Cyprus News

Areas of Paphos were affected by hail, heavy rainfall and hailstorms on Sunday as intense weather conditions hit the area at lunchtime. Intense downpours lasted for around an hour, with ...

Turkey has expressed support for the United Nations-led process on the Cyprus issue, while reiterating that a two-state solution remains, in Ankara’s view, the most realistic approach, reports said ...

Cyprus will work to strengthen an “Autonomous Union Open to the World” during its six-month term as President of the Council of the European Union, President Nicos Christodoulides said on ...

It’s all fun and games until you need the official documents. This is what a couple from the UK, visiting the island every year since 1981, found out when they ...

The trilateral cooperation between Cyprus, Greece and Israel does not constitute a threat to Turkey, Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler said on Saturday, warning however that Ankara would take “necessary ...

The women of the Kalavasos area are coming together this holiday season to create a marketplace brimming with solidarity, creativity and sustainability. Designers, artists, painters, healers and community weavers join ...

The Little Heroes Foundation held its ninth charity swimming event for children suffering from cancer on Saturday in Limassol. Participants swam a 1.5-kilometre route, finishing at the pier of the ...

The municipality of Paphos on Saturday announced a series of Christmas events across the city’s neighbourhoods, including a special “Love Bus” offering free rides to residents. In the days ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will travel to Jerusalem on Monday to take part in the tenth trilateral summit between Cyprus, Greece and Israel, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Saturday. “The ...

The number of migrants returned to their countries of origin for residing illegally in Cyprus has increased by 53 per cent over the past three years, police said on Saturday. According ...

Eddy Nassar can talk, all right. “If we don’t stop, I’ll keep you here for another five hours!” he jokes as the interview winds to a close – though ...

The European Union will facilitate a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem but will not act as a mediator between the parties, the EU’s envoy for Cyprus Johannes Hahn ...

A two-storey house caught fire in Kyperounta, in the wider Limassol area on Friday night, with the intensity of the blaze causing parts of its roof to collapse, fire department ...

Police on Friday carried out an island wide road safety operation including 657 vehicle checks and 174 breathalyzer tests, resulting in nine arrests, 58 people caught drunk driving and 206 traffic complaints. Out of ...

Four experts from the EU Commission’s veterinary emergency team have arrived in Cyprus to investigate the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in two livestock units in the north, the veterinary ...

Justice Minister Constantinos Fitiris was urged on Friday by the association for the protection of the rights of prisoners to take immediate action to address the situation at the central ...

The 950 tons of humanitarian aid shipped from Cyprus to Gaza via the via the Amalthea plan on Friday are expected to arrive in the Israeli port of Ashdod during the ...

On Saturday, the weather will be gradually cloudy with isolated light rain showers. Temperatures will rise to around 20 degrees Celsius inland and in the coastal areas of the island and ...

By Ioannis Tirkides The Cypriot tax system, which was designed almost a quarter of a century ago, in 2002, is facing problems of ageing. Although it was originally designed to be ...

Christmas week is almost upon us. For most, that means food feasts, nights out, secret Santa gifts and events-hopping. Oh, and some work crammed in between the festive mayhem. Several ...

Alpha Bank S.A. announced on Friday that it has agreed key commercial and legal terms for a strategic combination of insurance activities in Cyprus, aiming to create one of ...

Cyprus’ population, excluding the north, was estimated at 983,000 at the end of 2024, marking an increase of 1.7 per cent from the 966,400 recorded at the end of 2023, the Statistical Service (Cystat) said ...

Cyprus recorded the lowest forest growth rate among EU member states in 2023, at just 1.6 per cent, according to data released on Friday by the EU’s statistical service, Eurostat. State ...

Agricultural payments in 2025 reached €138.7 million, while the total amount the Republic has received from the EU since it acceded in 2004 totals €2.3 billion, commissioner Andreas Kyprianou said on Friday. Speaking at ...