Johanna Pauls

The met department on Monday issued a yellow weather warning for Tuesday with temperatures set to reach around 40C inland. The warning will be in effect from 2pm to 4pm.

Head of the Cyprus blood bank Androula Panayiotou on Monday called on the public to donate blood, warning of a difficult period ahead as blood supplies remain limited.  “We are ...

There have been no further confirmed cases of foot and mouth disease (FMD), the veterinary association told the Cyprus Mail on Monday, describing the overall situation as stable. “We have ...

A 34-year-old man detained for four days before the Famagusta district court after police found €25,555 in cash and tobacco products in his vehicle in Ayia Napa on Sunday. Police said ...

Newly appointed Environment Commissioner Elias Myrianthos met Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou on Friday to discuss regional environmental issues, including the stalled Akamas National Forest Park project. “Personally, and due to ...

A 16-year-old teenager was seriously injured in a car accident in Nicosia in the early hours of Friday. The incident occurred at around 2am, when a car driving on Grivas ...

Members of the Isaac-Solomou Memorial Initiative will on Friday stage a symbolic closures of the Astromeritis-Zodia crossing point, as part of commemorations marking 30 years since the deaths of Tassos Isaac ...

Police arrested two people and issued 378 traffic fines during nationwide operations on Thursday night, authorities said on Friday. A total of 682 vehicles and checked 952 drivers and passengers were pulled over, ...

On Friday, it will be mostly clear, with increased cloudiness in the early afternoon in some areas, which may lead to isolated showers in the higher mountains. Temperatures will rise ...

Road access to the arrivals at Larnaca airport will be reopened to the public on Friday, the justice ministry announced on Thursday. The decision was taken on the initiative of ...

July was overall moderate in temperatures, apart from 11 days during which temperatures exceeded 43C in Nicosia, the meteorological department told the Cyprus Mail on Thursday. “It was not a record ...

The municipality of Latsia-Yeri on Thursday reiterated its opposition to the creation of a facility for young asylum seekers within its boundaries, demanding that the government provide a written assurance ...

Newly appointed deputy minister of social welfare Tina Pavlou on Thursday promised significant reforms and stressed her commitment to her new position. “[We will] stand by the families of Cyprus, ...

The State of Kuwait has donated US$50,000 (€43,319) to the Committee on Missing Persons, the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) announced on Thursday. According to Unficyp, the donation brings ...

Coral Bay beach in the Paphos district is experiencing significant coastal erosion, with the beach shrinking and the number of sunbeds reduced by half, local authorities said on Wednesday. “It ...

Cyprus is not among the countries causing delays in European aviation, the civil aviation department said on Wednesday responding to Israeli media reports earlier this week. “The [department] wishes to ...

Forest fires have lasting effects on biodiversity with some regions taking decades or even centuries to become mature forests again, forestry department spokesman Glafkos Kyriakou said on Tuesday. He said ...

Representatives of Larnaca communities near the Kalo CHorio firing range on Tuesday expressed their concern over its continued operation, stressing that the safety of residents must be prioritised and was “...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday unveiled a partial cabinet reshuffle which will see four ministers replaced. The reshuffle affects the transport ministry, the agriculture ministry, the deputy ministry of social ...

A string of outstanding issues affecting the public sector workforce were discussed on Tuesday by civil servants’ union Pasydy, President Nikos Christodoulides, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and Labour Minister Marinos ...

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 ...