Cyprus News

Around 16 serious offences were committed in Cyprus every day on average throughout last year, according to Cystat, the government’s statistical service, which stated that 5,942 serious offences were reported to ...

A Greek national suspected of trafficking drugs has been arrested and detained by authorities in the north, media reported on Thursday. Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris Postasi said the man was ...

Strong disagreements came to the fore on Thursday as opposition MPs haggled with government officials over aspects of the tax reform legislation, just days before the bills head to the ...

A solution to the Cyprus problem is up to the Greek Cypriots, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday. He told Turkish public broadcaster TRT that “Greek Cypriot officials ...

The attorney for an Israeli national wanted by Russia in connection with a sea piracy incident 16 years ago has urged Cypriot authorities not to extradite him to the Russian Federation, ...

An ‘explosive device’ was set off on Thursday afternoon at the home of controversial artist Giorgos Gavriel, police have confirmed. Details were sketchy, but media reports spoke of a ‘makeshift ...

Following President Nikos Christodoulides and Tufan Erhurman’s trilateral meeting with UN Secretary General envoy Maria Angela Holguin, the wastewater treatment project at Mia Milia has returned to the forefront ...

Around 350 Christmas “love parcels” are being distributed on Thursday by Limassol municipality’s Social Grocery Stores to people facing financial hardship, with supplies specially boosted for the festive season. The ...

The new justice minister on Thursday promised action to tackle overcrowding at the central prisons complex, but said that building a new facility from scratch was not currently in the ...

Only 20 people have applied for free bus travel cards, despite approximately 10,000 vehicles being immobilised as part of the Takata airbag recall, according to Road Transportation Department officer Konstantinos Koupis. Speaking ...

Fatma Unal, who has enjoyed a years-long close personal association with the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel, was on Thursday asked by the prosecution to change her lawyer in ...

Germany on Thursday donated €200,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), dedicated to locating and identifying remains. Thursday’s donation bringing Germany’s financial assistance to the CMP to €1.6 million ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Thursday denied reports that the governments of Cyprus, Israel, and Greece are planning to combine to create a military “rapid reaction force” to counter Turkish ...

Cyprus needs stronger coordination and closer, continuous monitoring of public projects to avoid delays and cost overruns by 2028, Fiscal Council president Michalis Persianis has warned, pointing to structural weaknesses in ...

Cyprus can “give a big boost” to Moldova’s process of acceding to the European Union, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. Speaking upon his arrival at the day’s ...

The European Union “must deliver” on the issue of enlargement, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. “Enlargement falls within the European Union’s political range and we must do much ...

Recent images of Larnaca secondary school pupils performing Nazi salutes and emblazoning swastikas on campus came to light on Wednesday and prompted great alarm among parents and the wider public. ...

Vasilopita Vasilopita, which translates as St Basil’s cake, is the traditional Greek New Year’s cake. It has its roots in the Orthodox Christian communities of Asia Minor.In ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said the European Union must “confront” countries which attempt to help Russia evade sanctions placed on it as a result of its invasion of Ukraine. ...

Tractors were stationed line astern outside the presidential palace on Thursday as Cypriot farmers joined a continent-wide protest against planned changes to the European Union’s common agricultural policy and ...

The finance ministry has urged consumers to make full use of the e-kalathi price comparison platform when buying food for the Christmas festive season. In a statement, the consumer protection ...

Five of Cyprus’ six members of the European parliament on Wednesday night voted to approve a motion empowering the parliament to enter negotiations with the European Council for the creation ...

Workers at Larnaca port went on strike on Thursday morning from 7.30am till 11.30am, protesting over poor health and safety measures. Trade unions Sek and Peo said in a joint ...

The “selective” leaking of documents concerning the central prison serves “personal and/or other political purposes” and undermines a fair trial, the law firm representing former deputy prison director Athena ...