#Cyprus

A 43-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday morning in connection with a fire which broke out at a paper processing factory in the Limassol suburb of Ypsonas in the early ...

The driver of a car, from which a 19-year-old fell and was critically injured, was remanded in custody on Wednesday for two days. On Monday night, the 19-year-old suffered head ...

Eight people were arrested in Larnaca on Tuesday for illegally employing seven construction workers, police said on Wednesday. “An investigation was carried out by the police and the labour ministry ...

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker will visit Cyprus on Thursday, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. Stocker will arrive on the island on Thursday afternoon and attend a private dinner with President ...

Customs officers at Ayios Dhometios crossing point found a 20-year-old Sudanese man on Tuesday night in the boot of a car, hiding under blankets in an effort to cross into ...

Cyprus’ permanent representative at the United Nations Maria Michael on Tuesday night told a security council debate that sexual violence during Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974 “remains an ...

Oguzhan Hasipoglu, the secretary-general of the north’s largest political party, the UBP, on Tuesday night said he and his party “strongly reject” a European Commission’s spokesman’s comments ...

By Athena Vlachou Scorched land from Cyprus’s biggest wildfires in more than 50 years threatens to leave fields barren for decades if immediate measures are not taken by the government, ...

A 73-year-old Greek Cypriot who went missing in the Thalassaki area of Limassol on Tuesday has been found dead, the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) said on late Tuesday evening. ...

A 54-year-old was discovered with burns on his body in a field off of Eleonas avenue in Strovolos on Tuesday morning and later succumbed to his injuries. The circumstances of ...

Flights to Venice and one of Bosnia’s biggest cities, Tuzla, will be departing from Larnaca in the winter season and in 2026, Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air said on Tuesday. “...

Digenis Akritas Morphou is mourning its 18-year-old footballer, Kajul Espinoza, who was killed in a car crash in Bangladesh, the club announced on Tuesday evening. “He tragically died in an ...

The deputy ministry of tourism will promote the island’s industry at a total of 52 international tourism exhibitions in 2025, eight more than the previous year, it said on Tuesday. “The ...

The replacement of shingle at Faros beach in Pervolia, Larnaca, has been recommended by the environment departments in an attempt to use nature to halt ongoing coastal erosion. Environment Officer ...

Fire-stricken residents of mountainous Limassol are receiving support from the government, with some cabinet decisions having already been implemented in full, mountains commissioner Charalambos Christofinas said on Tuesday. He said ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday stressed “the need for full respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine” during video calls with European leaders held in light of ...

Eggs were thrown at the north’s ‘deputy prime minister’ Fikri Ataoglu’s office and halloumi water was poured onto the ground in front of it as employees of the ...

A European Commission spokesperson on Tuesday said the European Union “does not recognise the self-proclaimed state in the northern part of Cyprus and its so-called judicial system” after the arrest ...

A person was rescued by the fire brigade on Tuesday after their vehicle fell into a 10 metre ditch on the Palaichori to Nicosia road, police said. The fire brigade and ...

Civil servants’ trade union Pasydy on Tuesday expressed outrage at what it described as an “unprovoked incident of attack” against workers at the social services office in the Limassol suburb ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is expected to meet President Nikos Christodoulides on September 2, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He told the Cyprus News Agency that Holguin ...

Children at schools across Cyprus will receive lessons on fire safety from retired firefighters during the forthcoming academic year, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday. Speaking after a meeting ...

The Amalthea plan, Cyprus’ humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, returned to action late on Monday night, with the foreign ministry announcing on Tuesday morning the departure of 1,200 tonnes of humanitarian ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will on Tuesday take part in a video conference of European leaders in light of Monday night’s meeting of European leaders and United States President Donald ...