#Cyprus

As Cyprus recovers from the disappointment over the failure to find commercially viable natural gas at the Electra-1 target, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou has said the outcome is not as ...

Cyprus has moved a step closer to joining the United States Visa Waiver Programme (VWP), following what President Nikos Christodoulides described as “absolutely constructive” talks with a visiting American delegation. ...

Recommendations included in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) report on Cyprus reaffirm the government’s “responsible fiscal policy”, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Many of the IMF recommendations ...

President Nikos Christodoulides confirmed on Tuesday he will meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on May 5 and expressed hope for progress on appointing a new UN envoy to support future ...

An estimated 2,000 Turkish Cypriots gathered outside the north’s ‘parliament’ on Monday evening for the first of the planned nightly lighting of fires to protest against the ruling coalition’s ...

A child who was turned away from a school in northern Nicosia when attempting to go to class wearing a hijab on Monday officially left the school. The girl had ...

Drilling at the Elektra-1 well offshore Cyprus has found natural gas but not in marketable quantities, the energy ministry stated on Monday. “Well data and preliminary evaluation work indicate the ...

A man was handed concurrent prison sentences, the longest of five years, for aiding and abetting 31 illegal immigrants from Syria entering the Republic of Cyprus by sea. The attorney-general’s ...

A 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in the Paphos district village of Chlorakas on Monday after stabbing two women in a pharmacy. According to the police, ...

Cyprus is “shocked and horrified by Russia’s strike targeting Sumy on Palm Sunday,” the foreign ministry said on Sunday night. In a post on X, the ministry said “such ...

Discussions about changing the dress code in secondary schools in the north under the ‘ministry of education’ are being politicised, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Sunday. According to ...

In 2019, a group of mates in Paphos set up a walking football club to keep fit, meet new people and continue playing football after the age of 50. Today, Pafos United ...

Police on Sunday arrested one more person in connection with the attempted eviction of a group of third-country nationals from a block of flats in Oroklini on April 5, which turned ...

A total of 11 Cypriots living in the UK were arrested in 2024 and the first two months of this year for sexual offences, a survey carried out by the Daily Mail ...

A team of experts from the US will visit Cyprus this week as part of ongoing efforts to include residents of the island in the Visa Waver Program (VWP), the ...

Wishing to correct “all the distorted things that are written and repeated,” former president Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday published an article outlining his view of what happened during the Cyprus ...

The custom of recreating the resurrection of Lazarus was revived again this year, after the end of the Palm Sunday service, in the courtyard of Ayios Stefanos church in Lemba. ...

“Together, we continue the work of solidarity, giving and humanity,” said President Nikos Christodoulides, addressing the opening ceremony of the 50th Christodoula march held at the Arodafnousa palliative care centre. ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested on Friday in connection with an investigation into the possession of protected wild birds and illegal explosives and firearms. The arrest followed a series of ...

Charalambos Pilakoutas Ltd has issued a new recall for 441 vehicles in Cyprus, following an important safety alert from the department of road transport. The recall affects BMW vehicles where the ...

The Cyprus federation of environmental organisations (Opok) has expressed its disappointment with the forestry department’s handling of the Akamas kiosks issue, accusing the department of ignoring institutional violations. In ...

Cyprus is waiting for an official update on Monday after disappointing news from a major offshore drilling project. The drilling at the “Electra” target in block 5 of the island’s ...

Climate change and the future of seas and oceans were discussed on Friday between European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis and president of the Cyprus Institute Stavros Malas, ...

In an article in MEES, Peter Stevenson reveals that ExxonMobil’s Electra well in block 5 was unsuccessful. It encountered gas, but not in commercial quantities. There were high expectations that ...