Iole Damaskinos

Post office workers will abstain from overtime on October 22 for one week the mail workers branch of Isotita union announced on Wednesday. The overtime ban could result in possible delays ...

The Pancyprian Veterinary Association is launching an initiative to record the population of stray cats through a combination of technology and volunteering, it was announced on Wednesday on the occasion ...

Police on Wednesday are investigating the discovery of a human skeleton found by a Limassol resident while walking near the city’s general hospital. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, police ...

Simultaneous vaccinations for Covid and this year’s influenza strains will start as of Wednesday in Nicosia and Limassol, while hours have been extended at vaccination points island wide due ...

An 89-year-old woman on Monday fell victim to a new ‘doctor’ phone scam and was robbed of €3,000. According to the police, the Nicosia resident reported the incident on Monday, saying ...

Akrivos Tsolakis, who led the committee for investigation into the fatal Helios Airways plane crash passed away on Monday, at the age of 93. The fatal crash of Helios Airways Flight 522, ...

Faster processing times of asylum applications have received a boost with the recruitment of 25 additional examiners, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. “The recruitment of new staff is a ...

A large amount of duty-free tobacco products were seized by the Customs Department at Larnaca Airport, it was reported on Monday. According to the department, officials carried out checks on ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou was in Abu Dhabi on Monday to participate in discussions at ADIPEC 2023, the world’s largest and most inclusive international conference for the energy industry. Papanastasiou ...

The Cyprus disabled persons confederation reacted negatively to a proposed state housing project saying it contradicts the ethos of integration. The council of ministers on Tuesday, gave the green light ...

A delegation of the Paphos tourism promotion company (Etap) on Friday announced by a project to further underwater archaeology. The project in aims to strengthen marine archaeology as part of ...

Sheep and goat breeders have announced their intention to protest over non-implementation of PDO (product of designated origin) requirements for halloumi. But the agriculture ministry said their differences that occurred ...

Secondary school sports director at the education ministry, Spyros Antonellos, ruffled feathers when he disparaged primary school staff teaching physical education in heels. Antonellos’ statement apparently caused a commotion with ...

US Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland in a recent meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides dropped a name for a possible UN special envoy, it emerged on Thursday. Nuland mentioned the ...

The Paphos Ethnographic Museum was targeted by burglars in the early hours of Thursday. According to local news sources the thieves entered the museum through a small window which had ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday suggested the possibility of ramping up cooperation with Lebanon, including by providing boats, in efforts to prevent an ongoing surge of Syrian refugees arriving ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis is in Riyadh on Wednesday to participate in World Tourism Day events. World Tourism Day has been designated as September 27 by the World Tourism ...

Seventy hemp plants were reported as stolen on Wednesday by the owner of an industrial hemp production and trading company in the Nicosia district. The complainant reported that the theft ...

Cyprus is looking forward to the adoption of a ‘rational’ compromise for pesticides regulation, the House of Representatives announced on Tuesday. Agriculture committee chairman, Giannakis Gabriel, said that rational regulation ...

A 57-year-old man was transferred to Nicosia general hospital on Monday after being injured at a construction site in Paphos. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, the Peyia police station ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will convene the National Council on Tuesday to brief its members on his contacts in New York in the context of the 78th UN National Assembly. Victoras ...

Coastal authorities were on alert on Tuesday following information that a boat with 95 irregular migrants was the first of an organised wave of hundreds of further arrivals. Interior Minister Constantinos ...

Immigrants who maintain close links with Turkey are reportedly on a list of monitored foreign nationals confirmed by police, it emerged on Monday. Police confirmed reports on Sunday that security ...

The United Nations on Monday was awaiting the response of Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar regarding the possibility of appointing a special envoy for the Cyprus issue. According to new ...