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Lawyer Chris Triantafyllides, defending former central prison director Anna Aristotelous in her ongoing trial, on Friday requested the appointment of an independent investigator to look into alleged offenses committed against ...

The interior minister requested detailed information from the Polis Chrysochous municipality on Friday following complaints of illegal permanent appointments and alleged nepotism involving elected officials. In a written statement, the ...

The innovation and research ministry on Friday denied claims in international news media that Cyprus was targeted in an largescale cyberattack along with more than 36 other countries. “With regard to ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou has been reappointed to the educational service commission on Friday, following controversy surrounding her initial placement. Panayiotou, a qualified linguistics teacher, is included in a list ...

Turkish Cypriot doctors on Friday went on a full-day strike, citing a laundry list of shortcomings on the part of the north’s ruling coalition, and saying that health services ...

An attacker opened fire at the gates of a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad on Friday before setting off a suicide bomband killing at least 31 people,in the deadliest ...

Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou has announced on Friday that he will run in the upcoming national parliamentary elections with his party, the recently renamed Direct Democracy of Cyprus. Appearing on ...

European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos on Friday said she “welcomes Turkey’s engagement” in talks regarding the Cyprus problem. The comment was made as part of a joint statement released ...

Farmers will take to the streets in protest against the EU–Mercosur trade agreement, MEP George Georgiou confirmed on Friday, warning that the deal threatens food safety standards and the ...

The next steps in Montenegro’s accession to the EU were discussed on Friday during a meeting in Nicosia between Deputy European Affairs Minister Marilena Raouna and Montenegro’s European ...

The first phase of the Limnes migrant centre was completed, as announced by Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades during a site visit on Friday. Speaking after touring the facility, Vafeades said ...

Where do you live?In Latsia, Nicosia What did you have for breakfast?Two kiwis to start, filtered coffee with milk, and sourdough toast with lots of butter and Cretan ...

Turkish Cypriots on Friday commemorated the third anniversary of the two devastating earthquakes which struck southeastern Turkey on February 6, 2023. A total of 49 Cypriots were among the more than 50,000 people recorded ...

I do enjoy a good psychological thriller and The Beast in Me delivered a cocktail of subtle and taut, emotional and eerie, all the ingredients of a series to binge. ...

TikTok was charged on Friday with breaching EU online content rules over what the bloc’s regulator said were its addictive features and was told to change the design of ...

A collapse in social dialogue within the Cyprus police is undermining the island’s EU Presidency, the European police confederation (EuroCOP) warns in a letter to top EU leaders. The ...

A five-month-old infant has been hospitalised in serious condition after her parents’ vehicle was involved in an accident. At around 8.30am on Friday, a vehicle driven by a 63-year-old woman ...

Ayia Skepi addiction and rehabilitation foundation will receive an annual sponsorship of €1.32 million, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday, adding that the foundation relied entirely on private sponsorships, which resulted ...

The Cyprus Museum will fill with visitors this Saturday as a series of events, planned under Cyprus’ presidency of the EU Council, celebrates this renowned museum. After the antiquities department ...

Cyprus recorded an increase in motor vehicle registrations in January 2026, according to figures released on Friday by the statistical service (Cystat). The data showed that the market started the year ...

Social media personality Ioanna Photiou, who is better known by her alias ‘Annie Alexui’, on Friday said she would only return to Cyprus from Russia if people she trusts in ...

Singer Elton John told London’s High Court on Friday he was incensed to learn of allegations his landline phones had been bugged on behalf of the Daily Mail, saying ...

Cyprus stepped into the European discussion on the digital euro on Friday, as policymakers, bankers and institutions gathered in Nicosia for the first event held on the island with the ...

A poll published by state broadcaster Cybc on Thursday night shows Disy and Akel heading the votes ahead of May’s parliamentary election with 17 and 16 per cent respectively, with Alma ...