#Cyprus

Banks as well as government officials on Monday all but gave the thumbs-down to the idea of taxing the windfall profits of commercial lenders, a proposal brought by opposition party ...

Unficyp chief and the UN Special Representative on Cyprus Colin Stewart said on Monday that he is concerned over increased militarisation of the buffer zone, seemingly caused by the stalled ...

There has been a ‘systemic issue’ in not granting auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides access to key data, the Supreme Constitutional Court heard on Monday, as the case filed for his dismissal ...

The first planning permit was issued on Monday through the fresh district organisation umbrella system, which ushered in a new era for local administration. Newly elected district governors, leading this ...

Delays have pushed the completion of a Nicosia highway ring road further down the line, with a new request for placing the deadline to August 5. The transport and works ministry ...

Candidates in key constituencies in North London are focusing their campaigns on the significant British-Cypriot population ahead of the upcoming UK general election. In particular, Chipping Barnet – also known as ...

Nicosia’s newly appointed mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Monday expressed strong confidence in the success of local government reform in the capital. During the handover ceremony, Prontzos also underlined his ...

Three and a half million euro has been spent to upgrade the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) police station in Dhekelia, it was announced on Monday. The upgraded station will accommodate ...

A group of 65 students and six teachers from the English School who became stranded in Switzerland are safe at their hotel, and arrangements are being made for their return, foreign ...

Outrage was expressed on Sunday at the way some people live after it emerged that some were occupying an abandoned hotel in Limassol. Former general secretary of the Diko party ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will on Monday afternoon receive Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart. The meeting, which is to take place at the presidential palace, is ...

It was, as they say, a ‘crossing the Rubicon’ moment. I was trying to organise a short trip to Rome (speaking of Caesars, and Rubicons), and having trouble finding a ...

Five Syrians arrested after a large fight broke out in Limassol were remanded in police custody for eight days on Sunday by the Limassol district court. The fight among an ...

The government will stand by the new local government leaders to achieve local authority reform, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. The reformed bodies and officials will begin operation on ...

The island’s EOKA headquarters should be declared a historical protected monument, the Association of Fighters of the City and District of Limassol (Sapel) has said. It is also collecting ...

Britain has used RAF Akrotiri to send over 80 military transport planes to Beirut since the bombing of Gaza began, the Declassified UK website has reported. According to the website, there ...

Cyprus’ permanent mission to the United Nations has confirmed the protection of human rights is among the island’s foreign policy priorities. The comments were made as Nicosia presented its ...

A 26-year-old man has been arrested after a 19-year-old reported that she had been raped. According to the police, he was arrested on Saturday night after an arrest warrant was ...

Minster calls on striking doctors to consider consequences The health minister has called on doctors set to strike this coming week to think of the consequences of their actions. Commenting ...

After the dispersal of morning mist, the weather will be fine for the rest of the day in most places. After noon clouds and isolated storms will develop over the ...

A US State Department report published on Saturday said that Cyprus needs to encourage greater access to religious sites on both sides of the divide and reduce discrimination against minority ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that if Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar wanted the Mia Milia checkpoint to “truly” open he could have already done so. Christodoulides, speaking at ...

Hundreds of people have been repatriated after they were found to be living illegally in the Republic of Cyprus, it was reported on Saturday. According to a police announcement, 201 people ...

The ‘stop-start’ US temporary pier off the coast of Gaza was due to be towed back to Ashdod in Israel yet again due to high seas expected over the weekend, ...