Johanna Pauls

An investigation has been launched after a 39-year-old detainee allegedly set fire to a cell at Limassol police headquarters on Thursday, assistant police director Lefteris Kyriakou said on Friday. “We ...

A budget of €7,693,500 has been allocated for farmers whose crops and fixed assets were damaged due to poor weather conditions in 2024 and 2025, the agriculture ministry announced on Friday. “The proposal ...

An unprecedented incident at the Limassol permanent criminal court occurred on Friday when a convicted man physically attacked a representative of the prosecuting authority immediately after his sentence was announced. ...

Cyprus is among the first countries to meet the United Nations’ HIV targets, achieving a treatment rate of around 98 per cent, the Aids Solidarity Movement said on Thursday. “The main ...

Turkish Cypriot “health minister” Hakan Dincyurek on Thursday responded to international media reports accusing an IVF centre in the north of providing families with incorrect sperm during treatment. “We have ...

A 68-year-old man is in critical condition after colliding with another car, driven by a 27-year-old in Paphos on Wednesday morning. According to the police, the incident occurred at around 7.30...

Six Iranian residents of Cyprus were remanded in custody on Tuesday in what police described as an attempted murder after shots were fired during an altercation on Monday night on ...

An IVF clinic in the north is facing accusations of negligence as patients claim their children were conceived after they were given the wrong sperm, the BBC reported on Tuesday. ...

Delays in processing the appeal against ongoing works at Pentakomo port may lead to irreversible damages to the environment, Birdlife Cyprus warned on Tuesday. “When a case is dealt with ...

The agriculture ministry has allocated €2.5 million to support the revitalisation of abandoned vineyards, offering funding to very small, small and medium-sized enterprises, it announced on Tuesday. The scheme, running from ...

Several penalties were imposed by the Nicosia district court on Tuesday over violations of workplace health and safety legislation that led to the death of a worker. The total fines ...

A traffic accident has led to the closing of a section of the the Limassol – Agros road, near Gerasa on Tuesday morning. According to the police, the accident occurred at ...

The left lane of the Nicosia-Limassol highway has been reopened at 10.30am after being closed due to the recovery of a vehicle involved in a collision with a patrol car ...

Rainfall in March was almost double the usual amount for this time of year, reaching 182 per cent, the met office said on Tuesday. According to the met office’s data, ...

On Tuesday, it will be mostly clear, with temporary cloudiness in the west and north. Later in the day, the weather will become overcast, with the possibility of isolated rain, ...

A 40-year-old Russian businessman was the target of an attack on a wine shop in Germasogeia on Tuesday morning. “We are currently at the scene to guard the premises,” the ...

The Avakas Gorge trail in the Akamas National forest park will remain closed until further notice due to the adverse weather conditions, the forestry department said on Monday. “Due to ...

Water network projects amounting to €9.2 million will be implemented to reduce water losses, the Limassol district organisation (EOA) said on Monday. “The completion of the project is expected to bring ...

The recent 20 per cent price hike for gas cylinders is not a result of profiteering but of significantly increased butane and propane prices, the energy ministry said on Monday. “If ...

Hopes for the survival of a humpback whale who has been stranded off the Baltic coast of Germany for a week are starting to fade, as the whale’s breathing ...

Approximately 50 animals were discovered by veterinary officers in a livestock unit in Larnaca, with the farmer declining to permit the officers to proceed with their slaughter resulting in a standoff ...

As Easter approaches, police have intensified their efforts to address juvenile delinquency and uncontrolled firework displays, bomb squad officer Paris Kyriakou said on Saturday. According to Kyriakou, a total of 11,000 ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman is scheduled to meet the UN Secretary-General’s special representative in Cyprus on Monday, a UN source said on Saturday. The two will meet at 11...

An extra €4.16 million for measures aimed at preventing and responding to agricultural and forest fires has been approved by the Council of Ministers, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Saturday. “...