transferred to Turkey, the north’s air traffic controllers’ trade union ...

Cyprus has taken a decisive step to reshape its urban landscape after Parliament on Thursday passed the urban development zones bill, it was reported on Friday. The interior ministry hailed ...

The tax department is “putting the final touches” on bills which, if passed into law, will bring about sweeping changes to Cyprus’ tax system, according to reports on Friday. The ...

A further 50 Green Kiosks will be installed in remote and mountainous areas across the island, the environmental department announced. “The Green Kiosks have been placed in mountainous and remote areas, ...

Cyprus computer society secretary Panicos Masouras on Friday called on the education ministry to implement lessons at Cypriot public schools to educate children about artificial intelligence. “We believe it is ...

A large quantity of counterfeit goods were seized from six establishments in the tourist area of Kato Paphos, police announced on Friday. A total of 6,643 goods including clothing and accessories ...

A 13-year-old boy driving with his 22-year-old sister and a nine-month old baby as passengers was stopped by police on Thursday afternoon in Limassol, the force announced on Friday. The ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met former British prime minister Boris Johnson during his visit to London on Thursday evening. Tatar presented Johnson with a book entitled The Vision for ...

Tensions have escalated within the Church after lawyer for former bishop of Paphos Tychikos, Evangelia Poulla, accused Archbishop Georgios of intimidation and unfair treatment, it was reported on Friday. Poulla ...

A video circulating on social media of President Nikos Christodoulides speaking to RIK journalist Stavros Kyprianou is fake, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday, adding that it had been ...

The coastal village of Kato Pyrgos Tyllirias is set to host its 1st Fish Festival on Saturday in collaboration with the Paphos Development Company Aphrodite. Celebrating the sea and its ...

Nicosia woke up on Friday wrapped in a thick veil of fog, with reduced visibility across the city. The phenomenon, known as convective fog, is common during the summer and ...

The police have released the photo and personal details of 37-year-old Natalie Tziapoura from Nicosia, wanted in connection with an ongoing investigation. Tziapoura is alleged to have committed multiple serious ...

Friday’s weather will be mostly clear and intensely hot across the island with a yellow warning in place due to high temperatures. Inland temperatures are expected to reach between 40 ...

Mosaics outside a studio in Ibrahim Khan in Paphos’ historical centre disappeared last week in what seemed to be a municipality purge to rid the area of posters and flyers ...

Parliament on Thursday green-lit the 2025 budget for the National Solidarity Fund, making €100 million available this year to compensate savers and bondholders burned in the 2013 bank bail-in. With the budget approved, ...

Authorities said on Thursday they are in touch with local Citroen car dealers over an alert concerning faulty airbags in some models. In a statement, the Road Transport Department cited ...

The European Union has “an opportunity” to achieve the unimpeded flow of urgent humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. To this end, he added, ...

Parliament on Thursday wrapped up its review of new regulations governing the assignment and use of Turkish Cypriot properties in the south, promising a fairer and more equitable system for ...

MPs on Thursday handed the state health services organisation (Okypy) another lifeline, making the organisation eligible for direct state funding up until the end of 2026. Under the law voted through ...

A law designed to help thousands of ‘trapped buyers’ get a title deed on their property which they have paid for in full was passed by the House plenum on ...

A new scientific study on the situation in Pissouri village – where land slippage has made many residences unsafe for habitation – has been finished and is now under review, MPs heard ...

Two minors, aged 17 and 15, were seriously injured on Wednesday night during a fight in a carpark next to the unaccompanied minors shelter in Larnaca where they live. The 17-year-old is ...

The government on Thursday launched a public consultation on legislation relating to transparency in political advertising, with members of the public able to provide feedback until July 25. The consultation can ...