#Cyprus

Law commissioner Louiza Christodoulidou Zannetou was on Tuesday acquitted of all charges against her regarding her failure to undergo a second breathalyser test when an initial reading showed she had ...

Five people arrested in a Europe-wide operation to uncover an international band promoting fake marriages, centred in Cyprus, were found guilty on Tuesday by the Larnaca criminal court. The court ...

The United States navy’s guided missile destroyer the USS Mahan arrived in Cyprus on Tuesday, the country’s embassy in Nicosia announced. The embassy said the ship is in ...

Half of the cars on Cyprus’ roads have been imported secondhand and, despite efforts to move forward with the replacement of faulty Takata airbags following deaths and injuries, Transport Minister ...

The planned electricity cable which will link Turkey and the north “will not compete” with the Great Sea Interconnector project, which is planned to link Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, energy ...

The finance ministry has asked “reasonable questions” regarding the Great Sea Interconnector project in its letter to the energy ministry, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday. Speaking to CyBC ...

The Pancyprian Organisation of the Deaf has expressed “outrage” and “profound disappointment” over what it describes as the systematic removal of accessibility measures for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals by the ...

The Supreme Judicial Council on Monday objected to an appeal by Doria Varoshiotou against its decision not to proceed with her permanent appointment and to terminate her term as district ...

The justice ministry said is taking active measures to address the overcrowding of prisons, an issue Cyprus has been slammed for in a Council of Europe report, it said on ...

At €277 per person, Cyprus is amongst the three countries with the lowest spending on family benefits within the EU, data published by the EU’s statistical service Eurostat on Monday ...

A new law requiring countdown timers on traffic lights monitored by cameras is unconstitutional, the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Monday. The law, passed by the House of Representatives on ...

The mismanagement of the military has been “disastrous” for Cyprus, which continues to stand against Turkey’s policy with “contradictory and vague declarations, and unfulfilled promises”, the Cyprus Centre for ...

The labour ministry on Monday stepped up efforts to find a compromise on the future of the Cost of Living allowance (Cola) as hotel unions continued to threaten to strike. ...

Statements made by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to the north on Sunday were branded a “blatant offence to international and European law,” by government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis ...

The way a society takes care of the mentally ill is a measure of its culture, Health Minister Michalis Damianos said on Monday at a memorial service for those killed ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday paid tribute to the 16 Greek soldiers killed during the invasion as a service was held at the Ayia Sophia church in Strovolos to repatriate their ...

The mother of the late national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou has published a statement on social media, claiming fresh scientific evidence points to strangulation as the cause of her son’s ...

Two small mobile desalination units are expected to start operating this week in Potima, aiming to solve long-standing water shortages in the Peyia area. The news comes as two additional ...

A 74-year-old man’s car exploded at 12:30am in Larnaca on Monday morning with early investigations suggesting that it was caused maliciously. “The explosion was caused by an improvised explosive ...

Monday morning will see local fog and low clouds, with the sky clearing up in most areas of the island during the day, although there is still a chance of ...

July 20 marks 51 years since Turkish forces invaded Cyprus in 1974, dividing the island and leaving thousands dead, missing or displaced. For one family in the Limassol district, the trauma was particularly ...

President Nikos Christodoulides revealed on Saturday evening that a proposal submitted to the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, for the creation of a fact-finding committee on missing persons was met ...

Εgypt, Israel and the State of Palestine have expressed their support in efforts for peace in Cyprus, invited to comment on the 51st anniversary of the coup and the Turkish ...

Yiannos Oxinos, the father of Kyriakos who was killed in a Takata airbag accident, praises the public inquiry but says there remain serious unanswered questions The other day I was ...