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A 35-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday by the Paphos permanent criminal court after being found guilty in an attempted murder case linked to an attack ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman issued strong criticism of Israel and regional security developments on Tuesday, saying he does not trust “any government that kills children” while lambasting the Republic’...

Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos met Disy leader Annita Demetriou on Tuesday, as discussions regarding who will support whom when parliament elects its president next week commenced. Papadopoulos confirmed that he ...

Almost 15 per cent of the Cyprus population – 14.9 per cent – were at risk of poverty in 2025, ranking the island below the European Union average of 16.4 per cent, Eurostat data published on ...

Owners of dangerous and neglected buildings were urged on Tuesday to carry out immediate repair and maintenance work after a series of structural incidents in Larnaca raised concerns over public ...

Five more individuals are currently undergoing identification at the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) laboratory, with officials confirming on Tuesday that 26 excavation missions have already been completed since the start ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Tuesday denied that he plans to leave Dipa after the party lost all its seats at Sunday’s parliamentary election, with it having been rumoured ...

Tensions between Dipa and the Presidential Palace escalated on Tuesday after senior party figure Marinos Cleanthous accused members of President Nikos Christodoulides’ cadre of supporting rival parties during the parliamentary ...

The lack of a refrigerator to store dead bodies in the morgue at Paphos general hospital needs to be resolved immediately, the town’s mayor Angelos Onisiforou said on Tuesday. “...

Cyprus was the first European Union member state to activate the bloc’s new secure government satellite communications service, according to the head of the European Union Agency for the ...

A number of projects aimed at easing traffic congestion in Limassol will be set in motion, the government pledged on Monday. Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades held a brainstorming meeting with ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides warned on Monday that new tobacco and nicotine products are targeting young people through social media, flavourings and attractive packaging. Speaking ahead of World No Tobacco ...

Eleven women on Sunday secured seats in Cyprus’ new House of Representatives, marking the highest level of female parliamentary representation in the country’s history, though women still account for ...

The Nicosia permanent criminal court on Monday unanimously ruled that Giorgos Christodoulou, also known as Zavrantonas, will remain in custody pending the retrial of the high-profile case concerning the importation ...

A drug trafficking sentence for possession of 12.9kg cannabis was increased from nine to 12 years on Monday by the court of appeal. During his initial trial, the defendant admitted possession ...

Rainfall recorded across Cyprus so far in May has reached 220 per cent of the monthly average, data released on Monday showed. Between May 1 and Monday, average rainfall was 43.2 millimetres, significantly ...

A by-election will be called for the position of deputy mayor of the Nicosia suburb of Aglandjia after the position’s previous holder was elected as a member of parliament ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Monday telephoned both Disy leader Annita Demetriou and Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou to congratulate them on their results in Sunday’s parliamentary election. Erhurman’...

Newly elected Maronite Cypriot non-voting representative in parliament Petros Nacouzi said that it is both a “great honour” and a “great responsibility” to represent the island’s Maronite community in ...

Social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou is to forego the seat in parliament which he won at Sunday’s election, instead choosing to serve out the remainder of his term as ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday congratulated Disy and its leader Annita Demetriou for finishing in first place in Sunday’s parliamentary election, describing the result as a “victory” ...

Turkish Cypriots of most political colours reacted with indignation and horror over the weekend after an Ankara court annulled the results of Turkey’s largest opposition political party the CHP’...

While social media influencer Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy Cyprus achieved a respectable if unspectacular sixth place nationwide at Sunday’s parliamentary election, his party topped the polls in Meniko, ...

The Fire Service determined there will be no repeat of recent fire tragedies As Cyprus heads towards another long, dry summer, authorities say preparations for the 2026 fire season are ready, ...