#Cyprus

Over 1.8 million people have visited Varosha since it was reopened for visitors in 2020, Turkish public service broadcaster TRT reported on Monday. Varosha had been empty since the Turkish invasion of ...

The Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff General Dimitrios Choupis and the Chief of the National Guard Lieutenant General Georgios Tsitsikostas took stock of the defence cooperation between ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Sunday that the state has no greater concern than the resolution of the Cyprus problem. “We assure the Cypriot people that there is no ...

Forget for a second the complexity of the coming elections for the new system of local government – the smorgasbord of different ballots, candidates galore, and so forth. Because it turns ...

Hundreds of people attended Nicosia’s pride parade on Saturday, marking 10 years since it was held for the first time. Waving the signature rainbow flag were also diplomats taking part ...

Former UN envoy to Cyprus Alexander Downer met Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar where they discussed it is time for “new ideas” around the Cyprus problem, it emerged on Saturday. ...

Dozens of animals were burned alive in the Ayios Sylas fire, it emerged on Saturday as a team from the veterinary services went to the area to document the damage. ...

There is no reason for workers hired by Kition Ocean Holdings to be concerned for the future of their employment, President Nikos Christodoulides stressed on Saturday, as he pledged the ...

There are no discussions of a “velvet divorce” with Chinese state-owned company CPP over the Vasiliko liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. “Efforts continue,” he ...

A drug squad officer has been found guilty of causing a road death at Larnaca district court, it emerged on Saturday. The 39-year-old policeman’s defence is expected to plead ...

Akel and Disy will fight out the MEP elections with them currently neck-and-neck, according to the latest CyBC poll, which shows Elam edging out Diko. The findings are based on ...

Cypriots have “no other choice” but to attempt to overturn the divided island’s status quo, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday. Speaking at the opening of a photographic exhibition ...

Cyprus is one of ten countries which fully implemented recommendations by the group of states against corruption (GRECO) of the Council of Europe where judges are concerned, though the country ...

Campaign launched to raise awareness on hepatitis and HIVBy Jonathan Shkurko The Cyprus Liver Patients and Friends Association ‘Prometheus’ and the HIV/AIDS Support Centre (KYFA) held a joint press ...

Rolling out Gesy five years ago has been one of the most significant social reforms Cyprus has ever undergone, with 92 per cent of the population saying it improved their quality ...

British newspaper the Independent on Thursday claimed a total of 50 British politicians have penned a letter to the country’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron, urging him to allow direct flights ...

Cypriots aged 20-64 worked an average of 38.5 hours per week in their main job in 2023, slightly above the EU average of 36.1 hours, according to data released by the EU’s ...

Statements by former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on the Cyprus issue, in which he blamed the Greek Cypriot side for the stalemate in the 2017 Crans-Montana talks, are his “personal ...

The hearing seeking to cancel the warrants that have frozen the assets of scandal-hit monks at Osiou Avakoum monastery was postponed again on Thursday at Nicosia district court.  The Legal ...

Small boat owners at the Larnaca marina on Thursday begged for the fees imposed on them for using the marina to be reduced. The fees were hiked by as much ...

Qatar has shown an interest in taking on the running of the Larnaca port, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Thursday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), he said ...

The first election results on June 9 are expected to come out by 7.30pm on Sunday night, the director of the elections service Menelaos Vasiliou said on Thursday. Final results are ...

The government has announced plans to create a food safety authority, with the health ministry currently aiming to submit a bill for its creation by the end of the year. ...

The Supreme Constitutional Court is set to announce its decision on June 5 on whether attorney-general George Savvides is constitutionally allowed to initiate dismissal proceedings against auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides. During Wednesday’...