Johanna Pauls

Akrotiri SBA police on Monday intervened in a serious welfare case in which a foreign mother and her young child were located in what the bases described as a “distressed ...

The observatory in the case of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz on Monday once again called for his release from the central prison, arguing that the criminal offenses he was convicted ...

Cyprus’ contribution to the plan for Gaza as outlined by US President Donald Trump was part of the agenda at the meeting between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ...

Police on Monday formally registered a case against former central prisons director Anna Aristotelous, who is accused of illegally storing thousands of confidential documents at the home of a prison ...

At 23.9 applicants per 100,000 people, Cyprus recorded the second-highest rate of asylum applications in the European Union in August 2025, Eurostat said on Monday. Across the EU, most first-time applications were submitted ...

The minimum wage is set to be adjusted and “substantially improved” twice, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said before the House finance committee during its discussion of the ministry’s 2026 budget ...

A culture of effective project management needs to be established in Cyprus to ensure the public benefits from governmental spending on major infrastructure and development initiative, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades ...

New school need to be built as the current ones are overcrowded outdated and lack necessary equipment the House education committee said after paying a visit to two schools and ...

Gender equality is an essential pillar of peace, sustainable development, and democracy and has advanced across several institutional levels in recent years, gender equality commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Friday ...

Circulating text messages asking beneficiaries to follow a link to correct their personal information in the national health system (Gesy) are a scam and should not be opened, the Health ...

Four suspects accused of involvement in the murder of Limassol businessman Stavros Demosthenous are set to face direct trial before the Limassol district court on January 29, it was announced on ...

To address declining birth rates, Archbishop Georgios announced on Thursday the immediate launch of a new financial support scheme for families with more than three children, amounting to around €2 million ...

The two 5.3-magnitude earthquakes that rattled the island on Wednesday caused minor damage to Ayios Neophytos Monastery, an abandoned house in Kelokedara, and a listed building in central Paphos, authorities ...

The met office on Thursday issued a second yellow weather warning in effect from 3 am to 5pm. It said strong isolated storms with hailstones and strong winds are expected to ...

Following two earthquakes on Wednesday, a third tremor, measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale, was reportedly felt in Paphos and Limassol early Thursday morning. The Euro-Mediterranean seismological centre recorded the earthquake ...

The environmental situation in the Akrotiri wetland is deteriorating due to threats posed by sewage and pollution, environmental organisation Terra Cypria warned on Wednesday. The organisation said that during a ...

A wild Wednesday of weather and seismological activity saw Cyprus struck by two earthquakes measuring above five on the Richter scale, while large swathes of the island were also hit ...

A heated debate broke out at the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday during discussions of a bill aimed at combatting violence against women, following proposed amendments to the definitions ...

Cyprus was hit by a second earthquake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, as reported by the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, at around 4.30pm on Wednesday, According to the centre, the earthquake ...

An 80-year-old man from the Paphos district village of Drymou died after being crushed by his tractor at midday on Wednesday, police said. According to police, the victim, identified as ...

Primary school parents have reportedly filed complaints with the education ministry against a teacher accused of pulling a student by the hair and injuring another child by throwing a book ...

The earthquake that hit Cyprus at 11.30am, registered 5.3 on the Richter scale, director of the geological survey department Christodoulos Hadjigeorgiou said on Wednesday. According to Hadjigeorgiou, the earthquake had a ...

Cyprus’ upcoming EU Council Presidency Council could boost EU relations with Turkey, President Nikos Christodoulides told the Financial Times in an interview published on Wednesday. “We cannot change our geography. ...

The Iranian bombs targeting Tel Aviv visible from the island in June, then the devastating wildfires in July. Then came international media reports on Turkey allegedly planning to more than ...