James Morphakis

The cabinet approved three new permanent desalination plants on Wednesday to address water shortages and reduce the country’s dependence on reserves in the reservoirs. The plants will be based ...

A 76-year-old man was killed by a passing minibus on the Limassol-Paphos highway on Wednesday after stopping to move a refrigerator that had fallen from his vehicle. The man, identified ...

A prison guard was attacked and beaten by an inmate at the central prisons on Wednesday. The prison guard’s branch of the trade union Pasydy condemned the incident and ...

Cyprus spends more of its public budget on education than most EU countries, but its pupils continue to record some of Europe’s weakest results. According to European Commission and ...

A former prisoner of war told his wife shortly before his death that he had been raped by Turkish forces during his captivity in 1974, the House refugee committee heard on ...

The state paid €8.86 million towards the salaries of parish clergy last year, with the annual cost of the scheme projected to approach €10 million by 2029. According to figures from the accountant ...

The European Parliament’s committee on women’s rights (FEMM) on Tuesday approved an amendment calling for European Commission funding for a monument commemorating rape victims of the Turkish invasion ...

Four confirmed cases of West Nile virus have been recorded in Cyprus this summer, with two further cases classified as probable and under investigation, the health ministry confirmed on Tuesday. ...

The Cyprus property developers association has called for regular technical inspections of buildings and to expedite legislation covering dangerous buildings, saying on Tuesday that “there is no longer any room ...

The reduction in fuel consumption tax will be extended for another one or two months, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Tuesday, as the government moves to maintain relief at ...

A series of projects financed through the Thalia 2021 to 2027 programme are changing public spaces across Cyprus, with work ranging from the restoration of historic buildings to new parks and university ...

Three authorities are investigating the sinking of two boats off Cape Greco and the death of businessman Dimi Mavropoulos last Saturday, with separate inquiries examining the circumstances surrounding his death ...

Almost six couples a day divorced in Cyprus, with 2,107 divorces recorded according to figures from the statistical service. The figures show that Nicosia held the highest number of divorces in 2024, ...

Philippa Fotopoulou won gold in the long jump at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto on Monday as Cyprus increased its medal tally to 13, with Elena Kulichenko and Milan Trajkovic also ...

A gathering in Tel Aviv has marked 80 years since the opening of the British detention camps for Jewish refugees, bringing together former camp residents and descendants of those who were ...

Cyprus is hosting a 21-man-strong Greek forest firefighting team for the first time this year under the European pre-deployment programme. According to the forestry department, the team from the Hellenic ...

Lebanese authorities have stopped a boat carrying some 25 Syrian migrants from departing for Cyprus and arrested a Syrian national suspected of organising the journey on Monday. Lebanon’s state security ...

A male moufflon was filmed drinking water as a fox cautiously approached it in a rare encounter captured by the game and fauna service. The moufflon continued drinking without appearing ...

Milan Trajkovic won silver in the 110m hurdles at the 20th Mediterranean Games in Taranto on Monday, equalling the Cypriot national record with a time of 13.25 seconds. The Cypriot champion ...

Cypriot high jumper Elena Kulichenko won silver at the 20th Mediterranean Games in Taranto on Monday, clearing 1.92 metres to secure another medal for the Cypriot delegation. Kulichenko cleared 1.92m with ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has donated his €730 monthly pension to the Troodos village of Foini towards a care home for the elderly and disabled. The donation covers the pension he receives ...

Damage to 183 homes, mainly in the Nicosia district, has been recorded following the severe weather that hit Cyprus last Saturday, the interior ministry said on Monday. It said that local ...

Veteran British comedian John Cleese, co-founder of Monty Python and creator of Fawlty Towers, will perform in Cyprus for the first time on Tuesday 10 November, presenting his one man show ...

The Nicosia neighbourhoods of Engomi and Archangelos suffered the worst damage during severe weather at the weekend, Nicosia’s regional disaster management authority said on Monday, as officials called for ...