#Cyprus

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, ...

An architectural design tender was launched on Friday for the remodelling and expansion of the labour ministry while maintaining the building’s identity and historical character. The original form of ...

The EU Commission is closely monitoring the situation of the ‘buffer zone migrants’ who continue to be stranded in the Green Line amid ongoing extreme weather warnings, it emerged on ...

By Robert Morgan Around 4,000 more positions in Cypriot hotels have been filled in the first three months of this year than last after the foreign worker application process was streamlined, ...

An important artefact of the island’s maritime history, the long-serving fishing trawler Lambousa, was transferred to the old port of Limassol and relaunched on Friday. The boat, the only ...

The National Council will convene next Friday following President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin in Brussels, it emerged on Friday. The ...

Around 50 people were involved in a fight in Limassol police said on Friday, as two people ended up hospitalised for their injuries. Officers were alerted at 9:15pm on Thursday night ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić on Monday. Burić, who will be on an official visit to the island from ...

Nineteen football clubs collectively owe the state some €33 million in taxes, and their repayment conduct does not bode well for the future, the Audit Office has said. The auditor-general’s ...

Traffic violations caught on camera and the fines they entail were among proposals discussed at the House on Thursday, with transport minister Alexis Vafeades pledging to return with an official ...

With third country nationals receiving their work permits earlier through expedited procedures, the tourism industry is fully staffed and ready for the summer wave of tourists. Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou ...