Cyprus News

The Limassol district EOA affirmed on Thursday that it will proceed with legal measures where building owners and management committees show indifference to safety obligations, following renewed inspections of structures ...

The board of the Cyprus Union of Journalists has expressed concern over what it describes as a growing trend of government and state officials avoiding questions from the press. In ...

A video showing a 14-year-old girl beating a peer in the presence of bystanders has alarmed parents’ associations, who blamed parents and children alike for the shocking display of bullying. ...

Livestock farmers threatened to shut down Larnaca airport on Thursday as protests escalated following an unsuccessful meeting with Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou, intensifying disruption at the Rizoelia roundabout. Lasting four ...

The decision on the application to cancel a search warrant issued for the home and office of lawyer Nikos Clerides was reserved by the Supreme Court on Thursday, following initial ...

Agricultural organisations rejected the ongoing farmers’ protests over the foot-and-mouth outbreak on Thursday, as police warned that gatherings could increase transmission risks and involve individuals unrelated to the livestock sector. ...

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Thursday said that his country has “something to learn” from Cyprus as it prepares to take over the Council of the European Union’s rotating ...

Suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos on Thursday alleged he has been the target of a “coordinated and relentless war” aimed at his “political and moral extermination”, according to a written ...

There was a time when online shopping in Cyprus felt like a bit of a gamble. It was a mix of endless tabs, second thoughts, and “maybe I’ll just ...

The Environmental Movement has opposed any military exercises in areas of ecological importance and on Thursday called on the government to rethink manoeuvres in Akamas. Any military exercises in the ...

A 32-year-old man accused of attempted murder in Cyprus has been arrested in Romania, with extradition procedures now underway. According to a police statement issued on Thursday, the suspect was ...

Three individuals were arrested for various offences during overnight police operations to clamp down on crime. The police pulled over 316 vehicles and checked 420 drivers and passengers, and filed 140 reports, including 48 ...

Electricity authority (EAC) employees went on a 24-hour strike on Thursday, with trade unions warning of further escalating measures. Union boss Kyriacos Tafounas told media that, unless the government engages ...

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Cyprus on Thursday for an official visit, ahead of the EU informal council that kicks off in Ayia Napa. Earlier on Thursday, Christodoulides will ...

The fine mist early on Thursday gave way to mainly fine weather with a few passing clouds, which in the afternoon may bring isolated showers in the mountains. Winds will ...

Nicosia The capital is swimming in events this weekend, starting with the first Fork Food Market of the season. Returning to the Nicosia Municipal Gardens, a line-up of street food ...

Three environmental organisations on Wednesday accused the government of sidestepping legally binding conditions for the protection of the Akamas peninsula, warning that planned works on a key road risk further ...

Moroccan nationals who studied at universities in northern Cyprus staged a protest outside the country’s parliament in Rabat on Wednesday over the Moroccan government’s decision to cease its ...

The Iranian embassy in Nicosia on Wednesday denied allegations levelled at the Iranian government by the State of Israel that it had aided the smuggling of explosive drones to Cyprus. ...

The rejection of the Annan plan to reunify Cyprus by the Greek Cypriot electorate in a referendum in 2004 constituted “a serious loss for the entire island”, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday expressed his delight at the European Union’s 27 member states agreeing to establish an ad hoc working party to draft an accession treaty for Montenegro, ...

Approximately five per cent of Cyprus population are refugees, ranking the island first among the three countries recording the highest share of immigrants in the European Union, a report by ...

The next meeting of Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and President Nikos Christodoulides will be organised “in the near future”, according to reports on Wednesday. According to the Cyprus News ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday accused former European Council president Charles Michel of “double standards”, after Michel had censured European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen for controversial comments she ...