Eleni Panayiotou

A new training programme aimed at helping first responders better support people on the autism spectrum during emergencies is expected to improve conditions both for those needing assistance and for ...

Two police officers testified on Friday about a 2013 assault on Stylianos and a subsequent report that his mother feared for her safety, as proceedings continued before Nicosia District Court in ...

Construction work on the Akamas National Forest Park is expected to resume in early 2027, with the first phase scheduled for completion by February 2028, Agriculture Minister Christos Senekis said on Thursday, ...

Employees working in the Education ministry’s support programmes marched from the finance ministry to the presidential palace on Thursday, protesting over unresolved employment issues as their indefinite strike entered ...

Cyprus and Israel are exploring closer cooperation in counterterrorism, emergency preparedness, law enforcement and efforts to combat violence against women, following a meeting between Justice Minister Costas Fitiris and Israel’...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is expected to visit the occupied north on Friday for meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman and senior officials, as diplomatic efforts intensify ahead ...

The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that a trilateral meeting between the two Cypriot leaders and UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin will take place on Monday, November 9, ...

The Independent Authority Against Corruption has found no evidence of corruption or other wrongdoing involving ten individuals named in a complaint filed on behalf of a retired National Guard officer, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday stressed the importance of developing students’ critical thinking and individual skills, saying education was at the forefront of government decision-making amid rapid technological advances and ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that developments in the Cyprus problem appeared to be moving in a positive direction, revealing that UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin ...

The National Guard’s Andreas Papandreou Air Base in Paphos will open its gates to the public on Sunday and Monday, November 8 and 9, as part of celebrations marking Cyprus Air ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel has accused the European Union and the United Nations of losing their neutrality and becoming “mouthpieces for Greek Cypriot and Greek political positions”, following ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has announced that he will travel to the United States at the end of November to strengthen cooperation and investment opportunities, as Cyprus prepares to participate in ...

The Supreme Court has overturned an order authorising the detention of three electronic devices containing CCTV footage from the Avakoum monastery in Fterikoudi, ruling that it had been issued without ...

United Nations special representative and head of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp), Khassim Diagne, met a delegation from the UK’s Foreign Office and its Permanent Mission to ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci expressed hope on Wednesday that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ efforts to achieve at least some progress on the Cyprus issue would yield positive results, ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas met his French counterpart Catherine Vautrin in Paris on Tuesday, with discussions focusing on bilateral defence cooperation, European defence procurement and security developments in the Eastern ...

Part of a human skull was discovered on Wednesday at a location within the British bases in Dhekelia, according to an official statement from the bases’ police. A member of ...

Consultations between the State Health Services Organisation (Okypy) and six trade unions are continuing ahead of a planned 48-hour strike by employees on November 10 and 11. The unions, Pasyidy, SEK, PEO, ...

UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin met Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday, amid renewed diplomatic activity on the Cyprus problem and reports that Turkish Foreign Minister ...

The Cyprus National Addictions Authority (NAAC) has issued a public warning after new cannabinoids were detected in products seized from a shop selling CBD and related items. According to a ...

Outpatient services of the Cardiology Department at Nicosia General Hospital will be reorganised into specialised clinics as of January 1, state health services organisation Okypy announced on Monday. The move aims ...

UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin held a brief 30-minute meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday, explaining afterwards that she had “come to ask him some questions”. Speaking to reporters ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas visited the international naval defence and maritime security exhibition EURONAVAL 2026 in Paris on Tuesday, stressing the importance Cyprus attaches to strengthening its maritime defence capabilities. In ...