Cyprus vows to hunt down looters

Cyprus will hunt down looters who stole cultural treasures from the Turkish occupied north, was the warning issued during a ceremony in which the Church received looted 18th-century doors. On Thursday, the

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Local government elections postponed until May 2024

Parliament approved a government proposal to postpone local elections to facilitate the sweeping reform project, eventually reshaping local authority administration. Thursday’s postponement of the elections, initially scheduled for December this year, was

Turkey using migrants to leverage EU

Austria’s minister for the European Union accused Turkey of using migrant flows as a means to pressure the 27-member bloc for its own purposes and warned that the EU wouldn’t be “blackmailed”

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COVID19: 1 death, ministry adjusts total

Cyprus reported one coronavirus death on Thursday, a drop in new daily infections and hospitalisations, at 124 and 97, respectively, while the death toll was adjusted to include undeclared cases mostly in

Cypriot leaders to meet in New York

President Nicos Anastasiades confirmed a trilateral meeting on the Cyprus issue would be held in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly later this month. Anastasiades told reporters in

Stormy weather, followed by sunshine

Cyprus is witnessing bad weather after the recent high temperatures, recording the first heavy rainfall after an unusually hot summer. The island’s Met Office has issued a yellow warning for extreme weather,