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18 December, 2025
 

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Larnaca airport security exercise exposes gaps, as dummy bomb passed undetected

Larnaca airport security exercise exposes gaps, as dummy bomb passed undetected

A secret exercise conducted by the airport security directorate at police headquarters on March 9 exposed security gaps at Larnaca airport, leaving officials exposed. ...

UNFICYP fails to stop illegal activities in buffer zone

UNFICYP fails to stop illegal activities in buffer zone

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cyprus has expressed serious concern over the United Nations Peacekeeping Force's (UNFICYP) failure to stop illegal activities taking place in a stadium located in the buffer zone in Nicosia, despite repeated representations by the ministry....

Trump makes history: Former president indicted

Trump makes history: Former president indicted

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. This comes after years of investigations into his personal, political, and business dealings and an abrupt jolt to his bid to retake the White House. ...

Newly appointed presidential advisors to work pro bono

Newly appointed presidential advisors to work pro bono

President Nikos Christodoulidis has appointed two new special advisors to his team to help with economic affairs and crisis management, respectively....

Cyprus and Israel thankful for mutual support

Cyprus and Israel thankful for mutual support

The relations between Cyprus and Israel will flourish even more, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen who arrived Thursday on the island ahead of a tripartite meeting between Cyprus, Israel and Greece said, also noting that Cyprus is a safe place for Israelis...

President wants top technocrats advising him on CyProb

President wants top technocrats advising him on CyProb

President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that the National Security Council that is to be set up will consist mainly of technocrats and will further strengthen the work of the National Council, the top advisory body to the President as regards the Cyprus issue...

Greek defense minister to visit Turkey as tension wanes

Greek defense minister to visit Turkey as tension wanes

Greece’s defense minister announced Thursday that he will travel to neighboring Turkey next week as part of an effort to ease tension between the two NATO members, which have long-standing and often volatile disputes...

New Jersey and Cyprus armies tie the knot

New Jersey and Cyprus armies tie the knot

Cyprus and US relations have never been stronger, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus Michalis Giorgallas has stressed during the signing ceremony of a State Partnership Program between the Republic of Cyprus and the New Jersey National Guard...

U.S. reporter arrested and accused of spying in Russia

U.S. reporter arrested and accused of spying in Russia

Russia on Thursday charged an American correspondent for the Wall Street Journal with spying, in a case certain to escalate Moscow's diplomatic feud with Washington over the war in Ukraine and likely to further isolate Russia....

Dendias to meet Cypriot and Israeli counterparts in Nicosia

Dendias to meet Cypriot and Israeli counterparts in Nicosia

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will participate in the Trilateral Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, which will take place in Nicosia on Friday, March 31....

President briefs political leaders on Cyprus and other issues

President briefs political leaders on Cyprus and other issues

The President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, chaired the first session of the National Council at the Presidential Palace on Thursday morning (30/03). ...

Eurostat: Cyprus 3rd highest percentage of foreign-born citizens

Eurostat: Cyprus 3rd highest percentage of foreign-born citizens

Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union, has released data showing that Cyprus is one of the top countries in the EU for migration....

Cabinet cracks down on stadium violence

Cabinet cracks down on stadium violence

Following the riots inside and outside the Eleftheria stadium, the government places the fight against violence in sports venues squarely on the shoulders of the police. ...

Greek Cypriot protesters slam Tatar in London

Greek Cypriot protesters slam Tatar in London

A group of Greek Cypriot protesters in the United Kingdom attempted to block on Wednesday the vehicle of Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, who traveled to London to speak at an event...

'Property issues can only be resolved through reunification'

'Property issues can only be resolved through reunification'

The UK Minister for Europe Leo Docherty has described the property issue in the occupied part of Cyprus as “one of the most complex and sensitive subjects in the Cyprus Problem” and said that the most effective way to resolve it is through reunification talks....

