Cyprus

The Kataklysmos three-day weekend is shaping up to be a much-needed shot in the arm for the island’s hotels and tourism sector, with locals and foreign visitors alike flocking ...

Hellenic Bank recorded an after-tax profit of €25.1 million in the first quarter of 2022 and announced that it has already embarked on a 3-year transformation journey to unleash its potential and ...

Local NGO BirdLife Cyprus in an open letter to environment department director, Costas Hadjipanayiotou, said there was a need to urgently issue a negative assessment report on the latest proposed ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Friday ordered an investigation into whether two Cyprus-registered planes owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich were linked to illegal activity. It surfaced the previous day ...

The interior minister said on Friday that 718 out-of-court fines have been issued for poaching over the past five years, the amount due totalling about €2.3m. The police anti-poaching unit reported 74 ...

The Paphos tourism board (Etap) on Friday announced that Ryanair will fly to 32 international destinations from Paphos airport during its 2022-2023 winter schedule, with 90 flights every week during this time. ...

Turkish Cypriots on Friday continued demonstrating against price hikes, the new protocol on financial support from Turkey, and what they consider interventions on their free will, with support from political ...

The growth rate for 2022 is expected to be 2.7 per cent, while inflation will rise to 7 per cent, according to the revised June forecasts, published by the Cyprus Central Bank on ...

Swedish archaeologists in cooperation with the antiquities department have excavated two burial tombs at the site of Dromolaxia-Vyzakia that they believe belonged to two rich families judging by the nature ...

A doctor was on Friday sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended for three years after being found guilty for his involvement in the death of a 10-year-old boy in 2018. Larnaca ...

Continuing its zero tolerance policy towards drug use, the British Bases police have arrested 31 people for possession of drugs, it said on Friday. The arrests were made in the villages ...

The ministry of health will operate nine sites for rapid tests around the island on Saturday. While mass testing is a thing of the past, the ministry operates the sites ...

The UN Security Council must step up its game in demonstrating resolutions can be implemented, the island’s permanent representative to the UN said during Thursday’s plenary session. At ...

Friends of the Earth Cyprus (FoECY) is taking part in an international effort to stop 30 EU-backed gas projects from moving forward. Protestors claim the EU Commission has given these climate-destructive ...

A Turkish Cypriot is appealing his case against the Republic at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over the killing of his father in 1963. The case centres on claims ...

MVPS.net marks its 4th anniversary by launching cloud computing services in Cyprus. Located strategically in a data center in Larnaca, its services are designed to provide excellent connectivity to ...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusolu will visit the north his weekend with the occupied village of Lapithos reportedly the focus of his trip. According to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kıbrı...

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this ...

There were no Covid deaths recorded during the past week, according to the health ministry’s weekly report, released on Friday, while 2,207 tests out of a total of 58,585 came back ...

The Pancyprian exams got underway on Friday morning with 5,200 students sitting the modern Greek paper, with upper secondary schools across the island hosting the examinations. Modern Greek is the only ...

In today’s episode, the Akamas development plan is gearing up to take centre stage amid allegations of backroom deals, electioneering and illegal procedures, while no one can agree anything: ...

Friday and Saturday are set to be sunny and warm, with temperatures slightly above the seasonal average, but a shift is expected by Sunday with rain and storms on the ...

An emotional President Nicos Anastasiades called Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou “the best minister” and a “minister for the poor” during a eulogy he delivered at her funeral on Friday. Her ...

Construction companies and other industry stakeholders continue to be faced with the persisting challenges posed by rising domestic inflation, as well as the adverse effects of global supply chain disruption ...