Jean Christou

A British teen who served with Unficyp in 1974 and was killed on July 21, a day after the Turkish invasion, is to be honoured at a ceremony in the UK on ...

The July 1974 coup and subsequent Turkish invasion of Cyprus were tragic in themselves but what’s even more tragic is that 50 years later, the prospects for a solution are at ...

Parliament is looking to change a 2019 law amendment that excluded taxi drivers with a criminal record from holding a licence, which MPs say needs to be modified to take account ...

Opposition Akel on Wednesday called out President Nikos Christodoulides and his government for what it calls a failure to fix the problems in the health system, Gesy, which the party ...

The European Commission said on Wednesday it had approved a Cypriot traditional food product, Tertziellouthkia, a type of local pasta, for inclusion on the registry of Protected Geographical Indications (PGI). ...

Since the traffic camera system became fully operational, reports on Wednesday indicated that around 1,700 drivers are being caught daily for various offenses, which could become unmanageable in terms of issuing ...

A much-touted cabinet decision to ban mobile phones in secondary schools has fallen at its first hurdle – a discussion in parliament – with the result that it has been put off ...

Significant increases were seen in the price of fresh meat, seafood, vegetables, oil and eggs during the month of May compared with April, the latest price observatory report showed on ...

Pensioners said on Friday they would organise a huge protest against the government if their issues were not resolved by the autumn. In a statement, the pensioners’ union Ekysy said ...

Almost 14 per cent in Cyprus used alcohol for the first time when they were under the age of 12 and over 24 per cent tried it out between the ages of 13 and 14, ...

Highly respected environmentalist and journalist Martin Abbas Hellicar died on Saturday, aged 56. He passed away in hospital where he was being treated after sustaining serious injuries in a car accident ...

Using computer modelling, the met office’s three-month forecast is predicting normal seasonal temperatures until the end of August but the model failed to predict higher-than-normal temperatures that occurred in ...

Cyprus is in danger of creating a “digital divide” that leaves less tech-savvy groups such as the elderly and disabled behind in the race toward e-government services, the Commissioner for ...

Drone footage from Paphos appears to show that the fire which devasted the Polemi area earlier in the week could have started at an illegal landfill, raising concerns that rampant ...

This is the first time real planning has gone into the long-standing promise of successive governments to install air conditioning in schools, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday. An ...

The occupancy rate of the aircraft arriving in Cyprus last month reached around 85 per cent and is on the rise as peak season approaches, Hermes Airports said on Friday. Director ...

University lecturer Nicholas A. Ioannides was on Friday appointed deputy minister of migration and international protection. A statement from government spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis confirmed the appointment, the first-ever such position ...

British bases environmental experts have called on the public to be vigilant when using beaches within the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) as they look to safeguard 107 recorded turtle nests so ...

Works are set to commence to replace potentially hazardous asbestos pipes in three sections of the critical Nicosia sewerage network known as ‘Trunk E’, the European Commission announced on Thursday. ...

A Greek Cypriot refugee from Famagusta sent a handwritten note pleading with UN secretary-general to help resolve the Cyprus issue after he spotted him three rows up on a flight ...

The children of convicts at the Nicosia central prisons were allowed extended visits to the facility over three days this week to spend time with their parents. The events were ...

The vast majority of private preschools and kindergartens will remain open on Friday despite high temperatures that will force state education to close early, the association representing the private sector ...

The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) on Thursday said it was raising its concerns with the government of Cyprus over the “growing humanitarian situation” they are facing inside the ...

The labour inspection department on Thursday ordered that all outdoor heavy to moderate work must cease between midday and 4pm due to extremely high temperatures. A general amber warning is ...