Johanna Pauls

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the implementation of a new funding mechanism for publicly funded research organisations, which will be implemented in 2027. In remarks after the meeting, Deputy Research Minister ...

An orange weather warning has been issued for Thursday, the Met office said as it forecast temperatures were expected to reach 43C and above for the second day in a ...

Ten students got full marks in the Pancyprian exams, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou announced on Wednesday as 3,113 students secured places at Cyprus universities and Greek military academies. “The Pancyprian exams ...

The labour inspection department announced a mandatory suspension of moderate and heavy labour on Wednesday due to extreme heat, valid between midday and 4pm. The department called for all deliveries ...

The fire brigade and the police are investigating the cause of the fire that broke out in the Ergates industrial area of Nicosia on Tuesday. The fire broke out on ...

United Nations envoy for the Cyprus problem Maria Angela Holguin will on Wednesday meet with the European Commission’s newly appointed envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto in Brussels. ...

A parked vehicle belonging to a 34-year-old woman was destroyed in a fire on Wednesday morning. According to the police, the fire broke out at around 4.40am in an open ...

On Wednesday the weather will be overwhelmingly clear with temperatures reaching up to 43 degrees Celsius inland, 33 degrees on the west coast, around 36 degrees in the remaining coastal areas and around 32 ...

Ten months after its launch, the automated import system (AIS) continues to cause issues for customs agents and importers, the agents association said on Tuesday. Head of the association, Christos ...

The international promotion of Cypriot artists was the greatest achievement of the cultural programme organised during Cyprus’ EU Council presidency, deputy culture minister Lina Kassianidou said on Tuesday. “This was ...

Police on Tuesday said investigations into the case surrounding the publishing of a Down syndrome abuse video are ongoing, assuring its cybercrime unit had undertaken the necessary steps to identify ...

A British woman was on Monday arrested at Paphos airport after customs officers seized a total of 44 cartons in her luggage. The cartons, containing 200 cigarettes each, did not bear the ...

The tender award process for the first phase of the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road remains pending, with an update on the project expected by the end of the month, Paphos chamber ...

The practice of offering live animals as lottery and fairground game prizes should be banned because it poses serious risks to animal welfare, NGO PI Animal Welfare Initiatives said on ...

The Cyprus petrol station owners’ association on Monday called on President Nikos Christodoulides to intervene over a transport ministry decree that will see at least 80 per cent of petrol tankers ...

The foreign ministry on Monday condemned the visit of Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz to the north on the occasion of the Turkish invasion in 1974. “We remain committed to the ...

The Konia road in Paphos has entered its final construction phase with works set to be completed “well ahead of schedule”, acting Paphos mayor Angelos Onisiforou said on Monday. “Our ...

Parcel delivery received the highest customer satisfaction ratings among postal services, according to the findings of a Net Promoter Score (NPS) survey published on Friday. The survey evaluated the consumers’ ...

The defence ministry and the Cyprus employers and industrialists federation (Oev) have signed a memorandum aimed at strengthening public-private cooperation on crisis management, the protection of critical infrastructure and national ...

Trade unions Peo, Sek and Deok on Friday warned about the growing use of temporary workers in the construction sector, saying many are being forced to work in dangerous conditions ...

The number of Ukrainians under temporary protection in Cyprus has risen to 25,490, according to figures published by the European Union’s statistical service Eurostat on Friday. The figure, recorded in ...

The Larnaca district government (EOA) announced on Friday that 1,084 buildings have been identified as potentially dangerous, with the cost of removing safety risks estimated at €5.94 million. “Through the systematic updating ...

A 24-year-old woman who appealed to Cyprus for help to leave Gaza is not a Cypriot citizen, despite being of Cypriot descent through her great-grandmother, Cyprus’ representative to Palestine told ...

Exhumations began on Thursday at Ayios Nikolaos cemetery in Limassol in a renewed effort to locate the remains of Cyprus’ national poet, Vasilis Michaelides. The excavation is taking place at ...