James Morphakis

The myHealth@CY mobile application, launched on Tuesday, is a project of strategic importance, Health Minister Michael Damianos said. He added that the new app will provide the public with ...

A ceramic antiquity has been returned to Cyprus after being identified in an online auction, the antiquities department announced on Tuesday. The juglet, dating to 750 BC, was handed over during ...

Unknown individuals vandalised and stole elements of the city’s central Christmas tree, according to a statement issued by the municipality on Friday. The municipality reported that damage was caused ...

Green Dot Cyprus received a building permit for the development of a new waste management unit in the Tseri industrial area on Tuesday. According to the organisation, the facility is ...

More than 1,000 bee-friendly trees and plants were planted across Larnaca’s nine ‘bee villages’ on Monday with the aim of supporting the long-term sustainability of local bee populations. The Larnaca ...

Cyprus has recorded a significant rise in payment fraud, with incidents and financial losses growing faster than anywhere else in the eurozone, a Central Bank of Cyprus report showed on ...

The Tax for All digital platform will temporarily close on Thursday afternoon, the tax department said on Monday. It said system access will be interrupted between 4.30 and 10pm due to ...

The government is committed to providing equal opportunities for children with learning difficulties, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday during a visit to the Apostolos Varnavas special school in Liopetri. ...

Foreign experts will be brought in to conduct preventive inspections on all buses operating in Cyprus following repeated incidents of fires caused by maintenance issues, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday denied that deputy Attorney General Savvas Angelides has submitted his resignation, as rumours continue to circulate around the issue. Angelides’ apparent resignation comes amid escalating ...

Police spokesperson Vyron Vyronos, speaking to Sigma on Monday, dismissed allegations that the police failed to adequately respond to a complaint made before the fatal stabbing of 26-year-old Alexandros Antoniou. ...

Continued municipal resistance to implementing the pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) system is drawing renewed criticism amid warnings from the European Union over Cyprus’ broader waste management shortcomings. Municipalities argue they require clarity ...

A small bakery in Manhattan’s West Village is selling out of halloumi on a daily basis, as New Yorkers discover Cyprus’ national cheese, The Times has reported. Hello Halloumi, ...

Families with multiple children voiced strong objections before the House finance committee on Friday over the government’s proposed tax reform. The Pancyprian organisation of large families argued that in ...

The first Christmas Village in Paphos will open its gates this Saturday in Statos–Ayios Fotios, where it will operate till January 6. The initiative was announced by the Statos–Ayios ...

Officials presented Nicosia’s events programme for the holiday season in Eleftheria Square this Friday. Mayor Charalambos Prountzos, alongside the president of the cultural committee, Leoni Orphanidou and cultural officer, ...

Cyprus’ digital access platform, CY Login, has registered 564,847 identified profiles, according to recent data. In findings presented by the department of digital policy, the service adds about 7,500 new profiles each ...

Switzerland has pledged 10 million Swiss francs (€10.7 million) to support Cyprus’ migration strategy, following an agreement signed on Friday. The deal was signed by Deputy Migration Minister Nicholas Ioannides and Swiss ...

According to the latest data submitted by the foreign office to parliament, the Cypriot diaspora numbers between 650,000 and 760,000, potentially surpassing the 719,252 Cypriots residing on the island. The largest diaspora communities ...

Larnaca police are investigating an attempted kidnapping of a 51-year-old man alleged to be a former Ukrainian official. According to police, the incident occurred at around 7.20pm when the individual ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a Bronze Age settlement of artisanal character at the Kisonerga–Skalia site in Paphos, dating back to around 2500 BC. The excavations, directed by Dr Lindy Crewe, director ...

An emergency meeting held by the Yeroskipou municipality on Thursday underscored the escalating crisis at the Paphiakos animal shelter in Paphos, where nearly 2,000 animals now face possible eviction. With landowners ...

The Limassol municipality has launched a large-scale sterilisation programme aimed at curbing the city’s soaring stray cat population. Local authorities say the initiative is paramount for animal welfare, public ...

Health officials have issued another warning about fraudulent SMS messages falsely appearing to come from the general health system (Gesy). Gesy urges the public not to open any suspicious links ...