#Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Monday that he would “never accept” the appointment of a United Nations special envoy to Cyprus. Tatar was speaking at Ercan (Tymbou) airport ...

Deputy government spokeswoman Doxa Komodromou has resigned from her position, the presidential palace said on Monday. She submitted her resignation in the morning, and it was accepted by the President ...

The body of a British national who was found dead in Paphos in May will be cremated in her hometown of Stockport on Tuesday. Ann Naisbitt, 79, was initially reported missing ...

Charges against Iosif Iosif (known as Sifis) were withdrawn at Nicosia criminal court on Monday, over an attempted murder case against Nicos Rodotheou in 2018. In total 13 charges against Iosif were ...

A crackdown against illegal and undeclared work over the past month has led to €157,900 in fines being imposed with 418 employers inspected and 1387 workers checked. A whopping 40.6 per cent of the ...

Immigrants who maintain close links with Turkey are reportedly on a list of monitored foreign nationals confirmed by police, it emerged on Monday. Police confirmed reports on Sunday that security ...

The demand for Cyprus halloumi in foreign markets is steadily growing, with exports in the first four months of 2023 amounting to €112 million, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenofontos said. Speaking at an ...

Six bird species have stopped breeding on the island over the past seven decades, reducing the robustness of Cyprus’ ecosystems immeasurably, Birdlife Cyprus told the Cyprus Mail. “Since 1950, we have ...

Cyprus’ capital city boasts just four per cent of tree coverage Whenever a data collection company releases a table of statistics regarding tree coverage or green spaces in European cities, ...

A pilot programme in Larnaca has seen numbers of the pests reduced A programme to battle increasing numbers of mosquitos on the island is already showing results, with a notable ...

Police task force cracking down on illegal trade With drug busts on an almost daily basis and increasingly large stashes found, the island’s police drugs task force has painted ...

Police confirmed reports on Sunday that they maintain a list of foreign nationals suspected of possible links to terrorist groups abroad. In statements to the Cyprus News Agency following a ...

Organic production in Cyprus has made huge strides in the past two decades, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Sunday during the first annual organic farming festival in Denia. The ...

The north’s universities are facing crises ahead of the start of the new academic year in October, with financial and administrative issues plaguing its largest academic institutions. The Eastern ...

Jack Straw’s comments in the article Former British foreign secretary calls for two-state solution to Cyprus problem (September 7, 2023) present an inaccurate narrative riddled with omissions. Straw singles out Cyprus ...

Dear Nikos and Ersin, Hello. We are Doga and Liana: two Cypriot teenagers from both sides of the divide. In light of the general assembly in New York, we are ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received two refusals from the Turkish Cypriot side and one ‘yes’ and one ‘no’ from Turkey to two proposals related to a joint meeting with the ...

In England this happened in 1999 and in Cyprus this month so it was about time The administration of civil justice in the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has a brand new ...

THE ENGLISH translation of the first name of the deputy government spokesperson, Doxa Komodromou, is ‘glory,’ which is rather unfortunate considering she did not cover herself in glory with her ...

After a week of wall-to-wall Cyprob contacts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Nikos Christodoulides is coming home with another pocket full of wishes ...

President Christodoulides will return from New York empty-handed, despite the expectations he raised about a breakthrough on the Cyprus issue, because of his refusal to put his positive agenda into ...

Health Minister Popi Kanari instructed the national health insurance organisation (HIO) on Saturday to present her with a study on the basic national health scheme (Gesy) services to be offered ...

European Parliament (EP) President Roberta Metsola on Saturday sent a message to Famagustians that the EP’s position on the reunification of Cyprus remained unwavering. According to an announcement by ...

Well-known Cypriot tetraplegic mouth painter Kyriacos Kyriacou from has died aged 67 after being hospitalised for the past ten months at the Nicosia general hospital, his family announced on Saturday. “He ...