Johanna Pauls

A fire broke out in a abandoned apartment in the Kato Paphos area at 10.40pm on Friday, causing extensive damage to its bedroom and veranda, the fire department said on ...

Cyprus does not have an official registry of how many cameras are installed by public services, local government and other organisations, as there was no legislative obligation to do so, ...

A 39-year-old who was found guilty on charges of child sexual abuse committed between 2019 and 2022 was sentenced to eleven years in prison before Famagusta district court on Friday.  “The court ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday took part in a meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing,” chaired by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at ...

The draft framework for the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), presented earlier this week, was sharply criticised by the employers’ and industrialists’ federation (Oev) and the Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (...

Israeli property developer Simon Aykut was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison, after having last week pled guilty to a total of 40 of the charges he faced related ...

The establishing of a registry of specialised volunteers is considered necessary to ensure maximum effectiveness of volunteer support in a crisis, Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou said in a meeting with ...

The presidential administration building located next to the presidential palace will be adorned with a model sculpture resembling the famous fourth century Kyrenia shipwreck, it was announced on Wednesday. The ...

The rocket launcher which detached from a military helicopter during a training flight on Tuesday has been retrieved by police and handed over to the defence ministry, the ministry’s ...

Senegalese diplomat Khassim Diagne, who will serve as the UN’s new special representative and head of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) has arrived in Cyprus to formally assume ...

A bill on the five-year extension of lifting the US arms embargo to Cyprus, which could replace its current annual renewal, is set to be voted on by the US ...

A 46-year-old man was arrested after attacking and stabbing a supermarket employee at a Paphos supermarket on Tuesday evening, after having been stopped on suspicion of stealing alcohol from the ...

Peace processes that involve women are more likely to be agreed upon and last, making female participation a crucial part of negotiations, Gender Commissioner Josie Christodoulou said on Tuesday. “Women’...

Travel documents, both identity cards and passports, can currently not be issued due to a technical problem in the civil registry system, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry ...

Repeated social media posts by women claiming to have been physically harassed by two men in Limassol have been circulating since the weekend. Three women described the alleged assaults to ...

A rocket launcher detached from a military helicopter during a training flight on Tuesday, falling into a residential area in Peyia, the defence ministry said. At around 1pm, a H145...

Trade unions have made “significant concessions” in the ongoing negotiations on the restoration of the cost-of-living allowance (CoLA), but rejected the government’s proposals, which they say would lead to ...

More than seven grams of cannabis were found in hand-rolled cigarettes during a routine vehicle check at the Deryneia crossing point on Friday. “Seven handmade cigarettes and four aluminium packages ...

Civil services are failing to adequately implement the code of practice on workplace harassment, creating “chaos” in victim protection, violating their rights and fostering a hostile environment, the House human ...

A 62-year-old man was rescued by the fire department on Saturday after injuring his leg in a fall in Chionistria, Troodos. According to fire brigade spokesperson Andreas Kettis, the man, ...

The Cypriot passport ranks 14 out of 199 in this year’s international Henley passport index, having dropped from the 12th place in 2024. Cypriots can currently travel to 178 destinations without applying for ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will attend the MED9 summit of nine Mediterranean and Southern European Union member states in Slovenia on Monday, followed by a working visit in preparation for Cyprus’ ...

The Cyprus handicrafts service will participate in a Europe-wide cultural initiative to create “reskilling labs” that blend traditional crafts with modern innovation, while also establishing a “reskilling alliance” to unite ...

A motorcycle believed to have been used as a getaway vehicle by the perpetrators of the murder of 49-year-old businessman Stavros Demosthenous was found by police on Saturday. The motorcycle ...