Iole Damaskinos

Police are investigating a mugging that took place around 9:30pm on Monday outside a bank branch in Nicosia. According to police statement, the 48-year-old woman who reported the crime said ...

Trade unions representing the electricity authority (EAC) employees have accused the state of having “no comprehensive energy strategy” hampering their ability to serve the public. In a publicly released letter ...

Limassol general hospital has received a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, Disy MP Charalambos Pazaros announced in a press release on Tuesday. The MRI machine, acquired at a cost ...

Police arrested a 78-year-old man on Tuesday for illegal possession of drugs with the intention of supplying them to others. According to official statement, the Larnaca branch of the police ...

The final plan for the Akamas proposed by the environment department is being examined to find a balanced solution, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday. He was speaking a ...

Paphos public construction supervisors went on a spontaneous two-hour work stoppage on Tuesday morning, in response to what they perceive as unjust and problematic policies and procedures. Spokesperson for the ...

A Greek Cypriot who had been held for over a month in the north for possession of walkie-talkies and photos allegedly showing military installations, was finally released on Friday morning. ...

Fake fan cards are not the reason football violence has broken out over the last couple of weeks, head of the Cyprus Sports Organisation (Koa) Mary Papamiltiadi said on Tuesday ...

The European University of Cyprus (EUC) has been conducting research into the benefits of music played to expectant mothers in the last trimester of pregnancy and mothers with infants up ...

True alternatives to the Electricity Authority (EAC) for energy provision can be expected by the end of November, Charalambos Rousos, the director of energy has said. Speaking on CyBC radio ...

A 25-year-old man remained in hospital on Monday after being seriously injured during violence following Sunday night’s football match between Apoel and Ael at Nicosia’s GSP stadium. Fans ...

Updated flu shots are expected to arrive on the island by end of week, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and member of the national vaccination advisory committee Christos Petrou said on ...

Environmentalists on Monday expressed concern that the Akamas regional plan, which is currently being scrutinised by the planning department, will get caught up in a web of pre-electoral political machinations. ...

Consultations will be held at ministry of transport later on Monday following strike measures last weekend by ground staff at Paphos airport over the extension of airport concessions. A new ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou has drafted a proposal to end the practice of making gymnasium pupils repeat a year based on performance assessment. According to Philenews the proposal has already ...

A man caught transporting a large quantity of tobacco products has been fined €70,000 by the customs department. According to police statement the man intended to import 436 cartons of cigarettes and 121.5 ...

The University of Cyprus (UCY) has made public a film titled “Universities: Back to normal?” which explores the impacts of Covid-19 on the field of higher education, taking in its ...

Commissioner for health and food safety, Stella Kyriakidou, said there is a need for EU member states to promptly agree on regulations for agricultural pesticide use. Speaking on Monday in ...

Cypriot surgeon, Dr. Georgia Koulermou, was honoured with an award at the International Breast Conference 2022, held recently in London. Koulermou, a certified cosmetic, reconstructive and oncoplastic surgeon, was awarded for ...

The labour inspection department had secured the conviction of two construction companies for violation of work health and safety legislation, the ministry of labour announced on Monday. The department brought ...

The fire that broke out on Sunday in a two-story house in Paphos, appears to have been caused by burning coals, Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou said on Monday. The ...

Eleven-year-old Lambros Kallenos, who since the age of three weeks had been fighting a rare and complicated type of lymphangiomatosis, lost his battle with the disease on Sunday at Sheba ...

Two new Covid-19 vaccines, authorized by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) should arrive in Cyprus by next week, Elena Panayiotopoulou, head of the state pharmaceutical services announced on Tuesday. Speaking ...

The source of a bad smell that has been troubling Nicosia residents in the areas of Aglandjia, Pallouriotissa and Kaimakli for the last two weeks has been located, the mayor ...