Cyprus News

Reforestation, guerrilla gardening, sustainable mobility, fighting pollution and creating greener, more inclusive public spaces: a new grassroots initiative is taking shape in Limassol to make Cyprus a more liveable island. ...

Cyprus could become an important partner in India’s expanding defence and maritime security strategy with opportunities for joint industrial projects, cybersecurity cooperation and naval engagement, Indian defence expert Professor ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Sila Usar Incirli on Tuesday night set out her party’s plans for local government, with the Turkish Cypriots set to hold local ...

The State of Israel’s new ambassador in Nicosia Shuli Davidovich on Tuesday presented her credentials to the Republic of Cyprus’ chief of state protocol Helena Mina, formally taking up ...

More families will become eligible for the child benefit after planned changes to means-testing, the deputy minister for social welfare said on Tuesday. Hailing the tabling of the relevant bill ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday stressed that he will attend the Cop31 climate summit, which will take place in the Turkish Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya next month, despite Turkey ...

A person living in a refugee estate building slated for demolition is refusing to move out unless the government first pays half a million euro for renovation works that the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said that both he and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman had during their meeting earlier in the day agreed that a solution to the Cyprus ...

Aegean Airlines will maintain its flight routes to and from Paphos International Airport in 2027, providing continued air links with Athens and onward connections to key European tourism markets, the Paphos ...

Exports of halloumi exceed €350 million per year, agriculture ministry permanent secretary Andreas Gregoriou said on Tuesday, as he addressed the House agriculture committee on the state of Cyprus’ national dairy ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Tuesday described how his visit to Saudi Arabia was disrupted by the ongoing clashes between the country and the Yemeni Houthis, though adding that at ...

An orange weather warning for severe thunderstorms will be in effect from Wednesday evening until early Thursday morning, the Meteorological Service said on Tuesday. The warning will run from 7pm ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for Cyprus’ economic growth in 2026 to 2.9 per cent from 3 per cent, while raising its projection for 2027 to 3.2 per cent from 3 per ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Tuesday agreed to jointly attend Saturday’s bicommunal festival in the Larnaca district village of Pyla, following their meeting in ...

The first hearing in the trial of a 58-year-old man accused of murdering Alexandros Antoniou in the village of Konia in November 2025 will be held on January 27 next year, the ...

Contracts of sale across Cyprus are running 14% ahead of 2025; Larnaca grows fastest, Limassol stays largest, and foreign buyers sign more than two in every five contracts. Buyers deposited 1,681 contracts of ...

Conservation work has been completed at the chapel of Ayia Marina in occupied Lapithos, in the Kyrenia district, as part of ongoing efforts to preserve Cyprus’ cultural and religious heritage, ...

The cabinet decided on Tuesday that the government would retain ownership of Rialto theatre in Limassol and lease it to the municipality with clear regulations as regards to the administration, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said that his 19 points for discussion on the Cyprus problem “remain on the table”, ahead of meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman. “Of course they ...

The Direct Democracy party plans to charge annual membership fees of €60 to €70, three or more times the €20 charged by Cyprus’ two largest parties, it announced on Tuesday. During an online ...

When Aaya moved from France to Cyprus, she soon realised something was missing. While friends back home regularly bought and sold clothes through Vinted, one of Europe’s biggest second-hand ...

The trial of a 36-year-old man accused of kidnapping and threatening two women with a knife in a Larnaca flat in March 2026 has been postponed to November 4, police said on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday that Cyprus aims to strengthen its position in financial innovation, presenting the country as a gateway to the European market for international businesses and ...

The interior ministry has found solutions to property title problems facing refugee families in Zygi, Mari and areas outside designated refugee settlements, MPs on the House refugee committee heard on ...