Johanna Pauls

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 ...

A new cross-border programme, “Inclusive Routes,” has been launched in cooperation with Greece to improve accessibility in forest recreation areas, cultural heritage sites and tourist destinations, the forestry department announced ...

A new therapy centre for multiple sclerosis patients, specialising in the treatment of children and young adults up to 22 years old, was inaugurated in Larnaca on Thursday, the Cyprus Red ...

The new legislation on rehabilitation, passed by the House plenum on Thursday, does not meet patient needs and fails to require service providers to undergo proper evaluation and inspection, federation ...

Over 10,000 boxes of duty-free cigarettes were seized by the customs department on Thursday in two separate vehicle inspections in Athienou and Pyla, authorities said on Friday. A search of a ...

During a routine inspection of a vehicle at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point on Thursday, authorities seized around 200kg of fresh meat and bones, the customs department said on Friday. ...

A 51-year-old motorcyclist died after being seriously injured in a collision with a van, driven by a 41-year-old who was driving twice over the alcohol limit in Limassol on Thursday ...

Efforts to resolve Cyprus continuous water scarcity problem will focus primarily on increasing the available amount of portable water by installing further desalination units, agriculture ministry secretary Andreas Gregoriou said ...

The recently announced postponement of the opening of a detention centre for minors, as well as a ban on the use of mobile phones in the central prison were the ...

Cyprus aims to meet 100 per cent of its water needs independently by installing two permanent desalination units by 2028, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. “The effective treatment of water scarcity ...

Turkey is expected to “normalise” its relations with the Republic of Cyprus, while any kind of kind of actions that could increase tensions and hinder the resumption of talks on ...

No other country in the world has as many voluntary blood donors per head of the population as Cyprus, DISY MP Prodromos Alambritis said on Tuesday as the House labour ...

63,144 out of a total 81,060 identified defective airbags have been replaced as part of the global recall on the potentially faulty airbags manufactured by Japanese company Takata so far, the transport ...

The 18 Cypriots, including 14 students and two teachers, who had been volunteering in Tanzania and later got stuck due to political unrest have been brought to Zanzibar on Monday. Foreign Ministry ...

Cooperation regarding the protection of wild birds and general biodiversity between the EAC and BirdLife is poised to be strengthened following the signing of a mutual agreement on Monday. “In ...

Unions on Monday reiterated their position on the Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) following their meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. Letymbiotis said that during the ...

More than one third of the agriculture ministry’s budget for 2026 will be spent on water development projects, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Monday, presenting it to the House ...

A 60-year-old cyclist from Austria died on Monday after being run over by a 32-year-old driver in Limassol, police said. The incident occurred at around 1.30pm, when the 32-year-old was ...

Investigations into the death of a sea turtle have been launched after the animal was found dead by a swimmer in the protected area of Timi, the fisheries department said ...

The Radiomarathon, held on Monday and Tuesday across the island, is being promoted in an “inappropriate manner, inconsistent with modern concepts of inclusion” of disabled people, the Cyprus confederation of ...

Several Cypriot supermarkets have recently proceeded with the introduction of electronic shelf labels (ESL’s), replacing paper price tags as most of us know them. The supermarkets say the move ...

The union of municipalities on Tuesday called on President Nikos Christodoulides, to clarify the government’s position, threatening “decisive measures” and the suspension of their services if no agreement can ...

The occupational therapists association on Tuesday highlighted the need for comprehensive planning for the integration of occupational therapists into the national health scheme (Gesy), warning of persisting “serious shortcomings” with ...