News in the Republic of Cyprus

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• Private proposals for the construction of new prisons have already been submitted to the Cypriot Minister of Justice
  23.01.2026 / 10:38
• A major inspection of hair salons took place in Limassol: foreigners detained, fines totaling €26,800 issued
  23.01.2026 / 10:25
• Catastrohically damaged trimaran in Kato Paphos port due to rough sea conditions
  22.01.2026 / 18:44
• Cyprus is preparing a UNESCO application: the valleys of the Xeros and Diarizos rivers may receive international status
  22.01.2026 / 16:50
• A Ryanair aircraft was unable to land in Paphos due to bad weather
  22.01.2026 / 16:40
• France has definitively refused the extradition of Behdad Jafari
  22.01.2026 / 16:07
• Mazotos demands the suspension of the mobile desalination plant project
  22.01.2026 / 19:16
• Dog dies in residential building fire in Limassol
  22.01.2026 / 11:21
• Electronic services of the Tax Department to be temporarily unavailable in Cyprus
  22.01.2026 / 11:31
• Colony of protected Egyptian fruit bats returns to Mavrokolimbos Dam
  22.01.2026 / 11:15
• Cyprus raises alarm over shortage of donor blood
  22.01.2026 / 11:07
• Night fire in Paphos: residential house roof caught fire
  22.01.2026 / 10:53
• Supreme Court of Cyprus awards €25,000 compensation to heroine of the book “Eleni — Prostitute, Angel in Hell”
  21.01.2026 / 17:57
• Cyprus welcomed a record number of tourists: over 4.5 million people visited the country in 2025
  21.01.2026 / 15:33
• Cypriot MEP Fydias Panayiotou has become the subject of an EU prosecutor investigation
  21.01.2026 / 15:48
• Collapse risk: Atalassa psychiatric hospital clinics declared unsafe
  21.01.2026 / 10:35
• A geomagnetic storm has been recorded in Cyprus
  21.01.2026 / 10:29
• Cyprus successfully performs cochlear implantation on children aged 7 months for the first time
  20.01.2026 / 19:08
• Cyprus police warn of a new type of online visa scam
  20.01.2026 / 16:35
• Illegal tourist apartments remain a problem: the law does not allow on-site inspections
  20.01.2026 / 14:05