Cyprus News
The island's latest: politics, economy, society, incidents and business — updated throughout the day.
PoliticsUN envoy Holguin reschedules talks with Famagusta and Morphou mayors ahead of Monday leaders’ meeting
Maria Angela Holguin has moved her first meetings with the displaced municipalities of Famagusta and Morphou to Tuesday while finalising the agenda for Monday's trilateral meeting.
CultureCyprus activist groups urge CyBC to quit Eurovision unless Israel’s KAN is excluded
BDS Cyprus and ten other organisations have asked CyBC to pull out of Eurovision unless Israel's public broadcaster…
WorldVance Turns to His Own Policy Themes as Republicans Lose Control of Congress
After Republicans lost Congress in the midterms, Vice President JD Vance blamed the Iran war and set out…
PoliticsFidan Downplays Dispute With Athens as French Survey Ship Leaves Heraklion for Cable Work
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the Navtex dispute over surveys for the Greece-Cyprus power cable is not…
PoliticsChristodoulides Says Cyprus Wants to Settle Status of British Bases and Backs UK Return to EU
In an interview with The Observer, President Nikos Christodoulides said Cyprus wants to resolve the status of the…
WorldSatellites Find Major Methane Leaks at Turkey’s Landfills Ahead of COP31 in Antalya
Satellite data show large methane releases from landfills near Istanbul and other Turkish cities, even where gas capture…
WorldBritain to host Zelenskiy for state visit next year, Financial Times reports
The Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter, that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will…
PoliticsFrench vessel Abeille Marengo to start Greece-Cyprus cable seabed surveys from Heraklion
The Abeille Marengo is due to leave Heraklion for Kasos to survey the seabed for the Great Sea…
IncidentsFour arrested in overnight police operations across Cyprus on Friday
Police arrested four people on Friday night for offences including theft, illegal residence and drink-driving, and booked 102…
IncidentsMan, 30, arrested in Larnaca with 2,000 packs of contraband cigarettes in his car
Police in Larnaca arrested a 30-year-old man on Friday after finding 2,000 packs of contraband cigarettes and 54…
SocietyArchbishopric seeks permit to renovate Phaneromeni school in Nicosia for University of Cyprus
The archbishopric has filed a planning application to renovate the old Phaneromeni school and build a public square,…