#Cyprus

A new pedestrian bridge built over the Karkotis river was inaugurated on Saturday by Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades in the village of Kaliana. “Until now, residents have been crossing the ...

A high-speed race unfolded on Saturday morning when a 14-year-old was spotted driving a car in Nicosia, and sped off from police trying to stop him in a highway chase ...

Israel’s ambassador to Cyprus Oren Anolik on Saturday claimed a campaign is underway to discredit his remarks which were a reaction to comments earlier in the week by a ...

Six people were arrested and remanded in custody on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into serious criminal offences, including corruption, illegal possession of property, and money laundering, police ...

A 31-year-old man was robbed while walking along Tasos Mitsopoulos Avenue near the Medieval Castle in Larnaca in the early hours of Saturday. According to police, two unidentified individuals approached ...

On Saturday, the weather will be mostly clear, with some localized low cloud likely forming along parts of the coastline. Temperatures will reach extremely high levels, climbing to 41 degrees Celsius ...

“I need to be released from here,” was the last message received by the Cyprus Mail from Katina Baird, the Larnaca restaurateur (owner of Katina’s Tasty Food Caribbean restaurant) ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Friday made public his objections to the government’s planned reforms to the legal service. Attending a roundtable discussion at the University of Cyprus on the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos hopes that over the next few days there will be announcements for humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza through Cyprus’ Amalthea plan and that 1,200 tonnes ...

Forthcoming environmental taxation, commonly known as ‘green taxes’, are “very difficult to cancel” in their entirety despite efforts in Europe to water them down, according to reports on Friday. The ...

The north’s supreme administrative court on Friday ruled to cancel the tender which had been put out for the construction of a new marina worth €300 million in the Kyrenia ...

Two thousand euros were stolen from the bank account of a 56-year-old man in Paphos in a text message scam on Thursday. Upon receiving a misleading text message, the man ...

The House of Representatives on Thursday has ratified two landmark agreements with Greece enhancing cross-border cooperation for kidney and lung transplants. The agreement allows for organ transplant exchanges between incompatible ...

Cyprus has taken a decisive step to reshape its urban landscape after Parliament on Thursday passed the urban development zones bill, it was reported on Friday. The interior ministry hailed ...

The tax department is “putting the final touches” on bills which, if passed into law, will bring about sweeping changes to Cyprus’ tax system, according to reports on Friday. The ...

Tensions have escalated within the Church after lawyer for former bishop of Paphos Tychikos, Evangelia Poulla, accused Archbishop Georgios of intimidation and unfair treatment, it was reported on Friday. Poulla ...

A video circulating on social media of President Nikos Christodoulides speaking to RIK journalist Stavros Kyprianou is fake, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Friday, adding that it had been ...

Nicosia woke up on Friday wrapped in a thick veil of fog, with reduced visibility across the city. The phenomenon, known as convective fog, is common during the summer and ...

Mosaics outside a studio in Ibrahim Khan in Paphos’ historical centre disappeared last week in what seemed to be a municipality purge to rid the area of posters and flyers ...

A new scientific study on the situation in Pissouri village – where land slippage has made many residences unsafe for habitation – has been finished and is now under review, MPs heard ...

Two minors, aged 17 and 15, were seriously injured on Wednesday night during a fight in a carpark next to the unaccompanied minors shelter in Larnaca where they live. The 17-year-old is ...

Attorney-General George Savvides on Thursday urged new lawyers not to fall victim to misinformation on social media. In a videotaped address to newly registered lawyers played at their swearing in ...

The European People’s Party on Thursday offered its support to Cyprus’ efforts to join Europe’s Schengen zone. In its resolutions at the end of its summit, which brought ...

Europe “cannot remain an awkward spectator” amid “dangerous events” ongoing in the Middle East, House president Annita Demetriou said on Thursday. In a video uploaded to her social media channels ...