#Cyprus

Cyprus’ holding of the Council of the European Union’s presidency in the first half of next year will be “of crucial importance” for efforts to achieve unanimity among the ...

The north’s ‘health ministry’ issued an official denial that there had been a chlorine gas leak at the Teknecik power station in Kyrenia after four people had been hospitalised ...

Cyprus Turkish bar association chairman Hasan Esendagli late on Wednesday night visited Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north, who was ...

The road transport department (TOM) on Wednesday addressed reports that registration permits had not been renewed despite payments having been made, saying that efforts to resolve the issue were underway. “...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday evening assured that there were no differences with the Greek government regarding the Great Sea Interconnector project. Greek Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis had earlier ...

The drinking water supply in the Oroklini area of Larnaca will be reduced due to repair works carried out by the water development department on Thursday, Larnaca’s district government ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday formally announced the appointment of Senegalese diplomat Khassim Diagne as UN special representative and head of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp). Diagne, who ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday announced that former brigadier Paris Markou would be running as a Disy candidate in the Famagusta district. “[Makrou] is a man who has served ...

A 33-year-old woman who was driving on the Nicosia – Limassol highway near Ayios Tychonas collided with a truck on Wednesday morning, with police later determining that she was driving with ...

The unaudited status of the attorney-general is not included in the package of bills on the reform of the legal service, which is set to be discussed on September 10 at ...

Students studying at public universities in Cyprus face acute problems in finding housing close to their faculty, the House education committee warned in a meeting on Wednesday. “There are excellent ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday evening made an appeal to both trade unions and employers, urging them to exercise patience in the face of ongoing differences in the context of ...

Greek Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis on Wednesday called on the Cypriot government to “clarify its position” over the Great Sea Interconnector project. The project, if completed, will connect the ...

A 56-year-old man on Wednesday was handed two consecutive prison sentences of ten years each for the two charges of manslaughter for his role in connection with two murders in ...

Ninety-five per cent of families displaced by the wildfire which tore through the Limassol district in July have now received a lump sum payment from the government, President Nikos Christodoulides ...

Parents of more than 6,000 pupils in Western Limassol municipality have threatened to keep their children home from school on Friday unless the local school authority resolves ongoing staffing and administrative ...

Social welfare services (SWS) on Wednesday faced renewed scrutiny after a father walked into the office of the commissioner for children’s rights on Monday morning with his six-year-old son, ...

The military court case regarding the alleged illegal entry into the north of five Greek Cypriots who were arrested near Trikomo in July was on Wednesday adjourned for a week ...

Every year, over 250 attacks on police officers are recorded, many of which reach the courts, official data published on Wednesday showed, with six cases reported in just five days in ...

An 85-year-old man from Kato Pyrgos was found dead after his car fell into a ravine, police confirmed on Wednesday. Police said the man, identified as Spyros Zambas, left his ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Tuesday warned of “consequences” for any “third country” which seeks to obstruct the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector, which, if complete, will link ...

Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman said that the policies being followed by incumbent Ersin Tatar are turning the north into an “open-air prison”. “There have been no ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou will hold separate meetings with workers and employers over the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA) with the aim of staving off the looming three-hour general strike over the ...

A father took his underage child to the office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights wanting to leave the child there as he could not care for it properly, ...