#Cyprus

Police on Thursday detained six Israeli nationals after they reportedly caused disruption to a flight bound for Tel Aviv. They are all teenagers. Israeli news outlet Ynet quoted one of ...

The fisheries department on Friday responded to a social media post picked up by news sources, following the publication of a photo showing turtle tracks on an organised beach in ...

Occupancy rates in Ayia Napa hotels are now similar to those seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, mayor Christos Zannetou said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Zannettou explained ...

The cybercrime police on Friday said it had made no request for the parody social media account Jho Low Presidential Godson to be closed. “Our aim was not to silence ...

The forestry department on Thursday said the recent spate of devastating wildfires that have ravaged Cyprus over the past days must serve as a wakeup call for collective reflection and ...

The Chinese-led consortium with the contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Vasilikos have just filed a new timetable, promising to deliver the project by July 2024, the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a case brought forward by Turkish Cypriots in mixed marriages with Turkish nationals seeking Cyprus citizenship for their children, citing that the individuals involved ...

Six fans of the Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv were arrested in Larnaca on Wednesday, during checks ahead of entering a match against Aek Larnaca. One of the six ...

The European Commission will continue to call on Turkey to fully and speedily implement all European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgements, the Commission said in a letter, expressing its ...

Cyprus police have filed a complaint against the “Jho Low Presidential Godson” parody account on X, formerly known as Twitter, they said on Wednesday. The parody account posted the complaint ...

EU member state officials are free to meet with anyone they think necessary bilaterally, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said on Wednesday, commenting on the visit of the highly controversial ...

A 45-year-old man was arrested under suspicion of drug possession, after police found cannabis plants and packages in his home, authorities said on Wednesday. According to police, the drug squad ...

The Leventis Foundation was handed a substantial fine on Wednesday after being found guilty of breaching health and safety legislation. An official statement released by the labour ministry’s department ...

Cyprus along with all countries that imposed sanctions on Russia have had their double taxation agreements suspended, an announcement from the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The decree was signed ...

Foreign firefighting aircraft began departing from Cyprus on Wednesday, as the fire in the Alassa dam area of Limassol that has been burning since last week has now been put ...

The government’s deputy spokesperson Doxa Komodromou has said the ongoing row between health minister Popi Kanari and the ministry’s permanent secretary Christina Yiannaki is an “internal matter for ...

The organised beach in Gialia is not compliant with the restrictions set to protect the turtles that nest on it, it emerged on social media on Wednesday. A series of ...

Dozens if not hundreds of unpaid Covid-19 fines are pending in court, while a judge has stated that re-registering the cases would burden the state with unnecessary costs. The issue ...

By Efi Xanthou On July 12, 2023 the European Parliament adopted the Nature Restoration Law. This was excellent news since there was a big push from specific European political parties and lobby ...

Electrical interconnections have a critical role to play in our collective efforts to achieve climate neutrality, according to Andreas Poullikkas, Chairman of the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA). Poullikkas explained ...

The full results of the 2021 census will be ready by March 2024, a Statistical service (Cystat) representative said on Tuesday, meaning they will meet a hard deadline set by the European ...

A 31-year-old woman was rescued from the caves at Cape Greco, Ayia Napa on Tuesday after she sustained an injury and had to be transported to the hospital. The joint ...

Drivers got hit with substantial price hikes at the petrol pump on Tuesday, with officials saying the public should probably brace for even more bad news. Spokesman for the association ...

Reports of a conflict between the two most senior officials at the health ministry over allegations of forged credentials gained renewed traction on Tuesday. Health Minister Popi Kanari’s comments ...