#Cyprus

“Damage is inevitable” to Cyprus’ electricity grid with the related power cuts a foreseeable consequence during times of heightened consumption, transmission system operator (TSO) spokeswoman Chara Kousiappa said on Friday. ...

Cyprus was in no way pressured to greenlight Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s participation in the upcoming informal EU Council foreign ministers meeting, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

The latest series of British reality television show The Only Way Is Essex has been filmed in Cyprus. The series, a mammoth 34th in total, which is set to hit ...

Two men were arrested on Thursday after starting a fire in a forest area near the Trooditissa picnic site close to Platres. The pair, aged 22 and 21, were found by police ...

Cyprus has so far been successful in protecting its forest this summer by mobilising increased forces to extinguish even the tiniest fire and raising awareness among the public, forestry department ...

Scores of delivery drivers are set to protest in Limassol’s city centre on Friday, amid increasing attacks against them and allegations of police inaction. The protest will begin at 11:30 ...

Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos may meet with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Brussels at the end of the month, diplomatic sources have said. Though news emerged on Wednesday ...

Turkish troops and guarantees must be part of a solution to the Cyprus problem, and this idea will not be abandoned, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said according to a ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) expects to start installing smart meters in the beginning of 2025, the organisation’s board chairman said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Stockwatch news outlet, ...

A second Syrian man has been released by the Supreme Court after being held for seven months, it emerged on Tuesday. The man had initially been detained “as a danger ...

The Green Party issued a statement on Tuesday calling for a ban on quad bikes in Akamas, following yet another accident involving a four-wheeler in the area. Meanwhile, owners of ...

The Canadian government and Cyprus have agreed on emergency evacuation procedures in the event that lives are threatened due to the escalating situation in the Middle East, it emerged on ...

A five-and-a-half-year-old child was responsible for the latest Limassol fire, it was reported on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBC, police spokesman Christos Andreou said the facts of the case emerged after ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday pilloried Nicosia for actions he said put the entire island’s security at risk amid rising tensions in the Middle East, even accusing ...

A group of around 60 delivery drivers from different companies gathered near Limassol’s old port on Monday to protest against the recent wave of violence against them. Shouting slogans and ...

A church trial will begin on August 30 seeking to defrocks Archimandrites Nektarios and Porfyrios for unethical acts in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal. The indictment is based on the charges ...

Disy MP and former party leader Averof Neophytou has accused President Nikos Christodoulides of generating “delusions” about the Cyprus problem. Neophytou, who had also run for president in 2023, said over ...

A total of 20 arrests have been made in the last two and a half months of people caught stealing unguarded items belonging to beachgoers at Finikoudes beach. The latest arrests ...

Police in Paphos announced on Monday they had engaged in a crackdown on noise pollution over the weekend. In total, they said, 12 entertainment venues were visited by the police in ...

Decisions will be taken and the interconnector linking Cyprus’ power supply to Greece and Israel will be clarified within August, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. The minister’s ...

A quad bike ended up in the sea after plunging off a 90-metre cliff on Sunday at the Baths of Aphrodite on the Akamas peninsula, in Paphos. According to Paphos ...

A 33-year-old dual Russian and German national Artur Petrov appeared in court in New York for the first time on Friday after being extradited to the United States from Cyprus, ...

Cyprus “has a duty to help” in the evacuation of European Union and third countries’ citizens from crisis areas of the region should needs arise, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said ...

The Cypriot foreign ministry said it was “appalled” by the Israeli bombing of the Tabeen school in Gaza City which took place on Saturday. In a post on X, the ...