Iole Damaskinos

Three British Airways flights from Larnaca to London Heathrow were cancelled on Friday as further disruption of flights to the UK is expected due to a massive fire at the ...

A bill to exempt casinos from the restriction limiting cash transactions to €10,000 has been the subject of heated debate while opponents on Thursday lambasted the proposal as a last ditch “...

Authorities in Paphos assisted an elderly woman who had been living in deplorable conditions, while a cleaning crew found stashes of old bank notes and other valuables at her home, ...

Deputy mayors of the newly amalgamated Polis Chrysochous municipality have raised the alarm over what they describe as ‘dysfunctional governance’, blaming the issues on an ill-planned local government reform. The ...

Thirteen million passengers are expected to pass through Larnaca and Paphos airports this year, Maria Kouroupi, Hermes Airports Director of Aviation Development, Marketing and Communications said on Wednesday, with an ...

The goal is for the informal enlarged meeting in Geneva to be “a step towards restarting negotiations from where they had been interrupted in the summer of 2017,” government spokesman Konstantinos ...

Paphos and Limassol are the districts most under threat of summer water supply interruptions, acting Water Development Department (WDD) director, George Kazantzis said on Monday. Elsewhere Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou ...

Reports by environmentalists of illegal refreshment stands springing up in Akamas need to be verified, the interior ministry said on Monday. “The Paphos district administration will visit the spots where ...

A 35-year-old man was rescued after the car carrying truck he was driving fell into a ravine, the fire service reported on Monday. According to service spokesman Andreas Kettis, the ...

The restructuring of local government hit another snag on Friday as municipalities threatened to halt payments if their budgets are not approved by the end of the month. The interior ...

New illegal refreshment kiosks have sprung up in Akamas within the Natura 2000 Network area, NGO Terra Cypria said on Friday. “We have reported the violations in detail and now it ...

The Cypriot, Greek and Israeli foreign ministers touched on trade and electrical interconnectivity between their states, and positioned themselves regarding the US, Gaza, Syria, and the Middle East during their ...

The government had secured the foundation for any efforts to resolve the Cyprus issue, which must be carried out within the framework of the UN security council agreement, deputy government ...

President Nikos Christodoulides announced the reduction of VAT for home electricity consumption during his televised address to the nation overnight. During a review of what had been achieved during his ...

Investigations are underway on Thursday into the death of a boy who is alleged to have suffered a fatal fall from a skyscraper in Limassol. Authorities said the 14-year-old was ...

The Greek Cypriot side is aware of the statements by the Turkish Cypriot side and is approaching the upcoming multilateral meeting in Geneva with realism, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said ...

The director of the state health services organisation (Okypy) is to visit the Limassol hospital in a bid to resolve problems caused to outpatient services by upgrade works at the ...

A trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will take place on Thursday in Athens. According to a statement from the Greek foreign ministry, Greek Foreign ...

Drivers in parts of Paphos have reported an increase in tyre punctures caused by nails deliberately scattered on certain roads, it emerged on Wednesday. The Cyprus Mail reached out to ...

A work stoppage announced last week by trade unions of the Paphos district administration (Eoa), is an unnecessary and unconstructive move, its president Charalambos Pittokopitis said on Wednesday. The work ...

National Guard Chief, Lieutenant General George Tsitsikostas, expressed Cyprus’ support for Europe undertaking the initiative to shape security guarantees for Ukraine, at the Paris defence and strategy forum (PDSF). Despite ...

Bone marrow transplant services that were set to be offered by a private Nicosia medical centre, are being hampered by state inefficiency, it emerged on Monday. The specialised unit at ...

According to the climate watch advisory group of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), rainfall in March is expected to be particularly low compared to normal levels for the season. The ...

Police in Limassol arrested a 25-year-old man following a car chase during which warning shots were fired, it was reported on Monday. According to police, officers on overnight patrol spotted ...