#Cyprus

One of the five Greek Cypriots arrested in the north in July was taken to hospital on Tuesday at the end of the day’s court hearing. The five appeared ...

The government expects delivery of a report on the status of the half-finished LNG infrastructure at Vasiliko sometime in the next few days, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou told MPs on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday he has zero tolerance for corruption. “When the Cypriot people decide that I will not be President of the Republic, the most important thing ...

By Michele Kambas and Yiannis Kourtoglou Saint Nicholas church in the hills above Limassol, normally submerged in the Kouris Reservoir, offers a stark glimpse of the worsening water crisis in ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou is scheduled to meet with representatives of the secondary school teaching union Oelmek to discuss the latest evaluation scheme for teachers and educational work on Tuesday. ...

Police on Tuesday morning arrested a 23-year-old foreign national in connection with the attempted murder of a security guard and the arson of four cars belonging to a rental company ...

Police on Monday night fired warning shots after an intended vehicle check escalated into a chase in the Paphos area. A 32-year-old driver failed to comply with police instructions after ...

Deputy Shipping Minister Marina Hadjimanoli will be travelling to Saudia Arabia on Tuesday to participate as a speaker at the second edition of the sustainable maritime industry conference, starting in ...

The five elderly Greek Cypriots who were arrested for alleged espionage in the north on July 19 are due to appear before court in the north for the proceedings of their ...

On Tuesday the skies will remain clear with temperatures reaching up to 37 degrees Celsius inland, around 33 degrees on the east, north and south coast and around 31 degrees on the west ...

Rare marine habitats have been discovered off the southern coast of Cyprus, scientists said on Monday, which highlight both the richness and fragility of the island’s seas. The Marine &...

One in three women in Europe has suffered some form of violence, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Monday launching a Cyprus campaign against sexism. Only one in eight reports ...

A 20-year-old British woman has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after an incident of assault in the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA). She has appeared before a bases court, ...

A protest by activists angered by the government’s response to the war in Gaza began on Monday and will continue opposite the presidential palace throughout the week. “We begin ...

Larnaca’s district government organisation (EOA) on Monday filed a lawsuit against the metal recycling factory in Aradippou where an explosion injured three people on Friday for operating without a ...

It is “impossible to control everything and for everything to run perfectly” during a wildfire of the magnitude of that which tore through the Limassol district and killed two people ...

Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis on Monday said the prospect of a cabinet reshuffle is “clearly a matter for the president”. Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of an anti-sexism ...

Across the EU, 12.2 per cent of the population reported that pollution, grime or environmental issues affected their household in 2023, a decrease from 15.1 per cent in 2019, Eurostat announced on Monday. In ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday reacted to online criticism of the rendition of the Greek national anthem at Saturday’s basketball match between the national teams of Greece and ...

The deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos has still not received an official invite to appeal against his dismissal at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, his lawyer Evangelia Poulla said on Monday. ...

The number of people registered to vote in the north was exactly 217,056 as of the end of July, Turkish Cypriot supreme court chief justice Bertan Ozerdag said. That figure is ...

Paphos deputy mayor Angelos Onisiforou called for action to be taken over a “serious staff shortage” at the town’s airport. Speaking to local news website Pafosnet, he said the ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said he is “satisfied and proud” with progress made on the Cyprus problem in recent months. “The efforts made by the Greek foreign ministry at ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel questioned in a statement released on the occasion of World Peace Day whether Akel would still exist if Turkey had not invaded Cyprus ...