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Greek singer Giorgos Mazonakis has died aged 54 after suffering cardiac arrest at a private clinic in Athens on Wednesday. According to Greek media report, Mazonakis had gone to a private ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that Cyprus was closer than ever to seeing the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project move towards implementation, following an agreement with Greece and the ...

Police will step up security measures across Larnaca and Nicosia on Thursday as Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Cyprus. The measures will be in place from 9am until 4pm on ...

The value of substantive foreign direct investment (FDI) in Cyprus rose by around 10 per cent in 2025, compared with the previous year, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday, as he outlined ...

Consumers paid an additional €23 million for fuel over the past six months as a result of price increases, including €4 million in VAT charged on those increases, the Cyprus Consumers Association ...

Beer deliveries in Cyprus fell by 2.3 per cent in August 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier, although exports recorded a sharp increase, the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) said ...

The audit office on Monday complained that the concessionaire for Paphos public transport company Osypa has purchased only 32 of the 72 new buses it was contractually obliged to add to its ...

Former first ladies, Elsi Christofias and Androulla Vassiliou, are among those from whom police protection is to be withdrawn under a new system taking effect this month. The reform also ...

German aviation group Lufthansa announced this week that it will gradually resume its flight connections to Dubai starting from late October. During peak operational periods, the airlines belonging to the ...

August 2026 was the wettest August recorded in Cyprus in more than a century, with average rainfall reaching more than ten times the normal level for the month, the Met Office ...

Nicosia will host a bi-communal environmental cleanup on September 19, as part of the Let’s Do It! Cyprus campaign and World Cleanup Day, organisers said on Wednesday. The annual campaign ...

Spanish second-division side C.D. Eldense said on Wednesday that Argentine great Lionel Messi has reached an agreement in principle to become the club’s new owner. The Inter Miami ...

The anti-corruption authority will issue an announcement on the ‘black van’ spying case on Monday, its commissioner Haris Poyiadjis informed the House institutions committee on Wednesday. Poyiadjis was responding to ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas will be meeting his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Athens on Thursday, with talks set to focus on closer defence coordination, European defence readiness and regional ...

As autumn nears, fights between male mouflons are increasing as they vie for dominance ahead of the mating season. While these clashes are typical, they can lead to serious injuries ...

Norway’s King Harald V was laid to rest on Wednesday, in a series of ceremonies marking the culmination of 13 days of national mourning following his death at the age ...

The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation (BOCCF) is announcing a contest for the illustration of the book As the Lady Says… by Maria Papandreou. The work won an award in ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides on Wednesday insisted that his party, Diko, will support President Nikos Christodoulides’ re-election campaign in 2028, pushing back on party leader Nicholas Papadopoulos’ suggestion that the party’...

Around 300 employees working in education ministry support programmes remain without unemployment benefits during the summer months, with MPs calling on the government to resolve the issue at the House education ...

 Does knowing the “average salary” in Cyprus make you feel better or worse about your own finances? Here’s why comparing your income to national averages and other people’s ...

Annita Demetriou has emerged as the leading choice among Disy members for the party’s presidential nomination ahead of the 2028 elections. The poll, conducted by IMR on behalf of news ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday called on the government to abandon its current policy of “ambivalence, doublespeak, and inertia” over the Great Sea Interconnector, stressing that the project is ...

Cyprus has the lowest suicide rate in the EU, with the island recording 3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents compared to the European Union average of 10.4. Together with Greece at 4.3 and Malta at 5.5, ...

The government on Wednesday announced two new housing schemes aimed at expanding affordable housing options, allowing families to add an extra floor to existing homes and making state-owned plots available ...