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1. Agricultural land for sale by AstroBank

AstroBank has listed for sale large parcels of agriculture land in various parts of Cyprus....

2. Cyprus celebrates Dormition of the Virgin Mary amidst heatwave

Cyprus celebrates on Tuesday the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, a religious and bank holiday, amidst a heatwave, with many flocking to the beach or mountain resorts, and with authorities issuing warnings about increased traffic in some areas, and overcrowded picnic sites....

3. Building and agricultural land for sale by AstroBank

4. Elderly woman dies in mountain car crash

An elderly woman was killed in a mountain road accident on Friday, when the car she was driving veered off lane in broad daylight...

5. AstroBank: Agricultural land for sale across Cyprus

AstroBank has listed for sale agricultural land across Cyprus....

6. Locals still object to barbed wire around divided Nicosia

New video footage shows barbed wire tossed aside in east Nicosia, with local media following the story after locals west of the capital demonstrated over the weekend against a controversial government fence aimed at keeping irregular migrants at bay...

7. The moment the earthquake struck Cyprus - video

Security cameras in a Paphos supermarket captured the moment a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Cyprus early this morning. ...

8. Police looking for suspected human smuggler

Police in Cyprus believe that a wanted man in Larnaca is involved in a human smuggling network, following the arrests of his wife and others last week near the buffer zone...

9. Drone-spotted firestarter has change of heart

A man in rural Nicosia who tried to burn a patch of reeds over the weekend went back moments later and put the flames out after being chased by drone as he was trying to leave the area...

10. Driver run over by his own car dies

An elderly man who was struck by his own vehicle during a brief stop, succumbed to his injuries hours later in the hospita...

11. Cyprus begins sealing porous frontier

The Republic of Cyprus says a barbwire fence currently being set up along a strip adjacent to the UN buffer zone should not be seen as a border between north and south but a way to hold back undocumented migrants...

12. Tornado leaves some 15 homes in Nicosia outskirts uninhabitable

Visiting the site of the tornado that blew through Nikitari in the suburbs of Nicosia, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said that thankfully “there were no human casualties,” adding that families whose homes were severely affected will receive a €2,000 grant to make do for the holiday period. ...

13. Two more coronavirus deaths, 363 cases

Cyprus health authorities announced two more coronavirus fatalities and 363 new cases on Wednesday....

14. Four shot in separate hunting incidents

Police are investigating three separate hunting incidents of accidental shootings, where two men and a father-son duo were shot on Sunday, with the teen being injured in the forehead...

15. 22-year-old confesses to igniting seven forest fires

A 22-year-old who was arrested on August 31 in connection with a forest fire that broke out in a Nicosia suburb the same day later confessed to being behind six other forest fires....

16. Morphou bishop defies church lockdown

Morphou Bishop Neophytos spoke out against decree orders on Palm Sunday, after accusing police officers of being “rude” and praised the Bulgarian government for keeping churches open...

17. Biker dies following rural Nicosia crash

A biker was killed on Sunday afternoon, hours after slamming into a car in rural Nicosia, with his female passenger surviving the crash and police trying to determine the cause of the accident...

18. Foreign worker killed in bicycle accident

A man from Sri Lanka was fatally injured in an accident when a car struck his bicycle early Wednesday morning in rural Nicosia...

19. Man arrested for harboring undocumented aliens

Nicosia police arrested a foreign national suspected for harboring undocumented aliens, while 46 presumptive refugees from Syria were taken to a reception centre...

20. More refugees picked up in Nicosia and Paphos

About 30 refugees on foot were picked up in the last 24 hours in Nicosia and Paphos, with authorities trying to ascertain the circumstances under which they reached the Republic of Cyprus...

21. Refugees picked up along a Nicosia road

Over a dozen refugees were picked up Monday morning while walking along a rural area outside Nicosia, about nine kilometres west of the Kokkinotrimithia refugee camp...

22. Korean boy dies three weeks after pool incident

A 4-year-old boy from South Korea, who fell into the pool and nearly drowned three weeks ago, died Sunday morning at Makarios Children’s Hospital...

23. Supermarket closed down on Turkish Cypriot property violation

There was tension in Peristerona Friday morning, when owners of a supermarket and local residents took to the streets to protest government closing their business due to Turkish Cypriot property violations...

24. Two young boys in near-drowning incidents doing okay

Two four-year-old boys who nearly drowned this week are reportedly in good health, following two separate but very similar swimming pool incidents involving foreign tourists...

25. Little boy’s pool incident exposes safety risks

A pool incident where a young child almost drowned is raising concerns over safety, with the Green party weighing in trying to find ways to propose additional legislation for private swimming sites...

26. Akaki Peristerona road closes due to stormy weather

The Peristerona – Akaki road is closed due to strong winds and heavy rain that have affected the area earlier on Tuesday, causing water and muddy puddles along the way...

27. Concrete mixer accident turns deadly

A 60-year-old Cypriot man, who fell off a concrete mixer in a work-related accident 10 days ago, died Monday night in the Intensive Care Unit....