Johanna Pauls

Strengthening local farmers’ markets is a key pillar of the agriculture ministry’s policy, Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Speaking at an educational farmers market in the orchard of ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) on Tuesday announced that it will continue its broad installation of smart meters in Nicosia, Larnaca, Paphos and surrounding areas throughout May. In Nicosia, ...

A mecca for climbers, hikers, geologists and nature lovers today, the Troodos mountain range is the backbone of Cyprus ever since it was formed 92 million years ago as a fragment ...

Pro-Palestinian activist Louis Allan on Saturday descended from the tree in the Nicosia suburb of Engomi, where he had spent almost a week on hunger strike to highlight the plight ...

A 36-year-old man was arrested in Paphos on Thursday morning following a coordinated police operation during which several cannabis-related products were seized. Acting on a court warrant, officers searched the ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos, in a statement marking World Thalassaemia Day on Thursday, said that Cyprus has made significant progress in combating the disease. “Our country currently ranks first worldwide ...

An officer present at the arrest of the German ‘real estate agent’ currently on trial for allegedly usurping Greek Cypriot properties in the north was heard as a witness before ...

Activist Louis Allan, currently on a six-day hunger strike for Gaza while perched in an olive tree in Engomi, was reportedly attacked for a second time during the night by ...

Pro-Palestinian activist Louis Allan, currently staging a hunger strike for Gaza on a tree in Engomi, was reportedly attacked by two people and robbed off his Palestine flags on Tuesday ...

Amid reports revealing Cypriot prisons arethe most overcrowded in Europe,at an occupancy rate of 226.2 per cent, the prison guards branch of the Pasydy union on Tuesday warned that “critical ...

Larnaca court on Tuesday remanded a 33-year-old man in police custody in connection with the alleged smuggling of 21 Syrians that arrived at Famagusta on Monday. The man was arrested on ...

The local publishing sector has seen a 28.4 per cent drop in publishing employment including editors, journalists and writers, marking the largest drop in the EU, Eurostat said on Monday. The ...

The annual ‘Forest protection week’ being held until May 11 was launched in Mandra tou Kampiou on Monday under the slogan “The forest needs you. Protect it from fire”. Agriculture Minister ...

With an occupancy rate of 226.2 per cent, Cyprus had the most overcrowded prisons among EU member states in 2023, according to data released by Eurostat on Monday. In 2023, 13 EU member states ...

A total of 1,970 packs of cigarettes and over 20 kilos of rolling tobacco were seized off two British tourists departing from Larnaca airport on Friday. According to police the tobacco products ...

The Cyprus Journalists’ Union (Esk) on Monday expressed serious concern for the safety of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ayşemden Akin after she reportedly received death threats over a corruption story ...

A 51-year-old man is being treated in Nicosia general hospital after colliding with two parked vehicles in Nicosia on Sunday afternoon while drunk driving. Police said the man lost control ...

Activist Louis Allan has announced the launch of a ‘hunger strike’ and tree sit-in protest aiming to draw attention to the ongoing ‘siege conditions’ in Palestine with the strike set ...

A 39-year-old man was arrested for suspected theft in Nicosia early Saturday after he was stopped by police while riding a bicycle with his 12-year-old son. Police said that around 5...

The government recognises the challenges faced by journalists and stands with them with institutional tools, government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said in a statement issued on World Press Freedom Day on ...

A fine of €156,000 was imposed on 24 employers for illegally employing migrants, following an investigation by the Aliens and Immigration Service (YAM) conducted between April 25 and May 2. “A total of 20 cases ...

A vehicle was completely destroyed in the Larnaca area at around 3am on Saturday by a fire that appears to have been started maliciously. “From the initial examinations carried out ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to arrive in the north at 1pm on Saturday to formally inaugurate the new ‘presidential’ complex by Ayios Dhometios in northern Nicosia. After ...

A 21-year-old was allegedly robbed of his phone and wallet by motorcyclists in Larnaca in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to police, the young man was walking in ...