Cyprus

Dhekelia desalination plant has been ranked among the top ten seawater desalination plants worldwide by the international publication Water Desalination Report, the Caramondani Group announced on Wednesday. This recognition “highlights ...

A volunteer-based emergency system under the name United Rescue Cyprus (URC) was launched at the University of Cyprus on Tuesday. For the moment, the pilot programme will be available exclusively ...

Police in Larnaca arrested five youths some of whom are still being held in custody on Wednesday after an incident that started with a fight overnight, outside a cafe. According ...

There’s something about shopping with a young teenager that works up an appetite you didn’t know you had. After a few hours of hopping between stores with my ...

The European Union consistently defends the rights of Cyprus and Cypriot citizens, Nacho Sanchez Amor, member of the European parliament and its rapporteur regarding the European Commission’s 2023 and 2024 reports ...

Cyprus is being referred to the EU Court of Justice for failing to comply with the landfill directive and an earlier court judgement, concerning the landfills of Vati in Limassol ...

Investigations are continuing on Wednesday into a large stash of fireworks that went off overnight in Limassol, alarming local residents who thought they were larger explosions. The incident happened near ...

An officer present at the arrest of the German ‘real estate agent’ currently on trial for allegedly usurping Greek Cypriot properties in the north was heard as a witness before ...

Member of the European parliament Fidias Panayiotou on Wednesday announced that he is to visit Russia “in a few days”. He made the announcement during a European parliament debate titled “...

A 19-year-old man from Larnaca was arrested overnight for allegedly assaulting a police officer following a traffic accident. He is set to appear before the district court on Wednesday. According ...

Restoration works at the mosque in the Paphos district village of Terra have been completed, with a handover ceremony having been attended by dozens of Turkish Cypriots who originated in ...

Activist Louis Allan, currently on a six-day hunger strike for Gaza while perched in an olive tree in Engomi, was reportedly attacked for a second time during the night by ...

There will be no further investigation into the protest staged by hunters in March which blocked the motorway linking Nicosia and Limassol, police chief Themistos Arnaoutis said on Wednesday. He ...

The relationship between the Netherlands and Cyprus is “broad and multifaceted,” with notable cooperation in the agricultural sector, Dutch Ambassador Wouter Plomp said. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Plomp ...

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Paphos residents will receive their water bills during the first ten days of May, head of the Paphos EOA Charlambos Pittokopitis said on Wednesday, adding that bills have already been ...

Greek President Konstantinos Tasoulas will be in Cyprus on Wednesday for a three-day visit, his first visit abroad since assuming office. The visit is taking place by invitation of President ...

Wednesday will be dry with periods of dust and high temperatures, rising to 31C inland, 26C on the coast, and 22C in the higher mountains. Winds will initially be variable ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Tuesday refused to acquiesce to a request filed by the north’s chief public prosecutor’s office to lift the immunity of ruling coalition party ...

Cyprus aims to produce defence-related products, not only buy them, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday.  He made the remarks while attending the Defea (Defence Exhibition Athens) event taking place ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday poured cold water on the idea of opening a new crossing point in central Nicosia, saying that President Nikos Christodoulides had requested the ...

European parliament President Roberta Metsola is to visit Cyprus on Saturday. She is to meet President Nikos Christodoulides at the presidential palace in Nicosia, before visiting the Cyens centre of ...

A floating dock sank off the coast of Limassol on Tuesday, the fisheries department said. It added that the dock was around 1.8 nautical miles off the coast, and that the ...

Former judge gives up attempt to sue after phone loss A former judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) told the Cyprus Mail on Tuesday that he has ...