#Cyprus

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 ...

Anna Aristotelous’ position as acting permanent secretary of the defence ministry was terminated on Thursday by the Public Service Commission, which named Ellikos Elia to the post in addition to ...

Cyprus on Thursday bid farewell to a key figure in its modern healthcare history, Nikos Ioannou, who passed away, leaving behind a legacy of compassion, reform and service. He died ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday hailed the “American intervention” which brought about a ceasefire in the conflict between Iran and Israel earlier in the week. “We must start by welcoming ...

Conditional approval has been given for the construction of two towers on Larnaca’s beachfront by an Israeli-owned business. While little is known about the company, named Solvin Ltd, it ...

Commando squadron officer Marinos Ioannou will be handed his sentence on June 30, for the death of 27-year-old soldier Panayiotis Yiannios, who was critically injured during a helicopter training exercise in ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday met the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Europe Stephen Doughty in London. He is carrying out a visit to the UK ...

The number of people registered to vote in the north is exactly 215,611 as of May, Turkish Cypriot supreme court chief justice Bertan Ozerdag said. Speaking to the north’s public ...

MEMBERS of parliament on Wednesday discussed a new bill which, if passed, would tighten regulations on their own second jobs. The bill was put forward by Dipa MP Marinos Mousiouttas, ...

Supporting opposition candidate Tufan Erhurman at October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election is “the right thing to do”, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Wednesday. Speaking to Genc ...

The central government has allocated €8 million worth of funding to Cyprus’ five district governments to deal with “water supply and water loss issues”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. ...

A box file full of evidence was the central subject of Thursday’s court hearing of the trial of the 49-year-old woman who stands accused of having sold Greek Cypriot-owned ...