Cyprus News

Police in Paphos on Friday announced the completion of a raid on an illegal gambling den in the town. The raid was carried out as part of efforts to crack ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday night said the north is “ready” to transition to the new common Turkic alphabet. Addressing the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) summit in ...

Thursday’s weather is expected to be mostly sunny, with temperatures set to rise to 25 degrees Celsius inland, 26 degrees Celsius on the coasts, and 15 degrees Celsius in the mountains. Overnight, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met a “close ally” of United States President-elect Donald Trump before his visit to the White House to meet incumbent Joe Biden, he claimed on Friday. In ...

Cyprus Public Transport on Wednesday night announced its intention to cancel school buses on some routes in Larnaca and Nicosia because buses are being continuously vandalised. The company said it ...

Trade union Peo criticised the government on Thursday for not engaging in structured dialogue before announcing the latest set of measures aimed at addressing the country’s demographic challenges and ...

Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis continued his meetings in London on Tuesday, as part of the World Travel Market (WTM), the major annual international tourism exhibition, where he reported positive ...

After 20 years of failed efforts to privatise Larnaca port, the project should be entrusted to the port authority, Peo union charged on Wednesday. It organised an event dubbed ‘Larnaca port, ...

Costas Kadis, Cyprus’ commissioner-designate, sailed through Wednesday’s confirmation hearing at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee (PECH) in the European Parliament in Brussels and secured its backing for the job, ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou called for restraint from both employees and trade union representatives on Wednesday as workers in the concrete industry began an indefinite strike. The strike was prompted ...

The National Observatory of Cyprus, known as the Troodos observatory, has won the Civic Building of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival 2024 in Singapore. The observatory, designed by ...

Perks that former presidents receive – including a limousine and a €3,000 monthly secretary stipend – will be for life and cannot be scrapped even if the law changes, the House ethics committee ...

Undersea surveys are progressing on the Cyprus-Greece Interconnector project, according to the chairman and CEO of the Greek Independent Power Transmission Operator (Admie) Manos Manousakis. Speaking at the Athens Investment ...

The Bank of Cyprus has called on all its customers to be aware of fraudsters who claim to represent the bank. These people promote false investment opportunities that appear authentic ...

Discussions at the House education committee over foreign universities in Cyprus have been postponed for due to amendments submitted by opposition Akel. Wednesday’s session was carried out behind closed ...

Turkish Cypriot ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Yasemin Ozturk broke ranks with the coalition’s stance on last month’s ‘parliament speaker’ election, declaring that the three votes which the ‘...

The formal inauguration of Phase A of the Nicosia ring road – due to ease massive traffic congestion – was marked on Wednesday, in a ceremony attended by officials from Cyprus, Greece ...

Measures to promote the country’s demographic recovery are being implemented as a top priority, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday. Reiterating President Nikos Christodoulides’ TV announcement on the ...

The average gross monthly salary for employees in Cyprus reached €2,363 in 2023, reflecting a 7.3 per cent increase from 2022, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service. This follows a 7.1 per cent increase in 2022, ...

The electoral court of Paphos on Wednesday rejected an objection submitted by Costas Constantinou through which he disputed Charalambos Pittokopittis’ win in the local June elections for district administration (EOA) ...

Problems faced by the health insurers’ organisation (HIO)’s IT system which resulted in Gesy’s health portal going down for several hours last month were in no way related ...

Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill regulating rehabilitation centres, aimed at ensuring quality care to patients, Health Minister Michalis Damianos announced after the session. “The bill for rehabilitation centres covers ...

The Turkic world is “responsible for a fair solution in Cyprus”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Addressing the day’s summit of the Organisation of Turkic States (...

Doros Theofanous, serving life for murder, admitted to escaping while visiting family under police escort, but denied conspiracy to do so with the 26-year-old alleged accomplice, who also denied any ...