Eleni Panayiotou

Personal doctors have a key role to play in the early detection of hepatitis B and C, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Saturday. Addressing the educational seminar “Hepatitis: From ...

A 33-year-old man wanted by authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina in connection with an attempted murder and conspiracy to commit a felony was arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday. The ...

Trade unions have detected a shift in the government’s position on pay increases for hourly paid state workers following a meeting with Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Friday, although ...

A meeting was held at police headquarters on Saturday over the escape of a 19-year-old detainee from custody at Lakatamia police holding cells on Friday night. According to a police ...

Cyprus and Israel will continue negotiations in the first half of October aimed at reaching an agreement over the cross-border gas reservoir between Cyprus’ Aphrodite field and Israel’s Ishai ...

Two of Athienou’s best-known traditional products, its bread and loukoumi, have moved a step closer to European protected status after Cyprus formally forwarded their applications to the European Commission. ...

A 16-year-old boy, Aris Papacharalambous, died on Saturday after being hospitalised in Nicosia since August 7, police said. The teenager was struck by a car as he was riding his e-scooter ...

Police arrested two men, aged 23 and 21, on Friday night as part of an investigation into suspected poaching in the Paphos district. According to police, searches of the two suspects’ homes ...

Police arrested 12 people for offences including assault, carrying a knife and drink driving during overnight operations across Cyprus. According to a police statement, officers stopped 815 vehicles and checked 1,052 people travelling ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos held a total of 51 meetings and contacts in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, as part of efforts to expand the Republic ...

The two sides have offered conflicting accounts of why a three-way meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres did not take place in New York, as a separate row emerged over ...

A spell of unsettled weather is expected to hit Cyprus from late Sunday, bringing rain, thunderstorms, possible hail and stronger winds, the met office said on Saturday. Weak low pressure ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman has rejected a proposal by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a three-way meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides in New York, according to reports on Friday. ...

A 79-year-old man who was critically injured in a road collision in Nicosia earlier this month died from his injuries on Friday. The victim was named by police as Nicosia ...

President Nikos Christodoulides met representatives of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, with discussions focusing on Cyprus’ strengthened strategic role in the Eastern ...

Cyprus, Greece and Egypt discussed ways of further strengthening cooperation ahead of their 11th trilateral summit, which is due to be held in Cyprus, during a ministerial meeting in New ...

Cyprus’ Olympic House marks 20 years since its official opening on Saturday, two decades after the building was inaugurated as a permanent home for the island’s Olympic movement and sporting ...

A senior Cyprus customs official is leading an international body tackling the illicit tobacco trade, as the protocol designed to combat the cross-border problem marks eight years in force. Senior ...

Mehmet Harmanci on Friday thanked Nicosia Mayor Charalambos Prountzos for withdrawing from next week’s Cyprus Forum in solidarity with him, saying it was Prountzos’ decision, rather than his own ...

A series of measures aimed at tackling delays in the treatment of prisoners at public hospitals, improving the handling of psychiatric cases and strengthening the forensic medicine service were agreed ...

Cyprus has budgeted more than €1.28 billion for defence strengthening over the next three years, with spending under the specific heading set to more than double in 2027, as the island pushes ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday he will visit China in early 2027, as Cyprus and China seek to further strengthen their strategic partnership. Christodoulides announced the visit during a meeting ...

Cyprus will proceed with the upgrade of its ageing AMX-30 battle tanks as there is currently no alternative to replace them, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Friday. Palmas confirmed ...

EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou on Friday categorically ruled out entering politics or standing in Cyprus’ 2028 presidential elections, denying reports linking him with a possible candidacy backed by Akel. “I ...