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Police say the Paphos-bound tunnel will be closed from Monday, 16 November to Friday, 20 November, 8 am to 7 pm daily, with traffic rerouted through the opposite bore.
A worldwide Microsoft故障 has hit email communication across Cyprus's public sector, but CY Login and other key digital systems are running normally, the deputy ministry says.
Buyers lodged 1,772 sale contracts with Land Registry offices in October, up 8% year on year, taking the 2026 total to 92% of all deals recorded in 2025.
Since 10 November the Migration Department sends SMS and email about application progress and permit expiry. You must register your contact details on gov.cy; the old 1199 number will be discontinued.
Nine villages have been picked for the 2026–27 Christmas Villages programme, running from November 21 to January 6, while Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca plan their own city festivities.
Education Minister Athena Michaelidou told parliament that 1,227 cases are pending before the district committees, with Limassol accounting for the largest share at 430.
The fire service says every volunteer firefighting team will receive €1,000 in state support, with the money expected to be paid out early next year.
From Limassol's 25th Mind, Body & Spirit festival to Nicosia's alternative book fair and the Boyz Stuff Show, here is what is happening across the island on November 13-15.
Christmas trees at forest stations: sale from 25 November to 18 December
Cyprus Christmas villages: how to visit several in a day and where the drone shows are
Christmas in Nicosia and Limassol: fair from 13 November, marina tree on 21 November
Lythrodontas Farmers Festival brings vintage market to Nicosia district
Nicosia time
Forecast: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0
Cyprus's Turkish Cypriot Properties Management Service has posted eviction notices at the Governor's Beach campsite, telling around 330 households — 102 of them year-round residents — to leave land classified as Turkish Cypriot property.
The transport ministry has signed a €75.8 million deal to build Phase C of the Nicosia ring road, linking the Palaiometocho highway with the orbital route from Anthoupoli to Anagyia.
The 2027 spending plan channels over €70 million into affordable housing, including 523 plots for families and 460 state-land rental homes co-funded by the EU.
Deputy Migration Minister Nikolas Ioannidis says Syrians who have exhausted legal appeals and lost protection status must now leave, as Nicosia also moves to curb student-visa abuse.
Greek authorities are preparing a new NAVTEX notice that will send the French research vessel Abeille Marengo back to waters near Kasos for the electrical interconnection project.
Transfers to EU citizens climbed 42.7% in the first nine months of 2026, outpacing growth from non-EU buyers, according to the Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council.
Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas has set out a pension overhaul that lifts payments gradually over three years and aims to give every worker a second income from an occupational scheme.
Slow licensing is holding back new affordable homes, the Cyprus Property Developers Association said after meeting with Koag this week.
Deposits in Cyprus paid 1.62% against 2.33% across the euro area in September, while new housing loans cost 3.24% versus 3.64%, Central Bank of Cyprus data show.
Land Registry goes digital with €22m EU-funded overhaul
Cyprus moves to tighten e-scooter rules after 8,800 offences and two deaths
Hunter arrested after two French environmentalists hit by pellets near Famagusta
Electricity bills for households climb 5% in November, EAC says
Education support staff end ten-day strike, warn action may resume
Cyprus chamber presses EAC over two-year power connection delays
Athienou calls for Pyroi crossing to reopen after 52 years
Limassol EuroLeague clash between Maccabi and Hapoel under heavy police guard
