#Cyprus

Nine people were acquitted of manslaughter charges for the murder of 20-year-old Jamal Alhaji on Tuesday, who had been fatally stabbed at a Chlorakas beach in 2020. The decision at Paphos ...

Under fire MEP Fidias Panayiotou said on Tuesday he had apologised on the spot for comments he made that may have upset relatives of missing persons after an event at ...

Previous occupants of condemned refugee buildings due to be demolished as part of the government’s Ktizo plan revealed on Tuesday that not only has the process not moved ahead, ...

Football’s governing body in Cyprus unveiled on Tuesday tougher sanctions on clubs found guilty of fan disturbance or violence for the 2024-2025 season, when supporters will again be allowed ...

Cypriot MEPs Loucas Fourlas and Michalis Hadjipandela organised an awareness event on the Cyprus issue at the European Parliament, they said on Tuesday. The event was organised at the European ...

Over the course of 63 years, Cyprus has recorded a significant drop in fatal accidents, indicating a positive trend in road safety, the transport ministry said on Tuesday. Since the establishment ...

A total of 50 patients positive with Covid-19 were being treated in public hospitals on Tuesday, Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said. The situation does not raise any concerns as none of ...

Towels and other personal items placed on sunbeds to ‘reserve’ them will be removed, Paralimni – Dherynia municipality announced on Tuesday. The phenomenon has been observed across many municipal beaches, an ...

Passenger complaints against poor treatment by airlines are at an all-time high, according to the Cyprus consumers association. Speaking to the CyBC on Tuesday, Virginia Christou, head of the consumer ...

In a letter it made public on Tuesday, Kition Ocean Holdings blamed authorities for botching the handover of operations and equipment at the Larnaca port and marina area, and said ...

The Cyprus distribution system operator expects a lower demand for electricity for Tuesday compared to the all-time record recorded the previous day, deputy spokesperson Rogiros Tapakis said. Temperatures on Tuesday ...

Promoting Cyprus’ geostrategic role as a pillar of stability and security in the region strengthens its own efforts for a viable and functional solution of the Cyprus problem, President Nikos ...

Further significant findings have emerged from the Palloures site in Chlorakas, in an archaeological mission originally dubbed a last-minute “rescue excavation” prior to the area being razed by bulldozers. The ...

Cyprus is among eight countries that have asked the EU to rethink its strategy on migrants from Syria, in a letter seen by the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Monday. ...

Cyprus’ tourism industry is eagerly awaiting to welcome Russians to the island, as stakeholders reap the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions, according to Moscow’s ambassador to Nicosia Murat Zyazikov. In ...

A memorial service was held on Monday in memory of the patients and staff killed during the July 20, 1974 bombings of the Athalassa psychiatric hospital by Turkish jets. The mental health ...

A 50-year struggle to see stolen antiquities returned to the island has finally come to a close, the director of the antiquities department said on Monday at a ceremony to ...

A 64-year-old woman died of heatstroke at Nicosia general hospital, while three others are in serious condition. State health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said the woman died on Sunday ...

A group representing the missing persons has called on EU MP Fidias Panayiotou to apologise to them on Monday, after they accused him of “mocking and disrespecting” them in a ...

Inspections carried out at beaches in Pervolia by officers of the environmental commissioner’s office on July 8 unveiled a series of violations, the office said on Monday. The inspections, which ...

This year’s Pancyprian Exams were conducted with complete success, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Monday as the results were announced. A total of 5,351 candidates sat the exams, which ...

In a few days time the annual spectacle of migrant swallows gathering in the village of Mesana in the Paphos district will again be visible, the community council has warned. ...

It is becoming clearer by the day that the two-state model is the only solution to the Cyprus problem, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on ...

Further identifications of missing people are expected soon, Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Anna Aristotelous said on Sunday, referring to the latest revelations from small fragments of bone. Small bones recently identified “...