Eleni Panayiotou

A fire that broke out on Monday afternoon within the administrative boundaries of the Lympia municipal district was brought under full control before it could spread, the forestry department said. ...

The Mazotos community council has called on President Nikos Christodoulides to intervene and order the cancellation and review of plans for a mobile desalination unit in the area, citing environmental ...

Cases of domestic and gender-based violence increased in 2025, with incidents becoming more complex and severe, the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family (Spavo) said on ...

The cabinet on Monday recommended that former prisons director Anna Aristotelous be placed on suspension once again. The decision was taken during an extraordinary cabinet meeting, with ministers agreeing to ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas has defended Cyprus’ expanding network of military partnerships, insisting that the republic would not seek anyone’s approval over defence agreements and arguing that Turkey should ...

Two British nationals have been arrested in connection with a violent altercation in Ayia Napa, police said on Friday. The incident, which was captured on video and circulated on social ...

The newly created metropolitan municipality of Nicosia has reduced its deficit by 80 per cent and resolved more than three-quarters of citizen requests during the first two years since the local ...

By the end of the 2025-26 school year, 70 per cent of the school transport fleet had undergone inspections at state vehicle testing centres (KEMO), the road transport department (TOM) said ...

The future of the Limassol zoo is set to be decided on Thursday, with the municipal council expected to vote on whether the facility should continue housing animals or be ...

Military strength depends not only on acquiring advanced weapons systems and equipment, but also on keeping them reliable and operational through continuous, high-quality maintenance, National Guard chief lieutenant general Emmanouel ...

Nearly a month after the Limassol district local government organisation (EOA) applied for a court order to evacuate the unsafe Seagate apartment complex in the Yermasoyia tourist area, no decision ...

More than a third of school buses inspected at public technical inspection centres (Kemo) across Cyprus were found to be unroadworthy, despite nearly one in five having recently passed checks ...

The forestry department on Wednesday reminded the public that fines of €2,000 apply to the use of spark-producing equipment near state forests without a permit during the summer months. The restriction, ...

Thirty-four people were arrested on Wednesday during an operation targeting illegal and undeclared work at a construction site in Larnaca, police said. The operation was carried out by members of ...

The tunnel on the Limassol-Paphos motorway heading towards Paphos will be closed for maintenance works from Monday, June 22, to Friday, June 26, the public works department announced on Wednesday. According to ...

The challenge facing the European Union is to move from a reactive approach to one focused on anticipating and preventing hybrid threats, Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna told ...

Three companies were fined a total of €55,000 by the Paphos district court over health and safety breaches linked to a fatal workplace accident, the labour inspection department announced on Wednesday. ...

Internal audit serves as a critical line of defence against corruption, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Wednesday. Addressing the general assembly of the Cyprus Association of Internal Auditors on ...

The Nicosia district court on Wednesday was asked to rule on whether statements attributed to 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou can be admitted as evidence in the criminal trial concerning his death ...

A nationwide survey by the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (Osak) has found generally high levels of satisfaction and trust among patients towards personal doctors within Gesy, while identifying communication ...

Driver distraction, including the use of mobile phones, was blamed for 11 of the 45 road deaths recorded in 2025 and has already been linked to more than five collisions this year, police ...

Cyprus once again ranked among the EU’s top performers for bathing water quality, with all 123 monitored bathing sites across the island receiving the highest possible rating of “excellent” in 2025 ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas inaugurated the Cypriot pavilion at the Eurosatory 2026 international defence and security exhibition in Paris on Tuesday, with Cyprus seeking to strengthen the international presence of its ...

The retrial of Giorgos Christodoulou, also known as “Zavrantonas”, in connection with the possession and trafficking of more than 15kg of cocaine moved forward on Tuesday after he pleaded not ...