Johanna Pauls

Strong and financially sustainable municipalities benefit all residents, acting Paphos mayor Angelos Onesiforou said on Monday, arguing that local authorities play a vital role in public administration. Speaking during the ...

The local government reform cannot succeed without adequate state funding, Limassol mayor Yiannis Armeftis said on Monday. Speaking during the Union of Cyprus Municipalities’ three-hour work stoppage held across the ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Monday backed the municipalities’ protest over local government reform, calling for increased state funding and saying the capital was receiving at least €12.5 million less than ...

State support for victims of the 2025 wildfires reached €23.2 million by June 30, representing 41 per cent of the government’s €56.1 million recovery package, according to figures released by the General Accounting Office ...

Municipalities across Cyprus warned on Monday that residents could face higher local taxes or reduced services unless the government increases state funding, following a three-hour protest outside Larnaca Municipal Hall. “...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday rejected claims that the government was driving municipalities towards “financial suffocation”, announcing that state funding would rise to €156 million by 2027. Responding to Monday’s ...

A new study from the Cyprus Institute has delivered the island’s first-ever inventory of tree biomass and carbon stocks, supporting the assessment of impacts of droughts and forest fires ...

Conservation works at Ayios Irakleidios monastery in the Nicosia district are expected to be completed before the end of the year, Deputy Culture Minister Lina Kassianidou said on Saturday. During ...

More than 3,800 students have participated in environmental education programmes at the Salamiou Environmental Education Centre this year. The centre promotes environmental awareness through field trips, ecosystem observations and hands-on activities ...

Police have launched an investigation into the brain death of a four-year-old boy while he was being transferred to Makarios hospital in Nicosia on July 14. “A police investigation is underway ...

The Civil Defence remains on full alert due to the prevailing high temperatures, carrying out preventive patrols across the island, spokesperson Panayiotis Liasidis said on Saturday. Liasidis said that patrols ...

The body of an 88-year-old British man was found inside a burnt-out vehicle on a dirt road in Avgorou on Saturday after a fire engulfed the car. According to local ...

Paphos winegrowers took to the streets on Saturday to protest over the government’s decision to limit compensation to only certain grape varieties affected by downy mildew, a move they ...

A fire broke out in a house in Tochni in the early hours of Saturday morning, causing extensive damage to the living room and kitchen of the house. According to ...

An increase in on-call services and the staffing of a permanent cardiologist for the local hospital was at the centre of a meeting between the mayor of Polis Chrysochous Yiotis ...

The Famagusta district court on Saturday remanded six suspects for six days over the alleged kidnapping of a 20-year-old man earlier this week. The suspects – three 19-year-olds, a 20-year-old, a 26...

A wooden restaurant warehouse in Ayia Napa was completely destroyed after a fire broke out in a reed bed on Thursday, with two adjacent buildings also sustaining damage. “At 4.08pm  ...

Two suspects were arrested at Larnaca airport on Friday in connection with the attempted murder of a 43-year-old man in Nicosia earlier this week.   According to the police, the suspects, ...

On Saturday, the weather will be overwhelmingly clear with temperatures reaching up to 41 degrees Celsius inland, around 32 degrees on the north, west and southwest coasts, around 36 degrees on the rest ...

A total of five hectares of dry grass, wild vegetation, waste materials and large piles of rubbish were burned in the fire that broke out in Arsos on Thursday. Community ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Friday sharply criticised President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with newly appointed EU envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto. Referring to what he described ...

The election billboard near Larnaca airport promoting Israeli prime ministerial candidate and former IDF chief-of-staff Gadi Eisenkot has been vandalised with paint in the colours of the Palestinian flag. News ...

The trial concerning suspended Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, who stands accused of rape and domestic abuse, was adjourned until September 10. The hearing continued behind closed doors on Thursday and was ...

The trial of the 37-year-old British father who was charged with causing death by recklessness continues before the Paphos district court on Friday morning. The defendant had been released on ...