Agency owner arrested as new visa scandal unfolds

Agency owner arrested as new visa scandal unfolds

Cyprus Police have arrested an agency owner in Limassol in connection with an investigation into document fraud, after it emerged that foreign delivery drivers had sought to obtain or renew permits through his office...

Police investigate death in Chloraka apartment fire

Police investigate death in Chloraka apartment fire

A foreign man was found dead in an apartment in Chloraka on Wednesday, after neighbors reported a fire, but a preliminary investigation raised more questions than answers as to the cause of fire or time and manner of death...

Turkish flag pulled down ahead of event in Paphos

Turkish flag pulled down ahead of event in Paphos

A Turkish flag hoisted in Paphos as part of an international cycling event was pulled down within minutes, stirring controversy within the city council and prompting the mayor himself to weigh in...

Driver in double hit and run guilty of manslaughter

Driver in double hit and run guilty of manslaughter

A man who was detained in a double hit and run fatality in December 2021 was found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday, with Paphos police still unable to locate the first car that struck a local woman unconscious...

FinMin stresses importance of stable legislation for out-of-court auctions

FinMin stresses importance of stable legislation for out-of-court auctions

The Finance Ministry has stressed the importance of having stable legislation regulating out-of-court auctions, in tandem with an effective insolvency framework in order to achieve a reduction of bad loans....

Nicosia vies for European Capital of Culture 2030

Nicosia vies for European Capital of Culture 2030

Nicosia has been nominated for the European Capital of Culture 2030 title. The Nicosia For Art company has been tasked with preparing and submitting the application by the decision of the City Council. ...

Ministry of Labor building may not be structurally sound

Ministry of Labor building may not be structurally sound

The House of Representatives Internal Affairs Committee sounded the alarm on Cyprus and Public Services' degree of preparedness in the event of strong seismic activity following a meeting on March 16. ...

Barack Obama: Murdoch divided Western societies

Barack Obama: Murdoch divided Western societies

Barack Obama has suggested that Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has led to greater polarization in western societies through news coverage designed to “make people angry and resentful”....

EC: Head of transport to resign over free trips to Qatar

EC: Head of transport to resign over free trips to Qatar

The European Commission's top transport official is expected to resign after his decision to accept free air travel to Qatar while his team was negotiating a major aviation deal with the Gulf state....

More Cypriots concerned over country's course, says Eurobarometer

More Cypriots concerned over country's course, says Eurobarometer

The latest Eurobarometer survey covering the winter period of 2022-2023 has revealed that Cypriots are not satisfied with their country's democratic system, with 52% expressing dissatisfaction as opposed to the EU average of 41%....

WHO is no longer requiring doses of COVID vaccines

WHO is no longer requiring doses of COVID vaccines

The World Health Organization has tailored its Covid-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but older, high-risk groups should get a booster between 6 to 12 months after their last vaccine....

New migration scandal looms after network uncovered

New migration scandal looms after network uncovered

A new scandal involving services for asylum seekers may have been inadvertently uncovered in Limassol, where arrest warrants have been issued amid strict rules for renewing driver permits and a black market designed to overcome restrictions...

43% of motorcyclists who died in Cyprus in 2021 did not wear a helmet

43% of motorcyclists who died in Cyprus in 2021 did not wear a helmet

According to a recent report by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), 43% of motorcyclists and moped users who died in road accidents in 2021 did not wear a helmet. ...

It's a pawsome weekend treat as Athens museum opens doors to fur buddies

It's a pawsome weekend treat as Athens museum opens doors to fur buddies

This Sunday, April 2, the people of Greece get to live out my lifelong dream and bring their dogs to the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens for a “World Stray Animal Day” event. ...

Woman gets half year in Russian knife attack

Woman gets half year in Russian knife attack

A Ukrainian woman in Cyprus who carried out a knife assault against a group of Russians last year has been sentenced to six months in prison on common assault after being acquitted on more serious charges of incitement to hatred and violence...

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