Iole Damaskinos

The labour ministry is ready for mediation proceedings if needed, minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Thursday, while President Nikos Christodoulides is also ready to step into the fray, following Cyprus-wide ...

Police on Thursday are investigating a fire that broke out in the early morning hours in a parked car in Strovolos area. According to the police, fire services extinguished the ...

The decree to raise the ratio of goat and sheep milk in halloumi from 10 per cent to 19 per cent is disastrous for dairy farmers, the cattle breeders’ coordinating committee said ...

The District Court of Famagusta rejected another citizen lawsuit against the state for losses incurred through the 2013 haircut on bank deposits. According to a statement from the Legal Service, the ...

A doctors and nurses strike at all state hospitals will go ahead on Wednesday after an eleventh-hour meeting between the state health services organisation (Okypy) and trade union representatives failed ...

The condition of the seven-year-old girl, who was seriously injured in a freak road accident is stable and out of danger, the doctor who treated her said on Tuesday. Meanwhile ...

Consternation was caused at the Nicosia general hospital when a patient on oxygen lit up a cigarette causing a fire, it emerged on Tuesday. The patient was being treated in ...

Expat owners of apartments at the infamous St Nicolas Elegant Residence complex in Chlorakas want their side of the story heard Expatriate owners at the infamous – and now derelict – St ...

The department of pharmacology at the University of Cyprus (UCy) is collecting unwanted medicines from the public, assistant medical school professor Nikolas Dietis, said on Friday. The unwanted medicines – expired ...

Repatriation is underway of over one hundred Turkish Cypriots from Gaza, authorities in the north announced on Friday. Information provided by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister, Ahmet Yildiz, put the number ...

The Larnaca 2030 European Capital of Culture committee announced on Friday the launch of a bio design festival. In its statement the organisation explains that “bioengineering concerns the use of biological ...

The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) received a donation of €75,000 from the Turkish Cypriot community. According to a CMP announcement this latest donation on Wednesday, brings the total ...

Coordinated action is needed to deal with possible new flows of refugees because of the Hamas-Israel war, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said at the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council ...

More details have emerged of the fight which broke out at the Paphos technical school earlier this week which led to two pupils being charged and two Syrians injured. According ...

Police on Thursday are investigating the mugging and injury of a delivery driver in Limassol overnight. Police reported that the incident occurred shortly after midnight when the 28-year-old delivery driver, ...

Turkey’s plans to alter the island’s demographic character were denounced by Cyprus’ Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Gabriella Michaelidou. Speaking to the UN committee on human rights ...

The electricity authority (EAC) announced on Wednesday it will take the energy regulatory authority (Cera) to court to appeal Cera’s rejection of its request for a 25 per cent increase ...

A female shopper’s quick action saved the life of a 46-year-old father who suffered a heart attack at the Engomi mall in Nicosia. Speaking on CyBC’s morning programme, ...

Forty-five of the passengers who arrived from Haifa at Limassol port early on Tuesday morning have already been transferred to Larnaca airport. They were among a group of 159 evacuees that ...

The situation in Pyla has “returned to the status quo before the illegal actions of the Turkish army which led to the incidents with the peacekeepers”, President Nikos Christodoulides said ...

A cruise ship with around 160 people that has sailed from the Israeli port of Haifa is expected to arrive at the port of Limassol early on Tuesday. This was a ...

The Larnaca water board said on Monday it will install 25,000 smart meters as part of efforts to improve performance and efficiency. The costs will be covered through EU recovery and ...

Greens MP Alexandra Attalidou on Monday announced she was resigning from the party, slamming it for its ‘catastrophic’ position on the Cyprus problem and lack of unity with European greens. “...

A bomb exploded outside a restaurant in Aglantzia in the early hours on Monday morning. According to media reports, the incident happened around 4am and caused damages to the glass ...