Iole Damaskinos

No injuries from firecrackers were reported during the Easter holidays, police said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, in a police crackdown on illegal possession of fireworks and other explosives, a total of ...

Press freedom in Cyprus must be judiciously monitored, the Green party said in an announcement on Tuesday. The Greens made the announcement drawing attention to the newly released 2024 press freedom ...

Three additional suspects were remanded for eight days on Tuesday after being arrested in connection with a Lakatamia attempted gangland murder committed last month. The court’s decision brings the ...

Large numbers of Cypriots are spending the Easter holidays abroad, data from the travel agents’ association showed on Tuesday. The picture emerging from the first four months of the year, ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Tuesday said opening the labour market for students from third countries is “useful and essential”. Combining foreign students’ university education with professional development could be ...

The forestry department on Tuesday reminded the public that felling of trees for the purpose of burning them in Easter bonfires is illegal and a punishable offence. According to its ...

Thousands of families are facing financial hardship over Easter, unable to afford even basics like bread and milk, the Pancyprian Volunteers Council (Psse) said on Tuesday. According to the volunteer ...

Limassol students will not attend classes over escalating frustration about dilapidated buildings and overcrowding, the parents’ association announced on Tuesday. “On May 17, the students of the six Ypsonas schools will ...

Youths are gathering anything flammable, ahead of the traditional Easter bonfires, even dismantling school benches, it emerged on Tuesday, while a slew of measures are in place in efforts to ...

Police on Tuesday released three individuals after charging them, following altercations involving a large crowd in Astromeritis. Speaking on CyBC’s morning radio, police spokesman Christos Andreou said two people ...

The state is under the obligation to provide cancer patients and their families a full range of health services, Minister of Health Michalis Damianou said on Monday. The minister made ...

Seven villages with fewer than twenty voters are set to take part in upcoming mayoral and community council member elections, the general registrar announced on Monday. The number of registered ...

The continuation of humanitarian aid relief to Gaza through the Amalthea plan is dependent on “favourable circumstances”, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Monday, adding that preparations are ongoing. ...

A massive gap in mutual understanding between the state and the managing consortium seems to be at the core of the stalled multibillion Larnaca port and marina project, with the ...

British bases police and customs officers, in cooperation with Cyprus police, made multiple arrests in a pre-Easter festivities clampdown, it was announced on Wednesday. “In two of the five planned ...

Investigations are continuing on Wednesday into the daylight shooting of a man on a busy road in Nicosia while the incident has rekindled reprovals over police ineffectiveness. The victim was ...

The forestry department on Wednesday responded to a renewed alert issued by environmentalist groups concerning road works being carried out in Akamas. According to the forestry department’s statement the ...

Criminal elements are to be the first order of priority with Syrian migrant removals, permanent secretary of the interior ministry Loizos Hadjivasiliou said on Wednesday. Elsewhere, expert in Arab affairs ...

Works by Greek painters and engravers from the 19th and 20th centuries are to be donated for the creation of a municipal art gallery in Larnaca, it was announced on ...

Environmental NGOs on Tuesday once more sounded the alarm over ongoing developments in the Akamas national park, amid evidence that controversial road widening projects were still ongoing or had resumed. ...

The ferry service to Greece has seen enormous success, “exceeding all desired expectations,” Deputy Shipping Minister Marina Hadjimanoli. The Cyprus-Piraeus ferry will start its third year of operations at the ...

Two other local actions are under discussion in tandem with the government’s decision to suspend processing of Syrian migrants’ automatic refugee status, it emerged on Tuesday. These include stepped-up ...

The driver who allegedly ran over a bike officer in Limassol, in an attempt to evade a police check, was arrested on Tuesday. Police established the 60-year-old man was driving ...

A 44-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday suspected of arson after a fire destroyed 12 vehicles at a mechanic in Kaimakli, Nicosia. The fire was reported at around 5.30am, when the ...