Gina Agapiou

Paphos police on Monday said they arrested a 58-year-old man over the possession of over 285 kilos of dairy products and dozens of cartons of tobacco products. The man was stopped ...

More women have been sexually abused by clerics but chose not to report it, theologian Theodoros Kyriacou said on Friday, a day after the former Kiti bishop was sentenced for ...

High-definition CCTV cameras to be installed at stadiums after competent stakeholders signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday aiming to tackle violence in stadiums. The memorandum, which includes an action ...

Police are investigating whether Independent MP Andreas Themistocleous has committed a criminal offence after he made some abusive social media remarks which the House ethics committee said it was not ...

A post-mortem examination failed to reveal the cause of death of the 60-year-old Axel Schoeller who died while scuba diving in Paralimni, authorities said on Friday. There was no sign ...

A new plan is expected in the coming days to protect the primary home of people belonging to vulnerable groups, the government said on Friday. The plan will come to ...

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Friday welcomed the law simplifying the procedure for the installation of photovoltaic panels, saying the amendment will promote renewable energy sources. In ...

Upskilling and lifelong-learning are essential prerequisites in a rapidly evolving labour market, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday at the presentation of the National Action Plan for the European Year ...

The new public service post of the former prison director Anna Aristotelous will be announced next week, Justice Minister Anna Procopiou said on Thursday. Aristotelous is transferring to “an important ...

The European Commission on Thursday called on Cyprus to comply with the EU VAT rules for dwellings. The Commission decided to send a reasoned opinion to Cyprus for its failure ...

No violation of the code of conduct for members of the parliament has been found on Thursday in the case of Independent MP Andreas Themistocleous’ abusive social media remarks against ...

Covid-19 prevented the adoption of quality checks within the national health scheme, an issue the new government plans to tackle, Health Minister Dr Popi Kanari said on Thursday. There is ...

A scheduled protest by fans of the Apollon football club ended without incident on Thursday. The fans were protesting about the five-month prison sentence earlier imposed on two Apollon fans. ...

More students smoke electronic cigarettes in Cyprus than the European average according to a survey, the president of the Cyprus National Addictions Authority Dr Christos Mina said on Monday. In ...

President Nikos Christodoulides congratulated Greece’s caretaker prime minister Ioannis Sarmas for his appointment during a telephone conversation on Monday. The two country leaders agreed to be in contact on ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will lay the foundation stone for the new campus of the American University of Beirut in Paphos next week, the municipality said on Monday. The event will ...

A fire that broke out in the Ineia Paphos community on Tuesday afternoon was brought under control, the forestry department announced. It destroyed 500 square metres of wild vegetation. According to ...

Cyprus is among the countries with the lowest rates of children with unmet medical needs in the EU according to data released by Eurostat. But unmet medical needs for dental ...

The upgraded playground of the public Limassol garden combines nature and entertainment, the municipality said on Tuesday. Families with children attended the inauguration of the fully upgraded playground on Tuesday. ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) failed to meet the real needs of Gesy beneficiaries, physiotherapists said on Monday as they announced a four-hour work stoppage for next week. The Cyprus ...

The typewriter of a 21-year-old Eoka fighter which was donated to the Eoka struggle museum was presented on Monday by his distant relative, Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas. Makis Giorgallas from ...

The Nicosia energy workshop taking place on Monday on the Israel-to-Cyprus gas pipeline is the first significant milestone in shaping the national energy policy, Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou has said. ...

President Nikos Christodoulides pledged on Sunday that he will give his utmost for the reunification of the island saying the European Union sees Cyprus’ efforts to resolve the national problem. ...

Over one hundred firefighters worked to put under control a fire that broke out near Akamas this weekend, authorities said on Sunday. The fire threatened houses and destroyed 300,000 square metres ...